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The half-elf was not prepared for the room before entering it. As soon as the door to the penthouse opened, the color red was clearly prevalent. The main room was coated in red blood, with various shades caused by the varying age of the blood splatter. It took Avi a few seconds to realize that most of the blood had been used to create runes on the wall. Avi recognized a few of the runes as old Norse, having taken a class on runes in university. However, he had only taken the one class and as such was far from an expert. Instead he would defer to Morgana.

But of more interest to Avi was the claw marks that were all along the furniture. At first glance they all seemed to be from a large animal, but as Avi looked at them, he could sense the faint trace of magic. Whatever had tore up this apartment was no basic animal, but rather a mythological creature. Avi immediately wondered if it was a Norse creature as that would line up with what he knew about the runes on the wall.

Madeleine seemed to notice his interest as she asked him to investigate the claw marks while Morgana looked over the various rituals strewn across the room. Avi was glad that he hadn’t been assigned to look over the pentagram in the centre of the room as he really hated dealing with Satanic powers. Ever since he began studying magic, Avi was steered away from the dark arts, coming to fear them slightly.

Instead he had focused on the academics of magic, something that would probably help identify the marks. Before going any farther into the room, Avi took the gloves Madeleine offered as he didn’t want to spoil the crime scene. The half-elf then went over to the nearest piece of furniture, a large blue couch placed in front of an abstract painting.

Immediately, Avi could declare that these were marks caused by the claws of a predator. As he gave it a closer look at the marks, they now appeared to be caused by a canine species, probably a large dog or wolf. But that didn’t help narrow down what this creature was, as there were countless breeds of magical dogs and wolfs from all over the world.

While Avi knew that he could probably get these claw marks analyzed by a scientist to figure out what this creature was, he also knew that would take several weeks at least. Instead he decided to rely on magic, Avi pressing his wand up against one of the marks. Using the wand as a magical focus, Avi put all of his attention into the claw mark, closing his eyes as he communed with the lingering magic.

With all of his mind on scanning the remaining magic, Avi started to feel something. He could tell that this had to do with nature, visions of wide open fields filling Avi’s mind. In his mind, Avi walked through the field, seeing something glowing golden in the distance. As Avi continued to pour his concentration through the wand, he got closer and closer to the golden thing. Eventually he could see what it truly was, a stalk of golden corn.

It took Avi a minute to make the connection between corn and the creature, but then he remembered another one of his university classes, this one on European folklore. In the text book was a section on Feldgeister, also known as field spirits or corn demons. They were nature spirits native to Germany, living in the wild and coming in many forms. And one of these types of field spirit did have the form of a large wolf.

[colour=#FF47C8]“Roggenwolf,”[/colour] Avi said quietly before speaking up, [colour=#FF47C8]“I believe that this is a Roggenwolf, a wolf like nature spirit from here in Germany. While they are known to be dangerous, they usually target children, kidnapping them and then eating them. But if they are pressed into a corner, they could be quite violent to anyone.”[/colour]

Looking at the Satanic circle in the centre of the room, Avi wondered if Friedrich had attempted to summon the nature spirit. But Morgana shot down that theory when she said that none of the symbols really amounted to anything, saying they were the ravings of a mad man. While insanity could explain the various symbols and blood, it did not explain what a Roggenwolf was doing in the penthouse. And more importantly, where had it gone.

The thought of a wolf spirit running amok in Frankfurt was a troubling one, especially since the claw marks on the furniture revealed that it was quite a large wolf. A chill ran down Avi’s spine as he walked away from the couch. Seeing that both Morgana and he had done their analysis, the half-elf walked over to the computer and Madeleine, wanting to see if she had any leads.

[@Kumbaris] [@King Cosmos]