OH BOY A MURDER MYSTERY

[feckinboomstick]

Or rather a supernatural murder mystery.

A serial supernatural murder mystery.

Cassian, as some of you may know, is possessed. Specifically, possessed by the old god, Hastur. He's also ageless and immortal, but the only way he can maintain his health is to devour the flesh of a sacrifice. Or a few sacrifices. Specifically, the heart of the sacrifice.

I'm looking to get the murder train rolling here with that!

Cassian will, of course, be committing the murders incognito and... partially without any control of himself. Under the command of Hastur, his form becomes shrouded, and he appears to be a three dimensional shade with massive white eyes.

The bodies will always be mutilated in the same way, with the ribs broken and spread out and the heart removed.

I'm looking to plot with this! It will take place in Everglade, because... well where else would it be. Looking for people to combat the beast, to fight it, and one person to uncover who it is!

This last part will take some time, and there may be rest periods between murders, as with most serial killers. This plot won't be a main one at all, but a little undercurrent side thing for people to fuss with.

The climax of it will happen quite a ways down the road.

Any takers?

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[spoilsfun]

Okay, so before I offer my detective and superhero for this...

How long is this plot planned to last? Will there be clues available? Is there an end game planned out?

[feckinboomstick]

havent hashed out the length yet, but plenty of clues as it progresses. Barring the scent clues, there will be various clues that someone with a great knowledge of magic did the murders, specifically someone with a strong knowledge of necromancy.

It will deeply involve old Celtic spells in many places regarding the dead, pre-christianity, as well as several hints that the caster is a catholic despite all that, regarding burial rites.

As for end game, that depends on who catches him, and if they want to seek justice or attempt to end the curse that holds him.

[spoilsfun]

Ah, in that case I might need to keep Conan out of it unless one of the other detectives wants to team up. He's scarily good at mundane murder cases and predicting criminal behavior, but he doesn't know anything about magical or supernatural things. He just doesn't have the knowledge background to help much in a case like this. Now if you wanted someone who could track him down based on the kinds of dirt left at the crime scene...

But I'll put Danny in for any kind of final battle that happens. He spends a lot of time patrolling around Everglade trying to stop trouble from happening.

[feckinboomstick]

SORRY M8

Due to the nature of Hastur, there won't be a lot of average murder scene evidence. Conan will probably be able to figure out the murder weapon though due to iron residue on the bones from an old knife and the marks left on the bones!

Also that whoever attacked the victim had a huge amount of physical strength, as the bones won't have many saw marks on them, but rather would appear to have been cut in one or two hits.

FINAL BATTLE WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN THO YES

[spoilsfun]

Haha, well get back to me if no one else offers to catch him. I could probably come up with *some* explanation on how he used science and the deductive method to solve this.