There is a hide, stashed under a pile of firewood to the side of the courtyard; it takes Quentan and the others a few minutes of looking to find it. The hide appears to have come from a large rat - not quite dire rat, but definitely a large specimen. The only damage to it is the ventral cut that was used to open the creature and retrieve all the innards and bodily fluids. Those were used for the mess on the memorial, while the rest was hidden here. No instrument is obvious, though the incisions look like they were made by something very sharp.