Paths of the Damned, Pt. 2: Rats in the Walls

[Old Fezziwig]

As you leave, one of the guardsmen hands you a piece of paper ("From Commander Schutzmann," he says) — it's a warrant, giving the four of you right to search and examine the crime scene.

Sigmar's Temple seems calm from the outside, but the presence, now, of a member of the City Watch standing just outside the door underlines the tension of the situation. Once inside, the party's greeted by an initiate, who begins to shush them away. Quick disclosure of the warrant quiets him, and he directs the group to Morten's chambers.

The room itself is small but comfortably furnished, the walls lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Morten's body is in the chair, at his desk, slumped over. A window sits just above the body. Sheets of parchment litter the desk and floor.

 

[Wilphe]

Winifred looks at the Initate, "Who has been in here since he was found dead, and is anything else missing?"

Once inside she suveys the scene, imprinting it on her mind and looking for anything out of place before they touch anything. "Let's just stand in the doorway and look for a minute, see if we can see anything out of place before we go in and move stuff around."

Assuming nothing of interest jumps out, "Alright. let's get on with it shall we?", she starts byl gathering up the sheets of parchment - seeing what he was working on when he was killed and so they don't get trodden on or blown away. She'll then take a look at the body, to see how he died, then examine the window.

 

[Lot]

Ottokar will examine the body of Father Morten, looking over the nature of his wounds and how he died.

"If we can understand the killer acted, it may give us some clues about who committed this the ghastly deed. It takes an especially arrogant fool to kill one of member of the priesthood in Sigmar's own temple. He does not take such things lightly, and neither do I."

As he speaks, Ottokar uses his healing skills to better understand the depth and jaggedness of the wounds.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

[sblock=OOC]I'll be making all the rolls for your investigation of this scene behind the curtain.[/sblock]Winifred: The initiate says that one of the other priests had the room sealed as soon as they had found Morten dead and that nothing has been touched, although an inventory of his belongings has yet to be taken. Your inspection of the papers reveals nothing — they're all blank — and it's immediately apparent just how Father Morten died, as a small dart protudes from the back of his neck. You don't notice anything unusual about the window.

Lot: A quick look at Morten's body shows only one wound — the dart in the back of his neck. He's otherwise unharmed.

 

[Wilphe]

Winifred defers to Torillan as she finds the dart, "Guess this is your area of expertise more than any of us. Any idea of the range on one of these things?"she looks out of the window, to see where the dart might have come from, and any sign of a forced entry or marks on the wall that would suggest someone climbed. "I suggest we get a physician in here, or maybe an apothecary, to see what the poison was, assuming it's the dart that killed him. You know one the watch normally deal with Ragnar?"

 

[Torillan]

Winifred defers to Torillan as she finds the dart, "Guess this is your area of expertise more than any of us. Any idea of the range on one of these things?"

"Short. Very short. And I'd say based on the accuracy of the shot, this was someone who knew how to kill." He eyes the window along with Winifred, looking for signs of forced entry.

 

[Lot]

Ottokar, kneeling next to the body, looks up.

"Certainly a professional job. We should talk to some of the other priests. Find out if Morton had any enemies. Check where this window comes out, as well. See if any witnesses saw someone leave by that way...unless they left by another route."

Ottokar stands up and searches walls of the room.

"Sometimes these old structures have lots of hidden passages and the like."

 

[Insight]

"Cowardly greenskins most likely," Ragnar suggests. He looks at the body, not to closely. "Killin' is killin' though. Not much to think about. Someone wanted 'im dead, and 'ere he rots. Why he's dead? Who can say? I s'pose we oughta find out and return the favor."

The Dwarf takes his flail in hand. "I ain't had a good tussle since..."

"Let's get to it then," he continues.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Lot: You find nothing in the walls.

Winifred: Nothing jumps out at you about the window.

Torillan: You find nothing when you first look at the window, but a second, casual look turns up three small scratches on the sill, very close together.

 

[Torillan]

Torillan[/b]: You find nothing when you first look at the window, but a second, casual look turns up three small scratches on the sill, very close together.

"Hmm......wait a moment....." Torillan says as something catches his eye. He looks for something to stand on to get a better view of the window sill. Once there he inspects the three scratches to determine if they might be claw marks.