Hear ye! Hear ye! The liege of Barclay Castle has been slain! Dead he was, and in his own keep. But who hath killed Lord Edmund, and why?The inhabitants of Barclay Castle expected an attack from a neighboring lord. In the hullaballoo and hysteria of the assault, Lord Edmund was murdered. Found he was near the well in the keep courtyard, his chest torn open by a sharp object, and laid to rest was he in the family crypt beneath the keep’s chapel. The local and honorable sheriff detained several pe