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Alzar heads out immediately to investigate. She lived in a modest house, and Alzar arrives just as another wizard does as well. He nods to Alzar, and Alzar recognizes him as another of the small guild here. He tells Alzar he is going to bury her, and Alzar spends a quick moment investigating her body. She is dead outside of the kitchen. He sees nothing magical, just some claws that killed her.
Alzar moves into the kitchen. It seems like she used it as a lab too. She was making ink when slain. It looks like ink for scrolls. There are some basic tools and spell components As a Frost Mage, some of the items reflect her specialty, such as a polar bear pelt on the wall and a set of melted frozen snowflakes for spell components.
The storage next to it holds mage chemicals of various, but non-dangerous, uses. The kitchen opens onto the library, and here a battle took place. It looks like some of the books were burned just a couple of hours ago. Alzar makes his spellcraft proficiency and notes that the burn marks are identical to a Burning Hands spell, because they are in a straight line. Most books survived. Did the Frost Mage use a fire spell, or was it used on her?
The next room is a large reception room. The flagstone floor is nice and smooth. There is a green gelatinous substance in here. Green Slime? He heads back to her kitchen, sets a fire in the fireplace, and pulls out the burning logs and returns. He sets the Slime on fire before it can reach him and it dies.
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