Pointing Fingers

* As we leave the graveyard after being summoned by Mary Chamberlain, we pass the Keegan residence and the front door opens.
* Dorothy greets us and introduces us to a man with her, Cyrus Kincaid.
** An older gentleman, scruffy, worn leather duster, well traveled
** He is a trapper by trade
** We agree to return for lunch after we met with Mary.
* Cyrus joins us on the walk to Mary’s home. He mentions that we don’t keep a very low profile.
** He heard about us at the Whetstone Lodge.
** He informs us he has been ‘sent’ by the spirits to help us and offers his services. This surprises us all, especially Martha.
** He has been hunting Vaesen for many years.
* We fill him in on the details of our investigation as best we can. 
** We theorize the Grim may be reacting to the feelings of some of the people in town that didn’t want to sell.
** The evidence of the Grim prints being concealed and the body being so close is very strange.
** The forged letter was given to Geoff so he could get close enough for the Grim to kill him?
* Mary is waiting outside for us looking vexed; perturbed that we took so long.
* She tells us her maid found a letter written from August Meyer to Geoff.
** The letter states there is a deposit of iron underneath the church that must be retrieved.
** The church will have to be demolished.
** Meyer says he will sponsor the construction of a new church.
* Mary is adamant that a possy be formed and O’Gowan arrested! 
** Martha is shocked at the accusation of the priest!
* When we question her about the note she says she found it in a stack of paperwork. 
** It’s very convenient that this letter has shown up, and we question it’s authenticity.
** Alec notices the note has been folded and unfolded naturally, like it was opened once, maybe twice and she’s flattened it out.
** We find it odd that Meyer did not mention the iron deposit to us in our briefing. He told us no homes would be impacted, so he technically didn’t lie, just omitted.
* We ask to speak to the maid in private about finding the note (AND the disappearance of William’s whiskey!) and Mary gets very offended!
** Tensions rise, tempers flare! Alec is upset that Mary is being very unreasonable and stubborn. Mary questions Alec’s honor which angers them more and they call her a bitch!
** Signe tries to smooth things over with Mary as Alec storms out of the room. Mary won’t concede to us questioning her maid.
* While Signe and Mary try to have a ‘civilized’ conversation, Alec sneaks up upstairs and searches her office.
** They find another note of medieval text, it talks about a cat being baptized by fire that now protects the church.
** They also find a combination to a safe.
* We reconvene again outside and Alec shares what they found.
* Martha concedes that she will not announce the dead body but tells us god will be mad at US not HER.
* We return to Dorothy’s house and meet her daughter, Wila
** A young woman of 16 with a shock of red hair.
* Our conversation with Dorothy is a lot more amicable and we learn several things from her:
** She was not aware of any search for Geoff after he disappeared.
** Meyer wanted to buy up the town but they’d be allowed to keep their homes. He specifically wanted the mill and the land around it. Mary was refusing to sell as it was her estate.
** Dorothy wanted to sell and travel the world with Wila.
** She tells us the Chamberlain maid is Lily Young.
** Wila is clearly withholding information when Cyrus asks her if she’s ever seen anything.
** Dorothy is the one who told Geoff of the iron deposit, as she’s known about it her whole life, though she wasn’t aware of the plans to remove the church to get it.
** Her husband died in a logging accident 16 years ago when a safety lash broke.
** Everyone in the town knows about the Grim. She knows about the cat bones buried in the church. It’s a story told to keep the children in line. If you hear the church bells at night it means another child is being put in line by the Grim.
** She heard the bells ring a few weeks ago around the time of Geoff’s disappearance.
** She is lying about not remembering the last time the bells rang. 
*** We wonder if they rang the night of her husband’s death.
** Wila seems to know more than she’s letting on.
** The previous pastor, Pastor Ross died of old age.
* They don’t look like the same handwriting, but they look like they are around the same age of time******?
* The medieval texts look hundreds of years old.