Sheriff Belor Hemlock
The man, Banny Harker, has a reptutation as a penny pincher, but otherwise a well liked man. He owns the lumber mill along with Ibor Thorn (the man who found the bodies). You haven't heard anything about any bad blood between the two owners.
You know Katrine is one of the shopkeeper's (Ven Vinder) daughters. The other one is Shayliss, and she has a reputation for being promiscuous and many a man have been threatened with a pumelling due to their association with her. He seems to have been oblivious to the fact that his other daughter was similarly inclined.
Khel can reconize the seven pointed star as the Sihedron Rune, an antiquated glyph symbolizing arcane magic once practiced in ancient Thassilon. Looking closer at the body reveals the presence of several additional wounds. Unlike the deeper slashes on the body, numerous smaller gashes seem to have been made by claws.
The smell seems to come from the man's wounds.
You can also see sign of a struggle, it seems as if the footprints of Katrine have come at great speed towards the biggest pool of blood in the middle of the room, then been pushed into the log splitter. One of the footprints seems to be a barefoot humanoid.
Chigaru can confirm the barefeet clue, as he can see signs that someone climbed out of the river and left behind muddy footprints. They lead to a wall where it seems whoever it was climbed the wall to reach a second floor window.
"Remind me of the chopper's work mostly in the grizzly nature of it, he says.
"This wasn't just a crime of passion. The killer took his time."
He's about to say some more whn another guard enters the room and whisper something in the his ear. He lets out a weary sigh.
"Misery loves company it appears. I've got to go. Seems there's been an attack outside of town. A patrol was attacked on their way back to town."
