Harmonium

[*Thanaton]

Notary Mernos writes one last report to the Factol and the Measures, about Cinnamon's case.

"After the arrest of Cinnamon and her escorted to the Barracks, I decided to speak with Kaltia, the owner of the Wild Side.
Although at first she wasn't too happy to see me, saying that she smelled 'crustaceans', when she understood that it was about the matter of Cinnamon she showed herself a delightful host. That, as I discovered later, happened because she'll probably be Cinnamon's Lawyer when the trial will happen.
As I spoke to her, I found out that she has been her custodian for around nine hours, and that she's a Psion. Plus, she confirmed that Tarotina is the name of Cinnamon's owner. She kept on saying that Cinnamon is merely a construct, 'as any Elan'.
She said she knows Factor Aidan, and seem to know him pretty well.
Also, I highly suspect that something else was at work, but I have no clear evidence to submit -despite Cinnamon's words in front of other Namers and some other vague answers obtained from Kaltia-.
When I confronted her, about the words spoken by Cinnamon about Kaltia asking enlightenment about, she said it was a Cinnamon's poor choice (thus destroying her defense about her being a simple construct, because constructs don't have actual free will), and kept on blaming her, evading the question itself.

Whatever she's hiding, I believe further investigations are needed.

Beyond that, I believe this covers up everything about Cinnamon's case.

In the end, we both agreed to be available to each others in case of assistance. That is, if a warrant is needed on my behalf or if she sees a crime happening to come at us... instead of playing the backstabbers.  We are allies, and we should stay together if we want to keep this city safe... until someone decides otherwise.


-Dorian Mernos,
Notary of the Harmonium"

[*StaleCrouton]

A letter is delivered to the barracks by an ashen skinned woman with dark black hair and red eyes, she referred to herself as Alexandra, the handwriting is very neat and professional.

To whomever it may concern:
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I'm not used to writing these kinds of reports, so please, bare with me.

Just some time ago I encountered a corpse in the hive ward, dumped near the bottle and jug in an alley. The corpse looked to be that of a male, possibly a half dragon, disfigured and butchered. Most of the dark scales on it's wings appeared to have been removed, it was missing quite a lot, and it's femur bones were removed as well.

Anyway, that's all I have to report on the matter..

P.S - I know this is just speculation, but could this perhaps have something to do with the sigis article that was written not too long ago about dragon hunting season? 

Signed: Alexandra Mordine

[*Thanaton]

A letter is delivered to the barracks by an ashen skinned woman with dark black hair and red eyes, she referred to herself as Alexandra, the handwriting is very neat and professional.

To whomever it may concern:
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I'm not used to writing these kinds of reports, so please, bare with me.

Just some time ago I encountered a corpse in the hive ward, dumped near the bottle and jug in an alley. The corpse looked to be that of a male, possibly a half dragon, disfigured and butchered. Most of the dark scales on it's wings appeared to have been removed, it was missing quite a lot, and it's femur bones were removed as well.

Anyway, that's all I have to report on the matter..

P.S - I know this is just speculation, but could this perhaps have something to do with the sigis article that was written not too long ago about dragon hunting season? 

Signed: Alexandra Mordine

Notary Mernos would have acknowledged the report and went into the Hive to investigate on the matter.

[+] Spoiler

But before that, he would have acknowledged a report from a concerned citizen. This report would have been turned to the Factol and the Measures.

"With the present,

I declare that a man called Ryrik has reported to me and to the Harmonium Measure at the front desk about a fact: Cinnamon, our recent case in which she paid bail, casted spells on herself in the Market ward without permit, brandished weapons, and declared an intention to do harm to a citizen of Sigil; Ryrik himself. He named Sullie, Bane, Caex and Arath as witnesses to these acts.
I'll collect informations from the witnesses, and then await orders.

-Notary Dorian Mernos"

[*Thanaton]

Notary Mernos would have acknowledged the report and went into the Hive to investigate on the matter.

After some investigations on his behalf, he starts to write a report.

"Given the few clues on the scene of the crime,
I had to talk with some of the Drow I managed to find close to the Hive, and grab some intel about other drow or ilythiiri or whatever.

I spoke with a woman called Bree, a drow, and seemed to stay all the time at Daisy's. Witnesses confirmed.

I spoke with a woman called Zebey'uit, a drow half-dragon: I doubt he's the culprit, unless it was a territorial matter settled with the other half dragon, but I'd say that is not the case. She spent most of her time in the Beastlands. She might be a potential victim in the future, so let's check this out.

I spoke with a man, who seems to know something about drow in the city: he mentioned two women.

First one, Vierkiira: it's a drow mage, going around with glasses. She spends most of her time in the Bazaar, clearly bored. I highly doubt that is our killer. UPDATE: Apparently she only messed with the body, collecting some hair and blood, but she didn't kill the body.

