Moreso than going down to the tavern to eat and drink, the two men went down to the tavern to flaunt their moneys and so to entice some criminal types to come and rob them. They weren't going to walk the streets of Pomperaque this night. Instead, as soon as they ate, and listened to some of the common folks' songs about the history of Phoride and its heros, they returned to their room and waited for their, hoped-for, late-night visitor. The moon had already traversed most of the night sky and morning wasn't too long from coming. It wasn't until about two hours before dawn that the men heard the sounds of uninvited guests entering their room. Boyce quietly took to the door while Lloyd slowly crept to the window and they both waited for the predicted rush that the visitors would make into the room. Then it happened. Both door and window flew open and the expected men rushed into the room and dove onto the beds jabbing into them with knives. Lloyd and Boyce allowed the men to stab the beds for a while until they realized that there wasn't anyone in the beds. Now, Lloyd switched on their portable electric light and illuminated the bed and two scruffy-looking young men. "Trying to rob someone is one thing, killing is quite another!" Boyce said to them and suddenly the two men rushed Boyce, thinking that only one of them was in the room and when they came very near, Lloyd punched the men and took their knives from them when they were on the floor. They rushed both men this time but Boyce and Lloyd's training to fight hand-to-hand, helped them to quickly subdue the two robbers. The four men just looked at one another while Boyce had them seated in a corner, Lloyd covering both of them with what the men knew was an electrophore, of sorts. "Are you two the ArchBishop's spies?" one of the criminals asked Boyce. "No, we're not!" answered Boyce, then he took a small sack of gold and poured it out on the nearest bed. "We are grateful that you accepted our invitation to join us here!" he added to them. The two criminals looked at one another and they both knew that they were tricked into coming. "It seems to us both that you dislike the ArchBishop Manguino!" Lloyd said to the two men. "We are not the only ones that feel his tyranny! There are many, but only a few of us try to do anything about it, in whatever way that we can!" the larger of the two criminals said in a voice that started to get louder. "Now there's no need to scream, my friend. We are not unlike yourself." Lloyd said to him and then he put away his gun. "We would like to hire your services and buy your loyalty!" proposed Boyce. "Loyalty cannot be bought, but what do you offer?" asked the larger of the two criminals.