The Signature of the Crown
Something — or someone — has vanished in Realm of the Crown, and no one can say when the thread was cut. Open searches have brought nothing; the time has come for questions asked aslant. Before you, one by one, will stand Filip the Steward, Codrin the Huntsman and Mother Evghenia. Rumor walks the deed through every corner: the cathedral crypt, the queen's garden and the mill by the river. Study the testimonies at your leisure, fit them into the grid, and pronounce your verdict without haste.
Suspects
He counts the crown's silver every evening. On some evenings the count comes out different - and he says nothing.
1.79 m
right-handed
grey eyes
chestnut hair
He knows the royal forest better than the castle corridors. Tracks, he says, never lie - men do.
1.87 m
right-handed
green eyes
black hair
She runs the abbey with an iron hand and a golden pen. The register of donations has pages she shows no one.
1.60 m
right-handed
dark eyes
black hair
Locations
the cathedral crypt
The old kings sleep beneath crested slabs. Now and then, someone disturbs their rest.
the queen's garden
Roses trimmed to a line and paths you may walk only by invitation. At night, the hedge has ears.
the mill by the river
The wheel turns day and night. Its noise drowns out any conversation - which is why some are held here.
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 gate guard swears: Codrin the Huntsman was in the place where the wheel turns day and night.
- An unsigned note, slipped under the door: "the culprit was at the queen's garden".
- In the Chancellery's ledger it stands in black and white: Filip the Steward was in the place where the old kings sleep.