The Riddle of the Seal
Someone slipped poison where it did not belong, and now the whole court eyes its goblets warily. The dose was measured with care — enough not to look like chance, too little to go unpunished. Suspicion has fallen on Ban Radu the Silent, Margica the Innkeeper and Brother Anselm — and until the proof is plain, none of these names leaves the room. Rumor walks the deed through every corner: the old chapel, the mill by the river and the wharf. Take up the quill, follow the thread of the clues, and set your seal upon the verdict.
Suspects
He has never uttered a needless word in his life. Sadly, nor a useful one for investigators.
1.81 m
right-handed
grey eyes
grey hair
At the Golden Boar inn, wine and secrets are spilled in equal measure. She never forgets a debt - or a word let slip.
1.61 m
right-handed
dark eyes
chestnut hair
He has copied manuscripts for forty years. He knows what every one of them says - including the forbidden ones.
1.75 m
right-handed
brown eyes
greying hair
Locations
the old chapel
Candles, incense, and a silence in which every footstep echoes like a confession.
the mill by the river
The wheel turns day and night. Its noise drowns out any conversation - which is why some are held here.
the wharf
Moored boats, wet ropes, and goods that prefer to arrive in the fog.
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 tracks in the dust do not lie: Margica the Innkeeper was at the wharf.
- Even the jester says it in earnest: Ban Radu the Silent never set foot in the place where the wheel turns day and night.