Objective:
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Inspect the bodies on the gurnies using your Witcher Senses. One has been mauled by necrophages. Another is human, not dwarven. The dwarf lies in the northeast part of the area, near the autopsy posters. Tell Joachim to start the autopsy, in any of the following areas:
- Head—hair is burned, eyes are scooped out. An incision made into the voice box, possibily with a scalpel. The murderer performed a tracheotomy. The mouth is burned and blistered like Priscilla’s. There is gray dust around the eye sockets, too; burning coals were placed into the sockets.
- Torso—deep wound to the left of the rib cage. A scar the length of his stomach; examine both. The scar is an old wound, but the stomach indicates the heart was carved out. Joachim delves into the wound and produces a small ball-shaped egg from an amphibian. This was the murderer’s doing. Open the abdominal cavity, resisting the stench of formaldehyde. This was ingested!
- Hands—welts on his wrists, indicating he was tied up. Someone took a ring off his finger.
- Legs—he kicked something with his right foot.
- Genitals—early stages of syphilis.
Afterward, you can tell Joachim your deductions (ritual murder, punishment, no motive, or you’d prefer not to share your conclusions) as you wish. You’re then interrupted by the coroner (Hubert Rejk), who tells you the name of the dwarf (Fabian Meyer). Hubert isn’t happy that Joachim is doing his job for him. Ask how they know each other, then where the woodcarver’s body was found (at his workshop near Farcorners, and dragged to the morgue by Eustace the corpse collector). Continue the investigation there, after Hubert covers for you once the prickish Reverend Nathaniel arrives, and closes the mortuary down. On the way out, chat to Joachim about Nathaniel’s past as a torturer who now wears the garb of the Eternal Fire.