The Feud of the Banquet
The council's secrets have reached where they never should have — and not on their own: someone carried them. What has leaked so far is hard to weigh; what might yet leak, impossible. Suspicion has fallen on Damaschin the Healer, Manole the Jeweller and Father Nicodim — and until the proof is plain, none of these names leaves the room. Rumor walks the deed through every corner: the wharf, the north wall and the merchant's house. Take up the quill, follow the thread of the clues, and set your seal upon the verdict.
Suspects
He knows the cure for any illness and the dose at which the cure becomes something else. He swears he has never mistaken the dosage.
1.71 m
left-handed
green eyes
grey hair
He tells gold from gilt at a glance. With people, he admits, it takes him two.
1.69 m
right-handed
brown eyes
brown hair
He hears the confessions of the whole court. Forgetting, he says, is a gift from the Lord - one he sells dearly.
1.72 m
right-handed
blue eyes
greying hair
Locations
the wharf
Moored boats, wet ropes, and goods that prefer to arrive in the fog.
the north wall
The stretch of wall the patrol skirts when the wind blows. Everyone knows that.
the merchant's house
Carpets brought from overseas and a desk with more secret drawers than drawers.
Open the Grid (below) to solve the case, with the testimonies at hand.
Touch a cell: blank → ✗ (excluded) → ✓ (certain) → blank. Each pair of categories meets exactly once.
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Verdict
The culprit always lies; everyone else tells the truth.
- The chronicler notes drily: Father Nicodim was at the wharf, whatever the court may say.
- About the culprit, the Chancellery knows one thing for certain: the culprit was at the merchant's house.
- The chronicler notes drily: the left-handed suspect was at the north wall, whatever the court may say.