[Wids]

For the Eyes of Captain Rygel Hawkgarden of the Lady's Guard
From the Hand of Chamberlain Ironpate
20 Eleint


My Good Sir,

As you requested, I have assembled a list of all goods which have gone missing from Lady Corella's manor and grounds within the past day:

Missing from the apothecary:
2 vials of scorpion venom (kept on hand to heal injured muscles)
2 flasks of alchemist's fire (used to cauterize wounds and amputations)

Missing from the artisan's shop:
1 masonry chisel
1 hempen rope (25 feet in length)
1 cargo hook

Missing from the wine cellar:
1 prybar (used to open crates and casks)
1 corkwood mallet (used to drive taps into casks and to reseal opened casks)

Missing from the kitchen:
1 bottle of Ruby Pass winter wine
1 small sack of barley
2 large kitchen knives

Missing from the stables:
1 shovel

In light of the crossbow and the quiver of bolts which have also gone missing from your arsenal, I must join you in your suspicions that these goods were not misplaced but, rather, were thieved, and that a dreadful plot may be afoot. No servants charged with these stations noticed anything amiss before the goods were supposedly stolen, and so our thief is likely a clever and cunning person possessed with a keen measure of familiarity with the estate and the servants staffing it.

I have already taken the liberty of bringing this occasion to Lady Corella's attention, and she is deeply concerned. I shall continue to speak with my servants and see what more I may learn about these losses. Though I presume not to instruct you at your own station, keep vigilance for both this thief and the missing servant girl Anneletta, for our Lady frightfully suspects that the two may be the same.


Your Diligent Servant,
Chamberlain Wilgerd Ironpate of Margo