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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6983952" data-attributes="member: 2093">Well, so the idea is shaping up this way:The victim: Brother Lucien, human priest of Safreth (God of the Land - a forest and agriculture god), who was first bashed on the back of the head, and then tumbled into the village well, where he drowned.Who killed him: the killer was a man named Matthieu of Carennac - a thug in the employ of Payden Tedum - who received word, he would swear, if he is ever questioned, from Tedum himself, to get rid of the Priest, and make it look like an accident. Unfortunately, due to the large dent in Brother Lucien's head, nobody is convinced that he drowned himself.Who is really behind the killing: the cult of Eresh - the cult is supposedly a harmless healer-cult that tends to the weak and helpless in Falcon's Hollow - but is actually an offshoot of an evil Earth Cult in another nearby Earldom, which has plans on eventually dominating the village and Barony. The reason for the killing is that Brother Lucien saw Father Raulf, the cult leader, in close discussions with Henri Valluy, the local gravedigger. Raulf realized that in the future, when he begins his moves in the community, Brother Lucien will be able to tie him to Henri, so he directs Sister Oriane (a cult member) to deliver a note that he has written to one of Tedum's henchmen, using the hat of disguise she owns. The note directs the recipient to do away with Brother Lucien "in an accidental manner." Oriane does so, without knowing what Father Raulf is actually hiding. (What Henri and Father Raulf are up to is another plot thread). What clues could lead to solving the crime? 1) someone could have seen the killer near the scene, and could describe him, at least partly2) Mathieu could have told a friend about the job and the pay he would soon be getting.3) when the killer goes to Tedum to report the job done and collect his pay, there could be repercussions4) the note could turn up somewhere - either Matheiu gave it to his friend, who could lose or try to hide it, or if Tedum were to "get rid" of Mathieu for his actions, the note could be found on his body.Other suspects for the killing would of course be a) Moise, the other priest - he is griefstricken at his partner's death, and will not be able to offer much help, except to say that Lucien had gone into the village to collect water from the well, and never came back; b) Henri the gravedigger, who has been acting even more erratically in the past week or so since his son was rescued from the Kobolds (Moise can say that they had discussed terminating his employment but had come to no conclusions, yet) and c) Rodolph Masse - the village smith, who was seen near the vicinity of the well shortly before the killing was discovered. Rodolph's wife Hadrienne was known to be very fond of Brother Lucien and spent much time in his company (or so the gossips say; at the very least, she was a devout woman who prayed at the temple daily), and Rodolph was a jealous sort.If anyone has any suggestions on things to add/improve, twists or complications to my plot, or general comments on how to strengthen the mystery, please feel free to comment! I'll  be making a flowchart and timeline of events next, and will post them if anyone is interested.</blockquote>

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