*Posted Outside the Watch House and Discretely in Townhall*
Maeturorant Gorthaurca has been declared dead by the Sanctuary Watch. At this point, details are sketchy.
There are a number of rumors the Watch wishes to dispel immediately.
1). It is confirmed that Maeturorant Gorthaurca was traveling with kobolds and goblins who live in Lower Sanctuary.
2) Maeturorant Gorthaurca was indeed discovered with his brains removed from his head.
However:
2) It is not certain that his death was retaliation against a Councilor for the recent laws passed stripping citizen's rights from "slaver races".
3) Above all, there is absolutely no proof that Maeturorant Gorthaurca was slain for expressing regret and concerns about the inadequecy of the current legislation granting Lower Sanctuary its freedom.
4) There is not sufficient evidence to confirm that Gorthaurca was slain by illithids working with the Lower Council at this time. Continuing such rumors will do little to support the Council's recognition of the Lower Council and undermine its legitimacy through allegations it supports illithids in our midst.
We repeat, we absolutely repeat: there is at this time no reason to expect that Maeturorant Gorthaurca was slain by assassins from Lower Sanctuary who sought to prevent him from issuing a statement opposing a free Sanctuary Below.
The Watch will continue to investigate this situation.
Sergeant Barrister Fawkes