Jun 17, 2019 2:30 pm
Here's a list of the clues found so far in the Murder Mystery
- The spectacularly profane murder of Sutulin Olegovich. A rising scion of the church, this son of a moderately affluent boyar had been found drowned in his own blood, hung upside down in a pool of fetid river water and his own viscera, arms tied to his sides.
- Guards were guarding the house, on the orders of the commissar Nesterov Lev Ilyich, of Blue Company
- Investigation led you to believe that the killer was protecting himself from Paradox, magical lashback that occurs when truly reality bending magic is employed. You were then attacked by a strange creature you determined to be a Flesh Intruder- the gauntlet, the barrier between this works and the plane of spirits, is weaker here, than it is outside this building.
- it is obvious that there is another willworker in Moscow, someone unfamiliar to you all. This person is operating with impunity, and does not care to hide their messes.
- Later, you found Borislav Artemovich Dellov, a relative of the dead boyar examining the scene. He became suspicious that this is a hit job by the Regent and her cadre of foreign witches. This political thread was confirmed by Stepan overhearing a conversation between Borislav and the commissar - Stepan parchment and ink were sold to a man that fits the description. The man gave the name Lyubov Yefim, but the scribe is suspects the name is an alias, as Lyubov spoke it as if unfamiliar on the pronunciation.
- Kolya tracks the man to the Ragana (Lithuanian witches attached to Elena). They indicate that the man, confirming the name Lyubov Yefim, is a Lithuanian who claims to be a 'nobleman' (but with ink stained fingers), and was delivering news from home. He pretended to be a merchant setting trade in Moscow, but the witches grew suspicious of his dark aura and cut the interview short.
- Dragomir finds a bartender who had begun to be suspicious about a man with that likeness who hangs around the area. Several prostitutes have gone missing, which is not unheard of, but a few within the last week beggars credulity. Dragomir finds a hopeful prostitute, who saw her friend snatched, and taken forcibly into a coach four nights back. While not an unheard of start to a prostitute's night, some customers prefer it rough, Elena hasn't returned and she fears murder. She gives a fairly detailed account of the coach and horses, but saw little of the actual abductor. Dragomir follows the trail to a wealthy area, but there the trail chills. It would take a lot of time to search the entire area, and would draw a lot of suspicion.
- Stepan, magically sensed sympathetic connections with the items taken from the house, and these prostitute murders
- The spectacularly profane murder of Sutulin Olegovich. A rising scion of the church, this son of a moderately affluent boyar had been found drowned in his own blood, hung upside down in a pool of fetid river water and his own viscera, arms tied to his sides.
- Guards were guarding the house, on the orders of the commissar Nesterov Lev Ilyich, of Blue Company
- Investigation led you to believe that the killer was protecting himself from Paradox, magical lashback that occurs when truly reality bending magic is employed. You were then attacked by a strange creature you determined to be a Flesh Intruder
[ +- ] Flesh Intruder
Some mages have recorded incidences of strange creatures referred to as Flesh Intruders that take up residence within the body of a victim. They are Abyssal creatures that quickly begin transforming the internal organs of a victim into strange, specialized organs for its own use, and breaking everything else within down into a vile, acidic mess that it can use as a weapon.
This creature was only partially formed, and after being summoned into the body of the sacrifice, had likely emerged, and then retreated to the cellar to hide while it finished becoming. The second body, the one hanging in the front room, was probably the sacrifice, the price for the intruder to break through from beyond the qlippothic spheres. Whose body the intruder had inhabited, is unknown.
- another may hatch from a transplanted organ.
- this sort of organ donation has some affiliation with teachings of a form of Chinese qigong called Celestial Body.
- references to previous incursions all required the creature to be killed; its host could not be saved.
This creature was only partially formed, and after being summoned into the body of the sacrifice, had likely emerged, and then retreated to the cellar to hide while it finished becoming. The second body, the one hanging in the front room, was probably the sacrifice, the price for the intruder to break through from beyond the qlippothic spheres. Whose body the intruder had inhabited, is unknown.
- another may hatch from a transplanted organ.
- this sort of organ donation has some affiliation with teachings of a form of Chinese qigong called Celestial Body.
- references to previous incursions all required the creature to be killed; its host could not be saved.
- it is obvious that there is another willworker in Moscow, someone unfamiliar to you all. This person is operating with impunity, and does not care to hide their messes.
- Later, you found Borislav Artemovich Dellov, a relative of the dead boyar examining the scene. He became suspicious that this is a hit job by the Regent and her cadre of foreign witches. This political thread was confirmed by Stepan overhearing a conversation between Borislav and the commissar
[ +- ] Stepan's Hunt
... about a mile to the southeast, to the post of the Blue Company. Here, Borislav requests to see Commissar Nesterov Lev Ilyich. The watch guard leaves him hanging for a moment, and returns with the commissar.
"Yes, what- ah, Borislav Artemovich," he says familiarly, "I trust the matter is as I described? Once again, my condolences."
Borislav grits his teeth. "Your men let the Regents lackies inside. Returning to see their own handiwork! I want them chased off. But if it is war the Regent wants, war we will bring, right!"
The commissar looks decidedly unhappy. "Da, as you say."
"Yes, what- ah, Borislav Artemovich," he says familiarly, "I trust the matter is as I described? Once again, my condolences."
Borislav grits his teeth. "Your men let the Regents lackies inside. Returning to see their own handiwork! I want them chased off. But if it is war the Regent wants, war we will bring, right!"
The commissar looks decidedly unhappy. "Da, as you say."
- Kolya tracks the man to the Ragana (Lithuanian witches attached to Elena). They indicate that the man, confirming the name Lyubov Yefim, is a Lithuanian who claims to be a 'nobleman' (but with ink stained fingers), and was delivering news from home. He pretended to be a merchant setting trade in Moscow, but the witches grew suspicious of his dark aura and cut the interview short.
- Dragomir finds a bartender who had begun to be suspicious about a man with that likeness who hangs around the area. Several prostitutes have gone missing, which is not unheard of, but a few within the last week beggars credulity. Dragomir finds a hopeful prostitute, who saw her friend snatched, and taken forcibly into a coach four nights back. While not an unheard of start to a prostitute's night, some customers prefer it rough, Elena hasn't returned and she fears murder. She gives a fairly detailed account of the coach and horses, but saw little of the actual abductor. Dragomir follows the trail to a wealthy area, but there the trail chills. It would take a lot of time to search the entire area, and would draw a lot of suspicion.
- Stepan, magically sensed sympathetic connections with the items taken from the house, and these prostitute murders