The Spy of the Treasury
Someone slipped poison where it did not belong, and now the whole court eyes its goblets warily. Whoever poured it knew the habits of the table; that narrows the circle more than we would like. The testimonies keep returning to the same names: Grigore the Cupbearer, Balasa the Seamstress and Brother Anselm. The places named in the testimonies — the watchtower, the tourney field and the customs cellar — each await their turn under scrutiny. Open the grid, weigh every clue, and pronounce your verdict: the Chancellery awaits only your signature.
Suspects
He tastes the king's wine before anyone else. A trade with a short future, he says, but a rich past.
1.70 m
right-handed
brown eyes
chestnut hair
She sews the garments of all the nobility and knows everyone's measurements - including those that do not show.
1.59 m
left-handed
blue eyes
red 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 watchtower
The highest point of the fortress. From here you see everything - and from below, everyone sees who climbs up.
the tourney field
Empty stands outside festival days. An excellent place for meetings that never happened.
the customs cellar
Sealed crates, thick ledgers, and air that smells of undeclared goods.
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.
- In the Chancellery's ledger it stands in black and white: Brother Anselm was at the customs cellar.
- The chronicler notes drily: the suspect with red hair was in the place from which you see everything, whatever the court may say.
- About the culprit, the Chancellery knows one thing for certain: the culprit was in the place with stands empty outside festival days.