'The Tongue Thief', Ritual Murder In Rural Alguz Options

[SamR]

It was a cold, crisp and sunny morning in Bydale-On-The-Alg, a small village outside Alguz. The village’s small but respectable temple, sprung out as a glistening white beacon on the lush green floodplains either side of the great River Alg

Brother Barnaby, a devout follower of the ring of Serenity, had been a popular posting to the village and had been enjoying semi-retirement after a life spent in the busy beating heart of the faith in the Alguz Cathedral itself.

It was the fisherman’s boy who discovered the gruesome scene at the Temple that morning. Brother Barnaby, his throat cut and his tongue carefully removed was laying on the steps leading up to the inner chambers. No one in Bydale-On-The-Alg dared entered the Temple and the fisherman’s boy was duly despatched Alguz…

[henghasty]

Tarquin receives a note, "Tarquin, I have heard alarming rumours from Bydale-On-The-Alg and am heading down to investigate; should I require your assistance I will send a further note. In faith, light and hope. Grisgriel"

[TimTreadwell]

Tarquin receives another note, "Tarquin, I have heard alarming rumours from Bydale-On-The-Alg and am heading down to investigate; should I require your assistance I probably won't be able to send a further note..... so come running! In faith, light and hope. Yorso"

[Patch]

Tarquin gets another note... What is Aven's name is this [----] show... find murderers. send murderers to heaven for judgement. I am busy, so you got this, I don't need help.

H

[TimTreadwell]

People tell me that Brother Gerald, a relatively potent priest of Renewal, has not been seen in a over a week.

They say that he often went out to collect herbs for natural remedies in the woods just outside the city walls of Alguz but was only ever gone a day or two.

Clearly we need to search those woods but I am worried about what we will find.

If I were a Demon trying to concoct some ritual or other I would be looking to take a priest from each Ring. Either that or a number from one ring to assault in particular. Do we know what Rings the other priests already murdered were close to?

I'll see if I can find out but others might want to loon into it as well.

Yorso.