ZOLANBERG—Outrage abounds in Zolanberg as the news of a heist most villainous spreads. Priceless remains, a remnant of the ancient goblinoid Empire of Dhakaan, have been stolen and desecrated from the Lyrriman Museum of Ancient History.
Investigations into the crime have found many confusing aspects that confound our police force. Two of the guards of the museum had suffered from suspicious accidents on the night of the theft, but neither can recall what happened to find them in such precarious positions. One was found sprawled across a bench, a half eaten croissant in his mouth and another, pristine croissant resting on his chest. The man's face was bruised and swollen, perhaps indicating an allergic reaction to something, but medics found no evidence that this was the case and in fact the man suffered blunt force trauma to the facial region.
Another guard was found collapsed at the bottom of a stairway, with injuries consistent with falling down the stairs. Was he pushed by one of these mystery corpse thieves, or did he simply trip and fall, an unfortunate, and unfortunately timed, accident?
There are many strange elements to this story that make it hard to identify what actually happened, and why. What reason might someone have for stealing preserved remains of a dead hobgoblin from a museum? An argument might be made in the case of some of the artifacts present that misguided individuals might think them magical, but we at the Chronicle struggle to imagine the same logic could be applied to a corpse.
One theory is that the corpse was reanimated, and escaped on it's own. This has been debunked, as the casket the corpse was stored and displayed in has also gone missing, and there was no trace of necromancy at the scene of the crime.
The public are being urged to come forward if they hear anything that they think could be related to this theft of a priceless cultural artifact. It belongs in a museum.
