So I decided to create a dunmer spellsword and played through the intro and followed Halvor to his uncles place, all nice and normal so far. After dinner and agreeing to go and see the Jarl, I wandered around the environs casting flames at a couple of deer here, smiting a few wolves with my sword there and letting crabby the mudcrab raise my light armor skill for a while. Returning to the tranquil little village I decided to smith myself some nice leather armor from the hides I'd collected. All nice and peaceful so far.

As I was putting the finishing touches to my brand new leather bracers I heard Alvor exclaim "Oh no! What happened!" As I moved away from the forge I was met with the sight of a very dead Faendal, lying next to the cabbage cart in the middle of the street outside the Riverwood Trader. I couldn't but help echoing Alvor. What had happened. Faendal hadn't been anywhere insight when I'd returned to the village. In fact the village had been as quite as a mouse, as it was nearing midnight and there had been no sound of a struggle.

Theories raced through my mind. Had Sven removed his rival from the race for Camilla's hand? Did Hod, whom I'd seen pass by earlier, have a motive for offing the Bosmer? Could the kind and generous Alvor have been responsible? Perhaps Lucan had taken issue with Faendal's pursuit of his sister? Or had one of the notorious killer carts of Skyrim claimed yet another victim.

So. Who do you think did the dastardly deed?

Your avatar is the cutest thing I've seen all day

Colonel Mustard, with the candlestick, in the drawing room.

It was the butler.

Raziel, my assassin, snuck into your game...

Babette

I think it was either homicidal goats, or the chickens, there is most definitely something unnatural about the chickens of Skyrim.

Obviously......(puts smoking pipe in mouth).... The killer is in this very thread..........

It was probably the cart, courtesy of wonky physics.

But what would be its motive?

Too much lolly gaggin due to skooma and moon sugar causing a heart attack.

All very intresting guesses, Unless there is a Shape Shifting Dog in the town. Lord, I hope there is no Shape Shifting Dog. That would svck fo you and your game. The whole town will die if there is a Shape Shifting Dog!!!

K-Ray

I've actually thought that Hod was the resident addict, the amount of times I've seen him standing at the end of his mill, motionless... staring off into the distance... for hour upon hour.

Now that I think about it, it could have also been the dark brother hood.

But who hired them? they don't work for free (unless it's personal I guess, but what could a lowly hunter who spends his days chopping wood have done to raise there ire?)

I lol'd so hard I wanted to cry.

It was that kid who said he was gunna prank you. He must have pranked him hard...

Sven contacted the dark brotherhood, of course

LOL! Best thread I've come across in a long time! Epic! The story is hilarious, and the replies are doubly so!

I can't help but envision Faendal tripping over the cart, and breaking his neck, with an "oomph!"

So did he have faendal killed because of Camilla? Or does Sven have some other reason?

It's the cabbage carts. No, it's not a glitch. We mess with forces we don't understand.

OP it was your avatar

Cheers

But what is their goal? there must be a reason behind the great cart conspiracy.

Its definitely the cart. By Newton's third law.

I was actually wondering this as well. I started a game, and found Faendal lying dead in front of the tavern, and everyone else was very nonchalant about it. Too nonchalant, I do believe that this needs to be explored! To the Mystery Van!