Murder in Cear

[superpoweredchimp]

The silence of the night was never broken by that act, the blade of the knife entering the man's back too quickly for him to react before his death. The moon was not bright that night, making the act all too easy. Even in the middle of the street, the dragging of the corpse could not be seen...

It wasn't until the sun broke into the sky that the now lifeless man could be seen. The citizens of Cear had discovered his body sprawled out on the edge of the fountain. His eyes were open, though were rolled into the back of his head. He was definitely dead by the look of it, even though the one wound he suffered from was hidden from view. Though the location of the wound was left quite obvious as his blood had pooled out from his back, into the fountain, tainting the water and turning it red.


A man watched from afar, grinning coldly. A single, whispering word escaped his lips...

"One..."

[Jamin H]

*As Cripsis rushes through the crowd that built up around the murder, he huffs and grunts while he tries to keep his set arrangements. As he finds his way into the space around the fountain and where the man was positioned, slumped over the fountain, he notices finally why there was such a crowd. He pauses, forgetting his meeting and why he was in such a rush. Looking to the dead stranger he seems shocked, though he gives a slight smirk before he speaks. His voice creeks with a low morbid and dull tone to it:*

"A bit too...public...but anyone with that kind of confidence must have clear intentions

*His eyes rise from the fallen victim to meet with the edge of his low hung hood as he stares out to the masses to try and spot anyone out of the ordinary, quickly jumping from face to face. After a brief few seconds he notices a mere commoner looking at him. Fearing that the commoner heard him, Cripsis walks away briskly as he utters a soft reminder to himself.*

"i should have a chat with the showboat who flaunted his talents sometime"

[superpoweredchimp]

Several days past, after the funeral and after the proper burial. It is night, and the same man is stalking through the streets, avoiding contact and unwanted attention. He finally arrives at his destination, shovel in hand.

The next day, with the sun in the sky, it is plain as day that the man's grave had been defiled. The ground is dug up, the coffin opened, body missing...

[Jamin H]

As Cripsis has been trying to find ways to seek out the murderer, he's kept an eye on the situation. After hearing about the grave robbing he makes his way to witness the sight for himself. While unsure weither to hire to seek the person out or wait for him to show himself, Cripsis prepares a note which he plans to leave as an invite at the hole in the ground.

Through constant thought Cripsis realized he would only be a step behind the stranger. As he reaches the grave site, he's found pondering on the next best course of action. The hooded member leaves the grave in a frustrated state, wondering through the city back and forth, speaking with various people of Cear asking them for information on who was responsible for the murder of the man and who dug up his body.

He leaves a selected few with a message...That there is a note left buried in the grave of the dead man.

I would like to congratulation you on your act, not only executing it, but without it leading directly back to you. I would be honored to meet with you. Possibly at this grave or at the statue near the north gate of the city.

-Blind Dread

[The Explorer]

Constable Tobias Skyler Blythe looks for signs of Kor, construct or undead whilst he observes the citizen's in the area of empty coffin whilst patroling, taking note of Cripsis description and the direction which he leaves once he see's him drop something in the gravesite.

The Constable approaches the gravesite and tells the gathered commoners to leave the area, once clear he reaches in picking up the note left by Cripsis after reading it he puts it back with a grin "Amature, I doubt the culprit will return here"

The constable heads straight to Beatrix at Fleet Headquaters, informing her of the suspicous character and that he should be followed as he may lead the town guard or the Fleet to the Culprit or at the least he was obviously going to commit a crime, he also suggested that she order a town guard to discretly watch over the empty coffin incase the culprit should return.

[The Explorer]

Constable Tobias exits the Fleet HQ with an approving smile, he talks to some town guards and then the Captin of the watch before discretly heading off in the direction of Cripsis.

[Jamin H]

After may failed attempts in obtaining some word about the whereabouts of the person he is looking for, Cripsis retires to his room in the mistyvale inn. After day's gone by, he exits the room and pays the inn keeper and leaves for more business. He adventures to the bandit camp and through various caves and houses, seemingly wasting time; till nightfall, he seems more alert and active, with a purpose he hurries back to Cear. He is seen greeting fellow hooded members with a nod and a few with a hand shake. Late in the night he is seen speaking with a tall mage under a tree outside of the misty. The two exchange words for some time, surrounded by the dark hooded men around them. Cripsis pulls out a large black, heavy looking book and begins to scribble information down into it. Shortly after, he bows his head slightly to the man and departs in the middle of the crowd of hoods as they walk into the night.