"Your guess is as good as mine," one of the guards said, scrubbing a little harder.<br/><br/>The statue had a<em>very</em>faint lingering aura of necromancy... but that could just as easily be attributed to natural causes, from the blood spilled in an almost ritualistic fashion. Still, the 'V' seemed to glow<em>slightly</em>brighter...<br/><br/>Twenty-five names are carved into the base of the statue; the names of the guards who gave their lives in the fire. As well as, curiously, the name of the warden's wife, Vesorianna Hawkran. Curious... what was she doing there, the night of the fire?<br/><br/>(A DC 15 Sense Motive check reveals that the citizens of the town seem suspicious of any outsiders.)