Auxientia Police Captain Malcolm Locke confirmed to reporters that several historical items lent to Mayor Cannongrove for the historical summit held nine months ago have gone missing and are presumed stolen. Locke announced a task force is presently underway to recover the items.
According to Police, the Auxientia Historical Society, Parastin Order, and Police themselves had lent out several historical items to the mayoral estate for the summit. Locke promised “swift and aggressive action” in the matter.
Among the stolen items, Police are seeking the return of the Flywheel Mirror, used in the infamous Weatherglass Widow heist. The Flywheel Mirror was a tool used in the most infamous of confirmed heists by Auxientia’s greatest thief, Sam Flywheel. Although no one quite knows how this mirror was used, Flywheel left several taunting letters to police claiming that the mirror, made their job “all too easy” and named the mirror, “my little lookout.” The Weatherglass Widow heist is the most infamous of Flywheel’s thefts, where notorious thief Sam Flywheel posed as a butler for said widow before robbing her of several valuable lumenstone trinkets and jewels. According to legend, Mrs. Weatherglass overheard Flywheel in conversation with the mirror the night of the heist, receiving details of her property which only Weatherglass herself was privy to, prompting her to tell police afterward, “It’s impossible. Impossible!” Historians believe the Weatherglass Widow heist was by no means the only theft committed by Flywheel. Rumors abound about the infamous thief. Due to the fact that they were never caught, only conspiracy theorists have any claim to the truth about master capers that supposedly included the use of a magical mirror. One particularly tantalizing rumor is that Flywheel is the only thief to have ever successfully infiltrated the Luciole archives, one of the most secure information depositories in the city. Another particularly outlandish rumor involves the first mayor of the city and right-hand general to Auxientius, Dahura. Purported by self-styled “Facts Expert About What’s Really Going On,” Trevor Northlight, this urban legend claims that instead of condemning the thief, Dahura christened them an ally of the city in celebration of their skill and appointed them head of security for the city treasury. Keen readers will of course note that Dahura had long passed away by that time, making such claims dubious at best.
Other items include the First Crafted Parastin Sword, Auxientus’ Raven, Lawgiver’s Badge, and a map of Auxientia donated by the estate of historian and cartographer Naksā, who wrote, “The history of Auxientia is the story of civilizations being built one on top of each other. The Ancients, the Bāhira, the Exiles. Dig deep enough and one may reclaim their ways.”
Locke added that the task force had concluded that the vandalism at Jam’ mā Community Hall of an unpublished Bāhira manuscript was directly connected the case. However, when pressed on a possible connection to the Barbunkle burglary, Locke refused to speculate. Anyone in possession of such items are urged to turn themselves in to the Auxientia Police, as Captain Malcolm Locke has vowed “swift retribution to all those who flaunt Auxientia law.”