The second one is a woman called Zarra: she went around in undersigil, possibly a Soulknife, and was smashing its mace with a will to smash stuff. Although she might not be our killer -it's not the work of a brute, but of an assassin and a scavenger- it's someone we might want to watch.

The problem is, it might as well be a creature under drow disguise like a Succubus or a Dragon or a Doppleganger or a Brachina. We need further details, so I ask that the body might be recovered before the Dustmen does and thus making some questions to the dead body. If it can't be done, then we should talk with the Dustmen.

- Notary Dorian Mernos"

Another report follows.

"There has been a little development: Vierkiira was the one who collected samples like blood and hair from the victim.
Though, apparently, she doesn't seem to be the killer, given it was mere business for her. As she simply stated. Wether it is true or not, we don't have enough evidences for a full interrogatory in the Barracks. She, however, tried to sell her services as a merc in case we need assistance to solve the problem of the murderer. According to her, it might be possible that he's been used probably for experiments... or worse, given the lack of scales and bones on the body, sold stuff to the new shop in the Hive "Flesh Bar and Grill - Nice Meat  we Eat" given he's offering a bounty on large (and fresh) dragon bones and dragon scales.
Probably some berks thought they couldn't know the difference between a dragon and a half-dragon.
We can ask the Dustmen to gather more informations from the dead body.

Guvner Kaltia and Mercykiller Namer Kotaro declared themselves available in case we need their help.

Requesting orders and the permit to pursuit this lead.

-Notary Dorian Mernos

[*Thanaton]

"I spoke with the men mentioned by this Ryrik... and aside this Arath, the others said they did not see Cinnamon threatening the man.
That means, without proof, we cannot do anything about. I shall be the one to report that.

-Notary Dorian Mernos"

Then, another report follows.

[+] Spoiler

"Another body has been found, another Draconic.

This time, though, the scene was gruesome and it seemed different from the other... as well as the modus operandi. While the other one was stabbed repeatedly, this one has been gutted and eviscerated like an animal. Also, the arcane circle with a dessicated heart in the middle with the words "L O S T" makes me wonder if it is connected with the Mercykiller investigation.
In any event, i'll contact the Dustmen and see that they collect the body for an autopsy. Perhaps, that way, we'll learn something more. Something that may tie this murder to the other... or others.

-Notary Dorian Mernos"

Another report follows.

"I managed to find the colleague of the Mercykillers about the several murderers in the Planes, Sullie.
He testimonied that this ritual is indeed quite different from his: that means, it might not be tied. Too many differences, especially given there's one single body instead of five, and it was gruesome... while his victims were just with their throats slitted.
I also managed to find an expert in draconic magic and knowledge willing to assist. These are the notes I collected while inspecting the body.

'This ritual has been probably made to gather some power, meddling through life force. A dried heart in the middle of an arcane circle, probably made to enhance the power of the caster.
It may be possible that it's tied to the Goddess Tiamat: this God makes of powerful and loyal humanoid servants, a type of creature called dragonspawn. Collecting life essence of five half-bloods with all the colors of the chromatics, it could be used to consecrate oneself for such a ritual. To show one's worthiness to the Queen, and to enable themselves to be tied to the Ancestral draconic magic.
The runes inscribed in the arcane circle say "Chymdyr", meaning LOST. Probably a feeling of abandonment of the killer from the Queen of the Chromatics and so the murderer is trying to fetch Her attention -and that would mean it's a personal creation of the spell, which means an incredibly arcane spellcaster-. Still there's also the possibility that the words CH - Y - MD - YR are to be taken separately, having maybe other meaning to the ritualist.
It is yet to understand if a connection can be found to Baator. As a side note, this is probably not the place the killer has found his victim, so possibly he dragged the body all along.
Apparently, there are some ties with the last victim. The first one is the Starmetal. In the first victim, it is a symbol: according to myths, dragonkind arrived in the Primes through meteor showers. That is tied, thus, to starmetal.
Also, the bodies might be following a logic: first it was killed a black half-dragon with poison as well (ironic, given half-dragons spit acid, and the poison used was Dragon's Bile). Now it's a white dragon. I'll let the dustmen find the real cause of death, but in the symbolism... the killer is following the scheme of Tiamat's holy symbol. I'll leave a sketch attached. In short, I believe our next victim might be a red half-dragon.

The first kill was messy, in a corner in the Hive to harvest some parts to make us think at something else... but this killing is not: it has been planned, and that means the murderer is growing. He's starting to enjoy his work as he disembowled her entrails. That only means we will have more killings, given the killer will escalate. I'll inform the Dustmen.

-Notary Dorian Mernos"