Pistols at Dawn, Odds at Midnight

Victorian London · case 31 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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At the ball a stranger trod on young Lord Fenner's coat-tails, words were exchanged, and pistols were fixed for dawn on Wimbledon Common. Half the ballroom bet on the outcome. At dawn the stranger fired, Lord Fenner fell — and two days later he was seen eating kippers in Brighton.

Amirgambler
Basilmagistrate
Coraviolinist
Dinaphysician
Emilmagistrate
Freyalamplighter
Gemmaservant
Hugogambler
Irisviolinist
Jasperlamplighter
Kiraviolinist
Leocab driver
Milaviolinist
Nedcab driver
Omarmagistrate
Petracab driver
Quentinservant
Rufuslamplighter
Sadieservant
Tesscab driver
Ursulamagistrate
Vikservant
Waltphysician
Xandergambler
Yaraphysician

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Victorian London: case 31

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 18 of them carry a clue; the other 7 only have something to say about themselves. 9 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 31 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 30: Forty Chests Ahead of the Ariadne · Case 32: A Hole Beneath Bow Street →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AmirgamblerRogue
B1BasilmagistrateOfficial
C1CoraviolinistArtist
D1DinaphysicianHealer
E1EmilmagistrateOfficial
A2FreyalamplighterLaborer
B2GemmaservantServant
C2HugogamblerRogue
D2IrisviolinistArtist
E2JasperlamplighterLaborer
A3KiraviolinistArtist
B3Leocab driverCourier
C3MilaviolinistArtist
D3Nedcab driverCourier
E3OmarmagistrateOfficial
A4Petracab driverCourier
B4QuentinservantServant
C4RufuslamplighterLaborer
D4SadieservantServant
E4Tesscab driverCourier
A5UrsulamagistrateOfficial
B5VikservantServant
C5WaltphysicianHealer
D5XandergamblerRogue
E5YaraphysicianHealer

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