Issuing Authority: Saint Brigid’s Hospital – Forensic Pathology Division
Associated Watch Case: GC–FIR–006
Case Designation: Brass Crown Exterior Fatality
Examining Physician: Dr. Edrin Vol
Reviewing Authority: Pellor Nyx (Records Oversight)
Date Issued: 10th Day of Frostwane
Status: Filed / Restricted Circulation
This report documents the post-mortem examination and forensic analysis of Halver Istrin, deceased, found outside the Brass Crown Salon following reported verbal confrontation earlier the same evening.
This report addresses injury causation, timing of death, and compatibility with witness timelines currently on record.
Name: Halver Istrin
Age: 41
Sex: Male
Occupation: Registered Inventor
Residence: Workshop dwelling, Gearcross Fringe
Date of Death: 8th Day of Frostwane
Estimated Time of Death: Between 22:05 and 22:25 hours
Identification confirmed via registry records and personal effects recovered at scene.
The body was received with clothing intact and no evidence of post-mortem disturbance.
No valuables were missing. No signs of prolonged exposure, dragging, or relocation were observed.
Environmental residue on clothing is consistent with the stone walkway surface outside the Brass Crown Salon.
Primary injury identified:
Single cranial impact to the posterior-left region of the skull
Depressed fracture with radiating fissures
Minimal external bleeding relative to severity of injury
Secondary findings:
Abrasions on palms and knees consistent with collapse after loss of consciousness
No defensive wounds
No patterned bruising suggesting restraint
The injury is consistent with a single, deliberate strike using a blunt object.
Internal examination revealed:
Extensive intracranial hemorrhage
Immediate neurological incapacitation
No evidence of prolonged suffering
Cause of death determined as massive cranial trauma resulting from blunt-force impact.
Death would have occurred within minutes.
Based on fracture morphology and impact dispersion:
Weapon likely rigid, non-edged
Mass sufficient to deliver lethal force in one strike
Shape consistent with stone, metal fitting, or architectural fragment
No weapon was recovered.
The force required does not suggest extraordinary strength or repeated blows.
Toxicology screening returned negative for:
Alcohol at incapacitating levels
Common sedatives
Industrial or recreational toxins
The deceased was not impaired at time of assault.
Estimated time of death aligns with the 20-minute interval identified in witness testimony as unaccounted for in one individual’s timeline.
This window is medically sufficient for:
The assault
Immediate collapse
Death prior to discovery
No physiological evidence contradicts the established timeline.
Injury pattern and collapse abrasions indicate:
The blow was delivered at or near the location where the body was found
No evidence of transport post-injury
No evidence of fall from height
This was a localized, contained act.
From a medical perspective:
The assailant’s claimed memory lapse has no correlating physiological marker present on the victim
No substances detected that would indicate involuntary blackout or disorientation caused by exposure
Medicine neither supports nor refutes the claim.
It simply does not require it.
Cause of Death:
Blunt force trauma to the head.
Manner of Death:
Homicide.
The injury is:
Intentional
Singular
Immediately incapacitating
The medical evidence confirms that the act could have been carried out quickly, quietly, and without struggle.
This examination cannot determine:
Identity of assailant
Source of blunt object
Presence or absence of third-party facilitation
Such determinations fall outside medical jurisdiction and require investigative access not granted at time of filing.
As a physician, I can state:
The injury required intent, proximity, and opportunity.
It did not require time.
Whatever occurred did not leave room for hesitation, panic, or escalation.
One decision was sufficient.
— Dr. Edrin Vol
The death of Halver Istrin was the result of deliberate violence inflicted during a narrow and medically plausible time window.
The body does not contradict the timeline provided.
It merely fits inside the part no one remembers.
Report filed and sealed in accordance with forensic protocol.
Saint Brigid’s Hospital
Forensic Pathology Division