The Knot of the Blazon
A parchment full of orders no one ever gave is circulating through Realm of the Crown, and the harm has only begun. Whoever drew it up knew the Chancellery's ways by heart — and that is precisely what betrays them. The testimonies keep returning to the same names: Gavril the Farrier, Damaschin the Healer and Pantelimon the Gardener. The places named in the testimonies — the old chapel, the merchant's house and the tourney field — each await their turn under scrutiny. Open the grid, weigh every clue, and pronounce your verdict: the Chancellery awaits only your signature.
Suspects
Arms like tree trunks and a forge where all noise dies. Some things are better beaten while hot.
1.88 m
right-handed
dark eyes
black hair
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 tends the queen's roses and no one's beds of belladonna. The second garden is the more sought-after.
1.73 m
right-handed
green eyes
greying hair
Locations
the old chapel
Candles, incense, and a silence in which every footstep echoes like a confession.
the merchant's house
Carpets brought from overseas and a desk with more secret drawers than drawers.
the tourney field
Empty stands outside festival days. An excellent place for meetings that never happened.
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.
- Every scout reports the same about the culprit: the culprit was in the place where every footstep echoes like a confession.
- The Chancellery checked twice: the suspect with grey hair never set foot in the merchant's house.
- A maid whispered it at confession: the suspect with dark eyes was in the place with stands empty outside festival days.