Description
Hanging round the neck of the deceased woman is a Cloudbourne Ice Necklace, a trinket that promises to protect against evil. It seems this victim did not reap those benefits. In Whitefall, you heard the merchant, Ronn Donashey, attempting to sell these trinkets. Perhaps he can explain why this item failed.
Upon completion
Well, it certainly appears they were the victims of foul play. I will beef up patrols, especially night, and send some men to bring back the victims. I pray to Thedeor that this does not foreshadow a resurgence in cult activity in this region - it seems no matter how hard we stomp it out, it always oozes back up out of the shadows.
You can keep that trinket. It's useless junk, hedge magic charms. Those Breakers are charlatans, the lot of them.