Mellion rises as well, "it makes more sense to join the guard, we had been speaking of looking for chances like this before we were brought here."

"I, Mellion Hawkstar, do most solemnly swear to uphold the laws of the great and glorious city state of Middenheim at all times. I shall obey my superiors without question, and shall lay down my life if necessary to preserve that of his most excellent highness Graf Boris. Until such a time as my mission is finishe."

"Excellent." responds the commander, ignoring Magnir.

He hands the warrant to Christof.

"I suggest you start straight away - the corpse has not been moved, but it will need to be taken away very soon... See if there are any signs on the body or any other indications..."

"I'm ready", Anke answers, and takes a deep breath. "It can't be any worse than what came to the healers in Untergard right?", she intones in a matter-a-fact voice. "Also, we need to head by the inn, I don't want to risk our landlord thinking we've been jailed and claiming our belongings. I know I would." she adds with a mischievous grin.

"If there is nothing else to be said," Mellion says as he rises, "than we should be making haste back to the inn."

"If tha body gettin' moved soon...we need ta do both really," Grmathar says slowly, a hand slicking back his hair. "'Ow 'bout Anke an' me go get our stuff from tha inn while the rest of ya get to tha temple? No time wasted but we get everythin' done." With a deep, thoughtful expression, he glances between them but his eyes linger on Anke a bit longer.

Christoff accepts the warrant from the Commander and nods at him slightly, then looks at the others as they converse with each other.

"Sounds like a good plan. I was about to head to the temple straight away in any case, since that's the main scene at the moment. And, I do not have anything of mine at the inn, so I believe this arrangement will do", he replies to Gramthar's words, with slightly thoughtful expression on his face.

"We should move on. While the scene is fresh, it is our best chance to get the trail of the murderer", he adds, casting a glance at them all, then begins to walk out, storing the warrant securely into one of his pockets.

Anke nods in agreement as well. "Yeah, I have some stuff I want to make sure is safe. Me and Gramthar will hurry, really quickly, and we'll meet you all at the temple as soon as we've put the stuff in the barracks." Anke starts moving towards the door, beckoning Gramthar as she moves past the dwarf. "Let's hurry, the sooner we finish the sooner we can save the relic", she states with finallity.

Nodding to Christoff, Gramthar follows behind Anke as she motions. Doing his best to keep up with Anke's pace, he follows her to the inn, correcting her directions if need be since he actually knows the city.

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Magnir nods in agreement with the others. As he walks to leave, he turns back to the commander.

"Fer the sake'a time, would'ja mind me bringin' me weapons back t'ya after we'd examined the body?"

Magnir raises his right hand.

"Be on me best behavior."

"I fail to see why I would allow that," replies the Commander, "since you are in no way officially part of this investigation."

He looks at the others.

"I would suggest that the actual investigators waste no further time."