# [[Case 2 - A Murder of Crows]] ![[Case 2 - A Murder of Crows.svg]] *Objective:* Find out why workers at a graveyard are dying *Quest Giver:* [[Cardinal Leon Nerus]], [[The Ascendancy]] *Reward:* ## Summary Our contact from the Ascendancy brought us in to investigate why an excavation of the [[Aberdeen Cemetery]] was leading to workers from [[Nakata Excavations]], the construction firm, dying by seemingly disconnected means. We found out that the three victims had all died from injuries that were similar to acts from a magician. Thanks to Ash speaking with the creepy crows that hung out at the cemetery, we found out that the soul of a magician-turned-politician named [[Ordo the Magnificent]] had somehow managed to possess the crows in the cemetery and bring about the deaths as an act of vengeance. Actually, Ordo's revenge should have been rightfully directed towards [[ttrpgs/The Great Dark/Candela Obscura|Candela Obscura]], whom [[Lightkeeper Jezebel Moore]]'s research showed had been pivotal in his disappearance due to Ordo's use of magick in attaining power. We built and deployed a [[Prism of Disruption]] to break up [[The Lens Effect]] and also sent Ordo's body in a metal casket to Candela for future study. ## The Case > [!NOTE] Murder of Crows > [[The Steam]] district is a hotbed of construction. One of its last open plots is a graveyard, now deconsecrated by the Ascendency. Workers have been tasked with digging up and moving the remaining bodies to [[The Shriveline]], but…strange birds gather there at night, and the workers keep winding up dead. Can Candela Obscura figure out what’s going on, and allow [[Newfaire]]’s march of progress to continue? Victims: - [[Nadia Vztlakova]], [[The Steel]], frightened to death in an alley - [[Treev Dallow]], [[Groundswell]], cut in half in his apartment - [[Moklin Quell]], [[Red Lamp]], drowned in their bed %% # Excalidraw Data ## Text Elements ## Drawing ```json { "type": "excalidraw", "version": 2, "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.1.4", "elements": [ { "id": "7qSogdPD", "type": "text", "x": 290.3999239206314, "y": -308.87487030029297, "width": 3.8599853515625, "height": 24, "angle": 0, "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid", "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 1, "opacity": 100, "groupIds": [], "frameId": null, "roundness": null, "seed": 1894374050, "version": 2, "versionNonce": 2094291134, "isDeleted": true, "boundElements": null, "updated": 1713723608868, "link": null, "locked": false, "text": "", "rawText": "", "fontSize": 20, "fontFamily": 4, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top", "containerId": null, "originalText": "", "lineHeight": 1.2 } ], "appState": { "theme": "dark", "viewBackgroundColor": "#ffffff", "currentItemStrokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "currentItemBackgroundColor": "transparent", "currentItemFillStyle": "solid", "currentItemStrokeWidth": 2, "currentItemStrokeStyle": "solid", "currentItemRoughness": 1, "currentItemOpacity": 100, "currentItemFontFamily": 4, "currentItemFontSize": 20, "currentItemTextAlign": "left", "currentItemStartArrowhead": null, "currentItemEndArrowhead": "arrow", "scrollX": 583.2388916015625, "scrollY": 573.6323852539062, "zoom": { "value": 1 }, "currentItemRoundness": "round", "gridSize": null, "gridColor": { "Bold": "#C9C9C9FF", "Regular": "#EDEDEDFF" }, "currentStrokeOptions": null, "previousGridSize": null, "frameRendering": { "enabled": true, "clip": true, "name": true, "outline": true } }, "files": {} } ``` %%