Cordelia Ward & Aurelio D'Lyon

[Mia]

[A copy of this report is send to Soldier Cordelia Ward and Balladeer Aurelio D'Lyon. Delivered at the Garrison and the College respectively. A small note is included.]

As requested, I've send you a copy of my report on the djinn incident within Hasheema's Hope.

Nadiri Inanna Eilissere

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18th of Iyar 7789,
Nadiri Inanna Eilissere

Djinn attack on Hasheema's Hope.

Preceding Events;

Two bodies were found in the dry gutters by; Cordelia Ward, Endora Tofonia, Luzida Het and Jeannot Poings. The bodies seemed to be thoroughly pilfered. One was a Stonefolk man in chain and the other a human man with a mustache and a bandanna. The bodies were brought to Hasheema's Hope, the soldier Cordelia Ward believed they were potentially unconscious, rather than dead.

After overhearing one Maxwell Hayes in the Krak des Roses, bragging that he had slain two 'bandits', he was arrested by Janissary Cordelia Ward & Sergeant Rhuk Nor. Who linked the two events together. The man was brought to the Garrison and while they were receiving witness statements and awaiting a magistrate the central event occurred.

The Incursion

I was first alerted to the incursion when I heard and felt a loud explosion emanating from Hasheema's Hope. I was at my Archive in Palm's Height at the time. I hurried over to the location and found flames, magical energies and bodies - Among which were the two mentioned above, but also two bystanders who had gotten hurt. Including Rhuk Nor. Balladeer Aurelio stood there, with his sword brandished. Having just dispatched the last of the djinn that pierced the veil. He described to me the djinn he vanquished; Four flesh crafters, one of which a greater, with a jackal head.

The Investigation

Among those present within Hasheema's Hope were; Aurelio, Apothar Zol Nur, Nadiri Inanna Eilissere, Sergeant Rhuk Nor, Dudley and further onlookers. Most notably were the two bodies mentioned in the first segment. But the body of the man with the bandana and mustache had been warped beyond recognition. The flesh warped into a mangled mess. And many mouths on the surface screamed a name over and over "Nessia". Most notably, its face had become another face entirely. One which Nadiri Selwyn later identified as Bihl Bahn. A brooker who abducted Nessia previously, and presented her to a djinn; where she refused the pact.

After bringing the body of this mangled mess to the tower for containment, I examined the body and noticed tell-tale signs that the flesh had been sculpted by the court of Earth and Flesh at least a few days ago. Indicating that this man had his flesh sculpted before he died, and not after. The other body, of the stonefolk man, has also been put in containment, but shows no signs of djinn marks. Various consultations with the Fourth Legion followed.

Standing Hypothesis

It is my assertion that Maxwell Hayes got lucky, and defeated a careless opponent. He slew a brooker without realizing. And the body was transported to Hasheema's Hope by dutiful soldiers. Creating an unfortunate set of circumstances which harmed the institution. I advised her to bring bodies found to the Graveyard dais next time, where they can be examined by healers there. I had already heard of Bilh Bahn from Nessia, and was due to investigate him. But it seems his crimes caught up with him before we did. A failure on our expediency. In part caused by his deception by assuming a new face. As always, second hand information can never convey first hand experience.

Nadiri Inanna Eilissere

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[This report is filed away by Ward]