Bad news came on the docks of Limsa Lominsa, when a thick magical fog manifested itself on the horizon. Cannonfire and mayhem followed, causing Ul'dahn mercantile ships to get destroyed by a mysterious attacker. When Dwassyith and the rest of the Hibiscus' residents rushed down on the piers, it was already too late: the docks were littered with wreckage of all kinds and sizes, the broken bones of the extremely precious vessels that were awaited by the Black Hand. In the dreadfully sudden commotion-on-water was also caught Tobias, whom had gone fishing when the fog-shrouded enemy appeared. The fisherman got treated by Teirra and brought back to the Hibiscus house, while Dwassyith, Norien and Kami went on scouting the harbour on a dinghy, in the hope of finding hints about what exactly happened, among the shredded remains and shambles. They found nothing. 

The following day, more distressing news came: the fog-attackers striked again, and sank another Ul'dahn ship which was meant to dock in the morning. Seeing a pattern, Dwassyith began suspecting - along with Xihsa'li's helpful reasoning - that the Black Hand's business was the target of the assaults. Vincent's visit to the Hibiscus, as vibrantly cold as ever, only raised the level of tension and urgency. The fog-attackers had to be stopped, and quickly, lest the money losses would have been incommensurable. 

A strategy began taking shape, where Dwassyith decided to bring a contingent of people with him to Ul'dah (Dawn, Naelia, Teirra, Khada and Gaubert) to board the next Ul'dahn vessel in Vesper Bay, with the intent to inspect the cirumstances, reinforce the vessel itself and protect the extremely prized cargo. Another group of people would have stayed behind with Xihsa'li in Limsa Lominsa (Kami, Kebbe, Norien and Tobias). At the very last minute, Kallius - a seasoned mercenary with seafaring expertise - joined up Xihsa'li's team. The Keeper's group would have had the primary goal to prevent the enemy vessel to approach the mercantile ship and possibly destroy the threat once and for all.
The two groups separated the next day, with tense spirits and feverishly working minds, for the stress was high and the stakes were even higher.