Of guts and glory?

[Rowana]

A rumor begins to surface of strange beasts and humanoid creatures being found laid in smoldering heaps with various parts of their innards removed. Much of the other details are exaggerated or out right fabricated. One thing is certain some people are growing uneasy about these rumors.

[Rowana]

"Hey... did ye here 'bout dat shark what turned up on th' coast gutted an burnt?" The man heavily in his sauce whispered loudly to his fish smelling compatriot.

"Nah.." The fish smelling gent brushed his friend aside with a roll of the eyes.

"Lissen, I heard it true fr'm th' warf werkers. Ses it stunk th' plece up! Th'y 'ad te finish th' lazy arse's job an burnit. Met was spoil'd like Matsy's garter!"

The fish smelling sailor just shrugged and changed the subject before his drunken friend blathered on further. He wasn't so drunk to miss the eyes on them both as his friend pretended to whisper at the top of his lungs.

[Rowana]

*Scrawled across one of the benches of StormCrest in a odd brownish ink or paint or other substance, a strange message*

I Wish Music could adopt,
It makes the clouds roll,
It is a joy that brings,
More precious then Mithril,
I have my music.
With out my muse I will go Crazy.

*despite its rough surface the handwriting seems extraordinarily crooked and as if the author was suffering in some why as it was scrawled. Despite normal efforts to scrub off the 'ink' it does not remove.*

[Rowana]

*Finally a substance is found to removed the poetic but unwanted graffiti from the bench. A grumbling dwarf claimed it to be an astringent used to remove blood. Whatever the coincidence there in the bench is once more in it's unmarked state*

[Rowana]

*Once more the StormCrest shack witnesses an oddity, and to some, a tragedy. Early in the morning of Mulnari, Junar 23 a body was found laying over one of the benches. He was bloodied but had no identifying markers or items. Found on the bench under his body was this phrase which very possibly identifies him as the previous writer:

With out my muse I will go Crazy.
She

There was a large smear mark as if he meant to continue but was unable. It is unknown whether his death was due to his injuries before or after he reached the area.*