Murder in Hlint!

[darkstorme]

Hlint is in an uproar after one of its own was murdered yesterday, and under the very eyes of the Captain of the guard no less!

The deceased was the well-known fur trader Johan of Hlint, an elderly gentleman who retired from the business some years ago and was apparently looking to create one last work, before he died, from the pelt of a rare animal.

Looks like he won't get that chance! And get this, I hear that the murderer was a druid exacting some sort of retribution against the poor old fellow. What a scene!

The druid's now wanted, and poor Johan is bound for the cemetary. Haven't heard about the funeral arrangements yet. Have you?

[Vendar]

*A lone monk watched the events unfold from the background, busily scribing in some sort of leather-bound journal*

(To himself) "I wonder who will be the one to bring this druid in for the murder? Will anyone attend the funeral of Johan in Hlint? Does the old man have any surviving kin? With each new event, only more questions arise."

[Ellis]

~~~ A notice tacked to the wall of the Wild Surge Inn, Hlint ~~~

To Arms!  To Justice!  The lovable Johan of Hlint has been brutally slain in the streets in cold blood!

No more shall we, the city and town dwelling citizens of Layonara, be subject to the 'natural law' of the druids.  They come into our towns to murder our citizens and exact their own justice upon us and our harmonious way of life.  We must capture the one responsible to be tried in our courts by our laws and terms.

Do not let this senseless murder go unpunished!  Take action now!

~-~ Ellis Kyudo, Archer ~-~

[Skabot Redwolf]

*Some time during the night a small fur shrouded figure with a wolf's head helm creeps up to the gates of Hlint, when he leaves a moniker is left painted in blood, approximately three feet high and close to the ground.  It reads "Golden Bear".  Some sources speculate that this vandalism was carried off by a drunken barbarian of the same name on some kind of primitive dare.*