Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20150708222546/@comment-5583506-20150710223342

Remian nodded to the newcomer in understanding, while still maintaining his stern exterior. If anything, he was glad to see that there were at least some people who made themselves the effort of getting to the meeting, whether they were early or late.

"Alright then", he said. "I will brief you on this matter."

He took a quill in his hand, dipped it in an ink jar at the desk behind him and started to fill in the details on a large drawing board on the wall behind him.

"Earlier today we received a message from Leyawiin in Cyrodiil about a most peculiar homicide taking place in a nearby mansion. The gate was broken and the front doors looked as if someone had tried to shove them through a grain mill. But what's more strange is this, which arrived with all the other information we received from their City Watch."

The senior officer laid out a cast made out of clay for the Investigators to inspect. It depicted huge claw marks, far longer than anything anyone in the room had ever witnessed. He let the clay piece travel around the room for everyone to see.

"These claw marks were found at the crime scene. Neither the City Watch, nor their healers had ever seen anything like it. Nor have I for that matter. That just goes to show why they saw it necessary to contact us."

He exhaled. "But this where things get ugly. Our victim of this homicide was Theomyr Cordius, an alchemist locally well-known in Leyawiin. He was found literally shredded to pieces inside his study within the mansion. Judging from the reports I have been given, the assault on him must have been accomplished by someone of tremendous strength and power, but that still doesn't explain the claw marks." He made a grimace. "Nor the bite marks found on his body. According to their healers they found both that the bite marks could only have come from human teeth as well as... well... dogs... Yet no dog tracks was to be found in the area, and old Cordius himself owned no pets."

He made a stop to make sure that everybody had paid attention to his briefing. "But wait... it gets worse... And this is where we come in... Beatrix Carmine, Leyawiin's professional healer and coroner, provided me with a full report on the autopsy of Cordius' remains. From what she claims in this document she states that the metabolism of Cordius' body did not match that of his given age. She says that although Cordius' exterior perhaps looked old, the insides of his body was in a perfect condition. The condition of that of a 20 year old."

He calmly awaited the Investigators' reactions... and questions...

"This... this one's name is Mi'Siri", said the Khajiit woman nervously as the Breton watched her with a passion seldom witnessed.

She kind of regretted her decision to agree to this man's studies. But then again, she had used to work as a madame in a brothel in Riften for years. She was no stranger to obscure perversions and odd interests.

At least he paid well...