"Well, you keep saying the other bodies were burned, like they were in a fire. They weren't. The crunchy - sorry, burned - bits had that taste people get when their bodies are healed by clerics, and they have to be alive for that to work." she shudders "I'd say they were burned alive, slowly, until they finally just died. They certainly tasted like fear, and pain. The taste was really, really strong - normally after something's cut up and drained like these were you can't really taste it... but this had gotten deep into the muscle."
Reath nods knowingly
"Maybe someone who knew exactly what they were doing, with a good supply of fire, and healing magic, and a fireproof area could do it. But I think it's more likely to be a spell, or some sort of fire creature."