Tol-in-Gaurhoth XVII: The Saga Continues to Continue quite Continuously

[The Saucepan Man]

So this is what passes for evidence in this village?

Has no one paused to consider whether they noticed anyone creeping off into the woods this morning? Or whether, when we first heard the cries of Ye Olde Kinght, any of us were missing?

And has anyone bothered to survey the scene of the crime for clues? No? Garn! I am surrounded by incompetence. Shall I be forced to fulfil the role of constable as well as prosecutor and judge in this accursed village? Sadly, it would seem so. Well, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do ...