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IInnkeeper Peter: Mortician Edmund:
These deaths are too much; we’ve lost our peace, (while attending the body)
We must find the killer for this to cease. Innkeeper Peter.
(The trial begins)
Tailor Eleanor:
Sister Margret: But who could do such a dreadful deed?
(with conviction) Didn’t we hang the murderer, is it not what we
The Devil himself shall hang by my will! need?
Hunter William: Sister Margret:
(with a fierce tone) We must have fallen for the devil’s game,
I’ll avenge Thomas; the devil I’ll kill! A soul was lost, and we bear the blame.
How will we cleanse ourselves from this shame?
Magician Rose:
Spare me the speechless, the righteous display, Knight Alaric:
We’re all bound to die at the end of the day. Now’s not the time to ponder on the past,
Who committed this crime, who’s the killer at
Healer Agnes: last?
(with suspicion)
Eliza loved Thomas, this much is true, Healer Agnes:
Was jealous Helen the killer who slew? The other day, when I went to give Peter a cure,
I heard him arguing with Hunter William, that’s
Innkeeper Peter: for sure.
Could it be so? They fought all the time,
Could jealous drive this terrible crime? Hunter William:
I always argue with him, it’s nothing new,
Mortician Edmund: Don’t make this seem like something I would do.
And why was her necklace in Eliza’s hand?
A clue left by fate, cruel and unplanned. Mortician Edmund:
True, everyone knows Hunter’s tight with cash,
Young Helen: He fights with the Innkeeper to avoid paying the
(with shock) stash.
W-what? No, this is a lie!
Healer Agnes:
Knight Alaric: But yesterday, he threatened to kill him, I heard
(cutting Helen off, with sharp authority) it clear,
There’s no need for words, no need to try, My own ears caught those words, full of fear.
The evidence speaks: you cannot deny.
Hunter William:
Young Helen: None of this proves I took his life,
(shouting desperately) You can’t blame me without any strife.
No! I’m not guilty!
Mortician Edmund:
Sister Margret: (lifting an evidence)
(coldly) But look here, Hunter’s arrow in Innkeeper’s
The guilty one is not you, my child, chest,
But the demon within, cruel and wild. Is this just a coincidence, or is this curse at its
(Young Helen looks at Sister Margret with hope, but best?
her hope is crushed as SisterMargret raises her hand in
judgment.) Knight Alaric:
(drawing his sword at Hunter William)
Sister Margret: Got anything to say now? You filthy wretch,
The evil spirit that dwells in your heart, Your bloody hands, you can’t escape from this
It is that demon from whom we must part. stretch.
(Young Helen is declared the devil and hanged.)
Hunter William:
Act III: The Third Murder I-I..
(This time, the body of Innkeeper Peter is found. Sister The Villagers:
Margret is reading divine messages once more.) Hang him! Hang him!
This murder’s on Hunter, that’s the thing!
Sister Margret:
The God spoke, he said: (The Hunter William is hanged, but unrest still
Dark spells like shadows have fallen in this town, lingers in the village.)
The power behind this curse still hides,
unknown, Act Four: The Fourth Murder
The devil’s knowledge lies within, these charms,
all around. (This time, chaos erupts in the village over the death of
Healer Agnes. Sister Margret stands by Agnes’s body,
Magician Rose: accusing the magician.)
Cut your prophecies short, just tell, who’s dead?
We need the facts, not tales unsaid. Mortician Edmund:
Now the healer’s life is cruelly undone,
A wound unknown, inflicted by none.
What must we do to banish the devil’s curse,
Before this darkness claims us worse?

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