Interlude in Corvis: the case of the Elven serial killer

Back in Corvis, our noble protagonists planned to indulge in some well-earned rest...but it was not to be.

The paladin, Camilla, chased away a mysterious elf after he spooked the children at the church. The priestess Alicia had been teaching them about Morrow's love, and how each of them was special, and for some reason this fascinated the elf, who frightened Alicia's class. Not long after that, our heroes encountered the elf who'd assisted them on the train to Caspia. Introducing himself as Shas Menellyth, the Iosan said that he was in town looking for someone.

A few days later, Prelate Dumas and Captain Hellstrom of the City Watch informed them that several children had been murdered in the city. Shortly after, Shas hunted them up again to ask for their help in find the one he was looking for, saying he didn't know the city well enough to do it alone. They learned from him that the murders were quite likely committed by the elf he'd come to find.

They followed the elf's trail across the city, finally tracking him down at the market, where he was attempting to kidnap a child with some drugged sweet buns. Shas jumped the killer and fought him down, but an altercation began when he attempted to take the blackguard away. The City Guard wanted to handle the renegade themselves, but the elves insisted that they would deal with their own. Eventually, the Guard accepted their promises to punish their rogue accordingly. Shas would say little about what was wrong with the individual, but he did tell them that it was a form of madness that occasionally strikes elves, a nihilistic insanity where the elf believed he was doing the children a kindness, "saving" them from the pain of life or some such thing.