Adventures Across Khorvaire - Chapter 1: Reflections

[Velmont]

Saellin looks at the corpse. He stares a moment as Se'ket inspect it. "Delvron Gaunt, a new student, aid of some teacher, a bit of a jerk, but it must be a lasting effect of being a veteran of the Last War. Why would someone do that to himself?"

As he hears Drigg, he turns with surprise. "I didn't remember we were part of the security of this university. I must have been drunk during the night we get promoted. Why not let the authorities do there work and help them by not getting in there way?"

 

[pathfinderq1]

Even as Drigg spoke, Sven heard a voice deep within himself shouting out in agreement- but he had heard that voice before, and he exerted his will to squelch it, before any hint of enthusiasm registered on his face. Instead, he kept his normal worried, hangdog sort of look, and raised one hand in placation. "I ain't saying that ain't so, but we still need to hand this off, at least for now. If we don't let the University take charge, at least on the surface, they'll be sending the Inquisitives after us." He looked back down the corridor, and at the crowd of other witnesses. "Now even if that kid I sent goes right quick, it'll be a bit before somebody actually shows up..." He dropped his voice to a whisper, so only his compatriots could easily hear. "Now why don't a few of you sharp-eyed types see what clues there are- but don't touch nothing, or take anything important that could point to any of us later. That way, they can do their looking, and we can do ours, without getting in each others way." With that said, he turned to the growing crowd. "So did anybody out here see anything weird going on- or see anybody else going in here, or leaving in a hurry?" He hated being at the front of the group, being the center of attention, but the inquiry might let his friends have a few moments to investigate without interference- he _really_ wished he had some kind of uniform or insignia to make this look official....

 

[Starman]

"You don't have to help if you don't want to, Saellin, but I cannot just stand by. I've seen far too many crimes like this go unpunished because everyone waited for someone else to do something about it."

The paladin shakes his head again. "No, I do intend to look into this. To do otherwise would be to..." Drigg opens and closes his mouth, searching for the right words. "...to betray myself."

He shrugs and looks at Sven. "I'm not saying I'm going to bowl over local authorities, but I am going to do what I can."

 

[Shayuri]

"The message he left is curious," Tome points out. "It's not what I'd expect from a suicide note. Assuming this is suicide, of course. I could check the library and see if there is a body of lore regarding this particular conjunction. That might establish a motive."

 

[nick012000]

Kamarna nods in agreement.

"Indeed. It's obviously something to do with the heavens and constellations. I wonder if it has anything to do with the Draconic Prophecy? I think it usually involves celestial events. The only problem, I think, would be finding the section of the prophecy we need; the dragons tend to be fairly secretive about this sort of stuff."

As he does this, he approaches the scene and examines it for signs of magic.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Se'ket, female human druid

Se'ket listens to the others with half an ear as she examines the body, and waits until a lull in conversation to voice her thoughts in a quiet tone.

"He did it to himself. And he was in a struggle. See the wounds here? The slash, the puncture, the bite? Yet all together not enough to cause death. But he is shriveled... Something odd is afoot," she murmurs, and leans in to take a closer look at the bite mark, as well as the other wounds. Is it the bite from an animal or other living creature she might recognize? Do the other wounds seem to be made with something manufactured, like a knife, or something that was picked up hastily in the room or elsewhere?

"He fought, that was clear. And he had a message to give. Curious. Perhaps something in the room may shed light upon his death note."

 

[Velmont]

"I don't want to get kick out of the University because I disturbed a crime site..." but Saellin looks at the others a moment. "... but some of you seems so clumsy that you'll risk to do so. Don't get in there all at the same time. Leave Se'ket looking at the body and Karmana at any sign of magic. I'll do the inspection of the room. You can't imagine how Gourthan can be annoyed when I disturbed his things, I'm use to leave things at there place."

Saellin decides to enter the room and starts to inspect the room, cautiously and systematically.

OOC: Taking 20 if possible on a search roll, looking at Gaunt's room. Search +7

 

[Starman]

Drigg looks around a moment, unsure what he can do at this point. There's plenty of eyes in this room. Sven is talking to people in the hall. Hmm...I've got it.

"Hey, I'm going to ask the people in the rooms nearby if they have seen or heard anything strange," the paladin announces. He goes out into the hall and moves to one of the adjacent rooms to see if anyone knows anything.

 

[Mista Collins]

As soon Sven tells Terfel to go fetch the Matron, the young half-elf heads down the hallway. As Sven stands in front of the door he is given a barrage of questions. "What happened? Is Delvron alright? What did you guys do? Is he just drunk again?" These seemed to be echoed throughout the crowd as others want to be the first to spread the gossip.

The one thing that Kamarna can't get over is Delvron's body itself. He is positive that the posturing of the body and the facial expressions are something he has seen before in his studies of the magical arts. Even with the assistance of the warforged wizard, the exact reference he is trying to recall escapes him.

Tome does notice that the door has not been forced open, and though the room is a mess, there is only sign of a very slight struggle. The room's window is nothing more than an arrow slit with a shutter that is closed and barred from the inside.

As Se'ket focuses on the wounds a little more it is obvious that the wound on the man's lower back is probably from a shortsword or something similar. She can't seem to determine what has caused the puncture on his thigh, but she is certain that both these wounds have come from a smaller creature. When she starts to examine the bite mark on his calf, she notices that there is a small shard of metal embedded into it. Pulling it out to examine it further she can determine that it is not from a manufactured weapon, but something entirely different.

The Silver Flame paladin starts to make his rounds to see if anyone knows something that might help. With a few simple questions he is able to determine that the body they have found is indeed Delvron Gaunt. He'd come home from the Gold Star Over Cyre, one of his favorite drinking holes drunk. He had a drinking problem that probably contributed to his ugly temper. Lately he has been suffering from nightmares and bouts of sleep walking. He has been showing an increasingly amount of interest in the subject of planar convergences, which many think is due to his work with an unknown Morgrave University professor. Delvron was very secretive about it and Drigg cannot seem to gather anything further.

As the others are taking care of what they can, Saellin uses the opportunity to examine the room. The experienced rogue is maticulate with his searching, careful not to disturb anything unless he feels necessary. Scattered about the room are the man's chain shirt, longsword, buckler, light crossbow, some twenty-odd bolts, a coil of rope with a grappling hook, his ID papers, and a pouch probably containing some gold. It is when Saellin gets to the small desk that he finds anything significant. On the wooden desk lays a pouch on its side with some of the contents poured out, revealing some reflective stones. When he picks these up he is surprised; instead of the hardness he was expecting, they have a more soft and spongy feeling. It reminds him of flesh. Next to the pouch is a piece of parchment with a simple address on it: "5a King's Circle on Seccuran."

 

[Starman]

The tall paladin comes striding back into Delvron's room. "How's it looking in here? Some of the students around here said he's been acting strangely - nightmares...sleepwalking. He's also been doing some very secretive work with some unknown professor. I wonder if this could be related to that. If there was a rival..."