[Irene]

Only a few days ago, a Mercalan man and his therapist wife arrived in Alstalsia, both here to help cure the disease.

And so they did. Slowly but surely, they made sure there would not be a 39th and 40th victim.

Too bad they didn't suspect that they, themselves, would be the next victims. Found in their rented house, the husband was stabbed through the body by twenty needles of light. The needles were powerful, and pierced so greatly that he had fallen nearly instantly.
Powerful, offensive Mercalan magic was used.
Shortly after, his wife was murdered through the use of a knife, and next to her corpse was a Zeran female who had suicided afterwards, being the culprit behind the woman's death.

After further investigation, the mysterious Zeran woman was proven to be the man's secret lover, and was sometimes secretly visiting him at night. She believed that his wife may have murdered him, and acted on a whim. Additionally, it's quite clear that the male's death wasn't suicide, as there was no sign of the man's leftover focus in the air.

The worst of it all, though. . . a cryptic letter was left, written in the most commonly-spoken language. The handwriting is pretty poor, and so is the grammar, just like mine in the morning.

[This is the last post for a while now until others ICly react with something worth posting. Still, for a big incoming event, you're free to sign up to be a bad generic NPC character. Just DM ℑ????#6890 for more details.]