Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury (Erastus [VII] 2nd, 4707 AR)
T he skeleton attacked the heroes. The skeletal wolf hound fought to the bitter end (again). The judge kept a potion of lesser restoration and a potion of bear’s endurance in two flasks in his desk. He also kept a potion of cure moderate wounds in a dusty glass flask. The old judge’s gilded masterwork dagger rested in an ornate emerald-and-silver sheath in his desk (the sheath was worth 50 gp). Clue: The heroes noticed the spiked chain belt Malgrim was wearing was remarkably similar to the rusted one around the Judge’s neck. The judge had also begun drafting a letter to Absalom’s higher court concerning Mord’s trial, but he didn’t get far. His final written testament contained only the following: Most Honorable High Magistrate Archamais Mazer, It is with great remorse that I script this. The chaos of our time has eaten many innocent souls, but this one was lost not to catastrophe, but to an evil deed of injustice. Lies have killed a man this morning and I for my part did nothing...