The Skinsaw Murders

Yola leaves Hemlock's office in pursuit of Sasha, and the two men look at each other a little dumbfounded.  After a momment of akward silence, Hemlock says, "Okay, perhaps not deputy material just yet.  But Sasha will be fine when she calms down I'm sure.  But uh, just in case, you may want to take lead on this."  At this point Yola returns, with a calmer but still visibly upset Sasha in tow.

Once all are seated again, the sheriff runs down his list of leads, checking them off on his fingers as he goes.  "One:  The lumber mill.  I'd start there.  As I said, my men have it cordened off and have orders not to disturb the crime scene until you've seen it. 

"Two:  Ibor Thorn.  He's the one that discovered the bodies at the mill this morning.  He's pretty shaken up, and I don't think he knows anything, but you might be able to get something out of him that I couldn't.  Go easy on him though - he's been through a lot.  I've got him in a quiet holding cell downstairs.  

"Three:  Ven Vinder.  He runs the general store here in town.  His daughter Katrine was one of the victims.  He was the first person I visited after the discovery.  But when I told him he flew into a rage.  I'm fairly certain that it was over the loss of his daughter and not out of guilt of being caught, but nevertheless, he's my only suspect.  He is also cooling off in a cell downstairs.

Four:  The first murders. Malvick's already given the full story there.  The three bodies are on ice in the cellar if you want to inspect them, and the body guard Sevilla seems to have gone insane.  He's in yet another cell downstairs.

Five:  The rune.  The other victim was Banny Harker.  There was a star carved onto his chest, just like the three men Malvick found.  It obviously has signifgance to the killer but I'm at a loss as to what that might be.  You may want to consult our local historian, Brodert Quint on that. 

"Oh and Sasha, you might want to show him that."  Hemlock points to the medalion that Sasha took as a trophy from her and Yola's victory over the villian Nualia, and has been wearing ever since.  Sasha lifts it to her eyes, as really seeing the stone disc for the first time.  Etched into its surface is a seven pointed star.