Skycab en route to the armory.

Apparently, the mystery party guest was in fact Jasson d'Cannith. He claims to have died at the bar in the Cogs, but was resurrected under mysterious circumstances. Jasson blames his uncle Merrix for the murder, but seems very confused about his transformation into a vampire. He woke up in his home several days ago. Upon finding the place deserted, he sneaked into Evanwroat's basement and has been living there ever since.

Jasson has hired this one and its companions to help him get revenge on his uncle. We are to travel to the border of the Talenta Plains and the Mournland, where Merrix's men are searching for a particular schema. Jasson has offered a substantial reward if we can retrieve the schema, with a large advance in the form of weaponry before we leave Sharn.

Question: Was Jasson responsible for hijacking the party favors? If he can hire us, he can hire others to do what he wants. But why that particular action, if he was behind it? There had to be hundreds of simpler ways to ensure that the sunlight rods wouldn't be used at the party...