Tith wakes up halfway through Mozu's exercises and joins him commenting on his scars "Nice scars, betcha I got more! even got a few brands meself. The scars were more fun to get." the last bit is accompanied with the thousand yard stare of one who has been through some things.

Breakfast for Tith is meat

as the list of people to question is being discussed Tith comments "How did the assassaminidopes get in? did they come in with the weak big greens or were dey let in? should lookit the gates and such, talk to a gatekeeper if they still live." then returns to voraciously eating his morning meats.

Curascious clear his throat and hollers up at the man, "Pardon me, Mr. Frum! We need to speak with you!"

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Tith wakes up halfway through Mozu's exercises and joins him commenting on his scars "Nice scars, betcha I got more! even got a few brands meself. The scars were more fun to get." the last bit is accompanied with the thousand yard stare of one who has been through some things.

Breakfast for Tith is meat

as the list of people to question is being discussed Tith comments "How did the assassaminidopes get in? did they come in with the weak big greens or were dey let in? should lookit the gates and such, talk to a gatekeeper if they still live." then returns to voraciously eating his morning meats.

 Mozu nods, “Not a bad idea. We will stop there first then the woman. Red, do you have anything to lend to this?”

Red looks up from his meal and hides surprise while he exaggerates chewing to give him time to think. "I'm quite at a loss. We will need to find people with a motive. It would be best to start by questioning those who knew him best. Beyond that, we would need to discover if there are any parties who stand to gain by causing disruption to the established authority in this town. I think that is more likely than a personal vendetta at this point."

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Curascious clear his throat and hollers up at the man, "Pardon me, Mr. Frum! We need to speak with you!"

 "Also," calls out Herd, "do you need assistance coming down from there, Mr. Frum?" 

Omast looks down at you, his eyes seem to have trouble focusing. "What? I can get down on my own." He simply reaches into belt and pulls out his own hope knife and cuts the rope.

There is a loud thud as he lands hard. He is momentarily stunned then gets onto his feet. You can see that while currently drunk, his eyes red, he is very strong and looks to be a capable fighter in his own regard.

"What do you need? Now really isn't a good time..." he trails off muttering about how it will never be a good time again.

“Agree, very bad timing,” says Curascious summarily. He then checks himself, and belatedly tries to put on a sympathetic face. “Your friend has died, but we mean to investigate and get justice for his killing.”

"Correct," Herd chimes in, "we will help you find closure - perhaps vengeance. Has there been anyone particularly threatened or interested in Mr. Rodrik?" 

Omast drops down with a thud. He sways a bit on his feet, but you can tell he would be a formidable fighter if he were sober. "My best friend killed himself with his hope knife... it's what they are for after all right?" He shakes his head to clear up the cobwebs a bit. "Only... he wouldn't do that, no way one assassin or even 2 or 3 could take him, not without a fight." 

He takes a flask out of his picket and takes a deep drink. "I watched those boys grow up, patrolled with Rodrik often. I bet it was one of those halfies." He glances over at a couple half-orcs nearby who are working in a shop.  "More and more of their kinds have been showing up. Taking good jobs away from worth Trunauans.

"Rodrik was always too friendly with them. Talk to Katz... Katrezra.. yeah that is it. He is a cripped oaf who lounges in the Sanctuary spouting curses and dreams. Rodrik was friends with him." He starts to climb back up.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have more graffiti to clean up." You can see on the wall above him half cleaned white paint that appears to be swords.

“Graffiti? Who is the culprit? And what does it mean?” 

(Does Curascious know the significance of painted white swords?)

Herd leans into Curascious, "Mr. Flumplestump, I do not understand the correlation between the ancestry of those bakers and Mr. Rodrik's death."

Then to Olaf, "I too am curious of the meaning of that 'graffiti' on the wall and its origin."

Curascious will point a finger at Herd and mentally send a message to him: <Xenophobia is a natural tendency. People prefer to blame those different from them for the problems they see around them. They see correlation where there is little causation.>

To Omast, Curascious speaks up. “Mr. Frum, is there somewhere we could sit and talk privately?”

Red looks to Mozu  and Tith  for inspiration then asks Cham about any organizations or individuals who would want to cause unrest here or if there is anyone Rodrick  would have confided with.

//Curascious knows that the reason for the xenophobia is that the town has a decent sized group of half-orcs. They are almost all due to rapes by invading orcs so the children are looked down on and kind of scorned as reminders of where they come from. Goblins and hobgoblins are considered on level with orcs, usually not friendly, etc.//

"I don't know who painted these, if they did, they'd be up here scrubbing these off. Just started appearing a couple weeks ago." Omast says, slurring his words pretty well.

"We can go inside and talk if you like." He indicates a small building across the way, kind of an office for the local guard. "It's pretty empty this time of day." He takes another swig from his flask then stumbles toward the building without waiting to see if you followed.

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Red looks to Mozu  and Tith  for inspiration then asks Cham about any organizations or individuals who would want to cause unrest here or if there is anyone Rodrick  would have confided with.

 Mozu believes that we should check for possible weaknesses in the defenses first. Then we should attempt to find the woman who he was associated with. Thoughts?

"I guess there is no reason to hide it anymore. He was engaged to Brinya. Very few people knew and even less would approve. She's a half-orc, which doesn't matter to me, but it did to Rodrik's father. That's why Rodrik was staying here. His father found out about the two of them and there was a big falling out over it."

She sighs, "Someone should check up on her. She might know something. As for the defenses, from what I overheard there was no breach, someone let them in or they were already here for a while before the attack."

//Group 2: You are now in a side office of the guard. You are reasonably private with Omast.//

Curascious finds a seat that he can reach and perches close to Omast Frum. “Must be difficult for you,” says Curascious, speaking at his normal mile-a-minute to Omast. “Did Rodrik have any enemies...? Anyone who would want to hurt him?”

"Where can we find Brinya?" Red turns to Mozu "perhaps you should do the talking...."

"I got this, Tif has a way wif da ladies!" Tith does not have a way with the ladies.

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Curascious finds a seat that he can reach and perches close to Omast Frum. “Must be difficult for you,” says Curascious, speaking at his normal mile-a-minute to Omast. “Did Rodrik have any enemies...? Anyone who would want to hurt him?”

 Herd pipes in, "Excluding the 'halfies' that you mentioned earlier, Mr. Frum."