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Report: A corpse in the river



It was in the late afternoon while I was off duty, taking a walk by the riverbanks outside the west gate of Bree, my nose was assaulted by the unmistakable odor of rotting flesh, I rushed to find the source, only to discover what my worst suspicions suggested. The body was nearly bereft of flesh, most of the body being picked away by the wildlife or time. Upon its neck was a long gash, at least five inches deep, indicating a very purposefully slit throat likely with a dagger or other bladed instrument. With the corpse was a woman Vemia who stumbled upon the sight before I did, after explaining what little she knew she revealed the corpse in question's name was Simon, describing from her previous interactions with him in life that he frequently chased after the opposite sex, including advances on herself, perhaps such behavior was the motive for his death? As I began serving the corpse a gold ring of dwavish make was found on one finger, the other woman tried to lay claim to it, but begrudgingly handed it over to me as evidence in the end. As the body was about to fall the two of us pulled it up by the boots, finding a fish that was stuck in one of them as I pulled said boot of his foot. After that I carried the body back over to the jail, where a familiar child Narcinth bore witness to the corpse quickly setting her aside I did my best to explain things while the staff carried off the decaying corpse. I later had the ring appraised so I could learn more about its origin. I discovered the ring's dwavish origin as well as that signet the ring bore on it was the dwavish character for "N." With that knowledge come to light I truly do believe we have a other connection to the network, and possibly even further credence to my suspicions of the dwarf Lorgorim having a hand on this. In any case, I should think a search of this network's base of operations is now in order.