Notes:Kaarst City Watch Hope's Prize incident report

Incident report
Date of report:
25th Skaerentsa

Location:
Incident took place on board the ship Hope’s Prize, which was docked in Kaarst harbour at the time

Nature of crime:
Murder, smuggling of arcane contraband

Victim(s):
Name: Adran Mokam
Description: Human man
Occupation: sailor – captain of the ship Hope’s Prize

Name: Thava Windreaver
Description: Halfling woman
Occupation: sailor – bosun of the ship Hope’s Prize

Details:
Incident was reported by crew of the Hope’s Prize who discovered the bodies early morning. No witnesses of the attack taking place – most crew were off ship cavorting in city and returned to the ship drunk to rest.

Both victims were found on a ship that had recently made port. The pair were sailors of some experience who often traded goods around the Roughspun Coast.

They were found in their ship’s lower deck, with signs of a struggle. Both had received several wounds from blades, likely daggers, and had sustained wounds consistent with cold and necrotic damage. Patches of frost and ice were also found in the surrounding room, with no apparent source.

The nature of several wounds and surrounding damage suggests arcane intervention.

When the scene of the crime was searched, city watch discovered several items of magical contraband – a spell scroll of firebolt, an enchanted dagger, and several materials consistent with the material components of arcane spells. Material has been confiscated and the Hope’s Prize has been temporarily retained pending further investigation.

Investigation ongoing.