At first, his fields are plagued by worms - nothing strange here yet. But then, his prize Moa bird disappears. And when you find it, it is in a sinister place - part of a blood ritual.
Who took the Moa bird and placed it where you find it? Is this an early contact with Abbadon? Dhuum? Grenth? Did Pitney do this crime himself? Or is it simply the works of a local necromancer?
Also - why does a simple Ascalonian farmer keep a sort of a Crystalline Sword - one of the more expensive weapons in the game?
Is Pitney himself an avatar of some evil god?