A journalist's story of Stranglethorn killings

=== Minutes of an Interview regarding A series of Deaths In Stranglethorn ===
Not for Public Viewing Blood Knight Masters and those deemed worthy by the Reagent Lord of Quel'thalas only!
The following text is an interview with an eyewitness to some of the murders of Stranglethorn; he identifies the killer to be The Ice Killer Orromis Brithire.
Journalist = J
Witness = W
J: “So first off let me thank you for agreeing to be interviewed, I assure you once more that your identity shall remain hidden.”
W: “Good.”
J: “Would you be able to start by telling us how you came to witness the murders found in the area of Stranglethorn Vale?”
W: “I only witnessed three murders, I heard four more occurring and I saw the man doin’ it, as for the others that went missin’ I cannot tell you.”
J: “But you believe it was him?”
W: “Yes. I believe it –was- him.”
J: “So, tell me. How did you come to be in this situation?”
W: “ Around twelve people had already been killed going to and from Booty Bay, or other camps. We were a hunting party and decided that we would kill the band of pirates or bandits, which at the time we believed to be the cause of the deaths.”
J: “And you are sure that this man was not simply one of the Pirates or Bandits?”
W: “Pirate’s aren’t trained to fight like that.”
J: “So you are saying he was skilled with his weapon?”
W: “Aye, he had obviously been involved in something to do with military, I only saw his eyes and chest, but from the bulges in his hood, I’d say he was elven. Rumour has it The Ice Killer was a Blood Knight gone bad, maybe they had taught him to wield a blade, if all of Silvermoon fight like that, I’d hate to be a conscript right now.”
J: “So. You hunted and you found him?”
W: “Not quite, we were hunting through the jungle part of Stranglethorn, it was dark and raining Attalius was in a sour mood and grumbling under his breath, we’d been at it for hours. We found a track of footprint, but of only one man. Confused we decided we’d best follow it, took another hour but finally the tracks stopped at the base of a tree. It had many branches and we assumed he had climbed it. This was half right I guess.”
J: “Half Right?”
W: “Yes, he had climbed around the trunk of the tree and hidden behind it so as we wasted our arrows firing into the tree killing anything but him, he waited until we ran out and stepped around the trunk and introduced himself.”
J: “He introduced himself; you mean gave you a name?”
W: “not quite he told us he was The Ice Killer; he told us he knew we were following him. He told us he was responsible. And then… It happened.”
J: “And it was?”
W: “He drew a knife, nothin’ big or anythin’ jus’ a knife. He walked forward, ‘course we didn’t have any arrows left. Attalius drew his sword and charged. The bastard moved too quickly to be real, one minute he was standing in Atta’s path, the next he was standing beside him with his knife in the back of his damned neck.”
J: “You say that he had supernatural powers?”
W: “No… Somethin’… Trainin’ his movemen’s was too controlled to be acts of magic…”
J: “So you are saying he was trained, like a soldier?”
W: “Aye. Like I said before, too skilled to be a pirate.”
J: “So, what happened next?”
W: “The others charged…two good men. I don’t know what happened to them he just, snapped out his arms and the stopped breathing clutchin’ their throats.”
J: “So you’re saying he didn’t touch them?”
W: “He must have. Anyway, at this point most of us turned and ran… I did the same, didn’t wanna be anywhere near that place, near him. I could hear their screams… They echoed through the jungle, spooked the animals too. Damn. Lotta good men died that day.”
J: “Is there anything you would like to add at all sir? If you can, I know this must be difficult.”
W: “No, it ain’t difficult. It’s easy. What is difficult is not knowin’ who the bastard is. How can you catch what you haven’ heard of. No identity… How can you hunt what don’t exist…”
J: “Thank you for your time sir… Have a safe journey back”
It is later reported that the witness was killed en-route to the inn in the ruins of Silvermoon, another body, believed to be the journalist of this interview, was found at the bottom of a stream leading into the Erlendar Lake. The deaths are supposed to be kept quiet and should be told to no one except the highest ranking guards and Knight Masters. The Ice Killer is the name given to the former Knight Orromis Brithire. It is his betrayals that lead to an enquiry that showed an obvious flaw in the justice system, and that was listening and trusting all knights absolutely. The court has kept the trial quiet and not many have found out about it over the years; however some of the less, ordered murders have been tied to him. It is doubted he committed them; however, that is immaterial, this man must be captured. His records recently disappeared from the temple; the warrants for his arrest are gone too. He has left the wanted posters demanding him dead or alive for the murders of seventeen horde citizens, but he has still not been turned in. Attention needs to be turned onto the actions of this man, in revealing what he truly is and has done, it would increase public awareness and what would be more chances of his arrest. I cannot argue against the choices of The Reagent lord however. If we told them, it may cause fear. It may demoralise our citizens. We cannot afford this and we definitely cannot cause this.
*A sprawled illegible signature is found at the bottom and a wax seal had enclosed the envelope bearing the minutes of the interview and this lower report. The seal was that of the Blood Knight Order.*
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