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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mista Collins" data-source="post: 4099550" data-attributes="member: 13089">The door hinges creak as Drigg pushes them forward and moves into the room. Beyond the door many bottles, adventuring equipment, and garbage litter the cell. The room is a mess from all the equipment that appears to have been tossed about. A solitary figure; shriveled, male, most likely human, with dark but graying hair, and as still as dead crouches in the far side of the room, face in the corner.Se'ket moves across the room to examine the body. She carefully moves the body out of the corner and is shocked at what she sees. The eye's of the corpse are open wide, and his facial muscles are locked in a visage of agony and fright. He clenches a dagger stiffly in his right hand, the hilt made of bone with portions of strange writing barely visible under the rigamortis grip. It is something completely different that catches Se'ket's interest.The front of the figures shirt is torn open, and carved into the skin and muscle of his chest are the words "Aryth in Tiamat they come." Sven, Kamarna'darak, and Tome believe this must reference the current cosmic conjunction. The Eberron moon Aryth is currently in the house of the constellation Tiamat, with the conjunction reaching its zenith either tonight or tomorrow depending on how one measures the zenith of constellations.Given the dried blood on the blade of the dagger, and the angles of the writing, it's obvious that he carved them into his own skin. With her experience of dead bodies, it is obvious the cuts are too shallow to be the cause of death.Further looking for the cause, Se'ket examines the rest of the body and finds other wounds giving evidence that he was in scuffle within the last 24 hours. There is a puncture wound on his left thigh, a slash wound on his lower back, and strange bite marks on his right calf. Again, these wounds aren't enough to be the cause of his death.As the druid is examines the body, Saellin is surprised to find out that he does indeed recognize the man. The distorted face belongs to that of Delvron Gaunt, an older student and aid to one of the professors here on campus. He's been living in Grea Tower for a little over a month now and is known for his vicious temper. Many believe his temper stems from him being a veteran of the Last War or from his homeland of Cyre being destroyed.As the others stand just inside the doorway watching Se'Ket examine the body, they notice that a few other students have noticed also. Slowly a small crowd starts to gather, no doubt the word already starting to spread.</blockquote>

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