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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 1693980" data-attributes="member: 3448">Glad you're enjoying the mystery.  Mysteries are one of my favorite types of games.  Getting on with the storySession 14 (cont'd):5/18:In the morning, the group discusses their discoveries.  The two things that stand out are the early departure, and the strange tatoo on the corpse that was found with Brother Moreth.Sister Aurora muses about the tatoo.  It seems Galerian, but she isn't sufficiently well versed in Galerius's symbology to be sure.  The group heads to the Lurdanan temple in the outer city where they left the baby kobolds to find out if the priest could recommend any Galerian priests for them to question.The priest is happy to see them, if only because Dove and Ginara are willing to play with the kobolds and thus distract them for a little while.  "Priests of Galerius?  Hmm.  There aren't many Galerians around here.  The cath Galdras are devotees of Galerius, though; I know they have a chaplain at the castle.  Other than that, I can't think of any, although of course the main churches have priests who serve all of the Gods of the Church Imperial." The group thanks him and begins the uphill walk to Dro Galdra."Wait a moment..." Sister Aurora says as they walk through a gate back into the inner city.  "How do we know that the group that killed Brother Moreth left in the morning?""Because that's what the barmaid told me," replies Melania."Not quite.  The barmaid told you that they paid at night and said that they planned on leaving in the morning.  They could have left immediately, and simply been trying to avoid suspicion when they weren't there in the morning.""Not to mention giving any investigators false information about when they departed.  But if they left at night..." Ginara trails off."They would have had to sign out when they went through the city gates!" Dove finishes the thought."And if they signed out at the gate, we can find out who they are."The group detours from its trip to the castle.  The few dayshift guards on duty are suprised to face any questions, and at first refuse to check the log.  Between Melania's persuasiveness, Lhovrik's lordly manner and assurances that this is for the good of the Empire, and the news that they are investigating a murder, the group is finally able to convince the guard to cooperate.  The first two gates they check have no records of anyone that sounds like the group they are looking for leaving.  The eastern gate, however, does.  On the night of the 16th, a group of four men left the inner city in the middle of the night.  The leader, who signed out for all of them, was named Boren.  The group prevails on the guard to give them the name and address of the guard corporal who was on duty that night, and they head across town to his home.After banging on the door for a while, the group is met by a bleary-eyed man, only a few years older than they are.  "Can I help you?""Were you in charge of the eastern gate two nights ago?""Yes, I'm on the nightshift this fortnight." The guard rubs his eyes."We're interested in talking to you about a group of travellers who signed out through the gate late that night.  The log said that there were four of them and that their leader was named Boren.""Why do you want to know?""We're investigating the murder of one of our companions.  We think they were involved."That wakes the guard up.  "A murder?  I had no idea.  Of course I'll help in any way I can.""Can you tell us anything you remember about them?""I didn't notice too much.  The one who signed out did most of the talking.  He looked to be pretty wealthy-- a merchant, maybe, although he didn't have many trade goods.""Do you know where they were going?""Not really.  Back home, I guess.""Back home?""To Nusaybia.  Boren's a Nusaybian name, and he had the accent to go with it.  And the eastern road leads straight to the border, a few days' ride away."</blockquote>

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