A Little More Detail From Erhivor On The Newt Problem

So, I thought it would be a good idea to go through some of the details that occurred last night. I am not sure why, but let's just call it a sudden desire to track events.

One thing that Gideon does not know, is that when Nell, Brom and I approached Newt as he was lounging outside of the jail and handed him the writ to discharge Gideon into our "custody", Newt read the writ upside-down. None of us actually told Newt what the content of the writ was and none of us actually said Gideon's name to him. But he still took us straight to Gideon's cell and released him to us. So, it seems that Newt wanted people to think that he could not read.

In addition to this, forgery and disguise kits were found in a strong box and what might have been an Orgosh silver mark. Later we found Newt associating with what might have been Orgosh, which would link him to the coin and the forgery and disguise kits. Now, when we were first alerted to a problem by a woman's scream, we found what we thought was Newt beheaded, yet I saw what appeared to be Newt running off being the smith's building. But, as Gideon pointed out, the body that we thought was Newt's was wearing the wrong boots and the Priest pointed out that the body's stature was a bit different from Newt's. And cleaned humanoid bones were found in the jail, indicating that someone was killing people and salvaging the bones or using the flesh for some reason. All of this could mean a number of things, but perhaps we should keep these things in mind.

Where these facts become skewed is where we hunted down and captured Newt. We fought against walking corpses at the jail before we tracked him down, somehow linked to him. But why, then, did he defend against us later with just a crossbow and a sword? And how come we could simply tie him up and run off with him? Shouldn't he be able to use some spellcraft or magic to oppose us? Curious, no?

Another thing bothers me is: Why did he attack the temple? To retrieve the silver mark? Why? And why were these strange creatures, or Orgosh, so desperate to kill Newt? The only obvious answer is that Newt could reveal something, and that something must be important. A planned attack on the mainland? I can't think of much that would need more secrecy, but I really do not know.

What we have, so far:
- Newt causing convicts in the jail to disappear, according to Gideon, and evidence in the way of forgery and human or humanoid bones to back it up
- Newt being linked, in some way, with the "dark arts" or necromancy
- Newt dealing with strange, barbaric creatures that are very likely Orgosh
- The Orgosh being relentless in pursuing us and wanting Newt dead once we captured him

Am I missing anything?

I do have one more question, and it may seem strange, but does anyone know what the Orgosh prefer to eat?