And so night settled in. The mood was cumbersome, but it didn't last.
Fili was the first to point out something was wrong. "There's a killer among us and we're just lazing about! We need to take action!" He snapped at the crowd. "And I believe Jondoe is the murderer." Duel argued back, claiming it was Kbowling. Mat considered this, and seconded Fili, but Kbowling out of suspicion pointed to Mat. Knixer considered the accusations, and thirded the motion of lynching Jondoe, and Dragon seconded the motion against Mat. Jondoe had been quiet, then pointed to Mat as well. Overlord then spoke up, breaking the tie, putting his vote against Jondoe as well.
The group turned on Jondoe, who backed up uneasily, then drew his blade "Alright fine! It was me you worthless welts! Who dares to have the strength to try to kill me? None of you stand a chance, just like Lermdig didn't" He held the head of Lermdig up in victory. The entire group in a blind rage of disgust and hatred jumped Jondoe, he didn't have a chance. He was disarmed, pinned down, and beat unconscious. Mat then stood up and raised his fist in victory before throwing Jondoe in the fire he burned Lermdig's body in, and slammed the gate shut. Jondoe woke up instantly and cried in agony at first, then began laughing, more and more hoarsely as his vocal cords cooked, until finally he became silent. One killer was dead, the group was at ease, and returned to their rooms for the night.
But, not all were asleep. Knixer had discovered the items in his room had been messed with, and shortly after discovered a crossbow had been placed in his room. He examined it, and decided to save it for later, it might come in handy.
The veteran fighter was also unable to sleep, as he was on the hunt. He tracked his prey through the empty halls. He soon found Dragon, but that wasn't his target, his target was following Dragon, but he didn't realize his target was in fact a paladin. He made his move, but the Paladin was quick, and heard the veteran fighter coming, he overtook his opponent and pinned him down. "I'm going to give you one chance to repent, you're a skilled soldier like me, work with me, or I'll kill you where you lie." The veteran fighter had to think, but only for a second "Reveal who you are, and I will reveal who I am, and we can work on bringing down the shadow brigade scum together." The paladin and veteran fighter have joined forces.
At just after midnight, the Crazed Nobleman decided he'd had enough of Overlord, he had betrayed his ruler for the last time. The Nobleman sneaked into Overlord's room while he was asleep, and by the time Overlord realized someone was there, the Nobleman had begun stabbing Overlord, over and over. 50 times he had sinned, 50 times he would be stabbed. Overlord couldn't even cry out in pain. Overlord had been a simple villager, troubled, but no threat, but the Nobleman would never understand that.
The last victim came just before sunrise. The fire had been just barely smoldering, but just enough to burn someone's flesh away, and that's exactly what it did. The shadow brigade had knocked Mat out cold, and threw him in the fire place. His cries of agony woke everyone up, but they arrived only in time to watch as a small amount of oil was knocked over by Mat, and ignited him. It took twice as long for Mat's cries to end as it did Jondoe's, this was a message to the group. After this, they noticed Lermdigs head on a pike in the center of the grand hall. There was a note on the pike as well. Fili was the brave soul to read it. "Good morning everyone, it was a real shame you had to go kill Jondoe last night, he was a good friend of mine. Let this be a message to you, we're always watching, and we'll make any death you cause twice as painful when we kill you. I do hope you enjoy the breakfast set out in the mess hall, and should you let any of it go to waste I'll make sure you suffer. Have a good day."
The shadow brigade wasn't through yet, that was for sure.
