Forty Chests Ahead of the Ariadne

Victorian London · case 30 of 50 · Evil · 5×5
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The clipper Ariadne raced home from Foochow with the first tea of the season, worth twice any other. She docked at dawn. By then her best forty chests were already under the hammer in Mincing Lane — sold under another ship's name.

Amirmudlark
Basilcustoms officer
Caltea merchant
Devtea merchant
Ezrashanty singer
Felixmudlark
Gretacustoms officer
Hugomudlark
Idristea merchant
Jasperdocker
Kirashanty singer
Leoriver pilot
Mabeltavern cook
Nicoshanty singer
Ottodocker
Petrariver pilot
Queenietavern cook
Rufusdocker
Sukicustoms officer
Tariqtea merchant
Ugoriver pilot
Veramudlark
Wrendocker
Ximenashanty singer
Yusufriver pilot

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Victorian London: case 30

This Evil case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 20 of them carry a clue; the other 5 only have something to say about themselves. 7 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 30 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 29: Nightingale Drops, as Taken by Nobody · Case 31: Pistols at Dawn, Odds at Midnight →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AmirmudlarkRogue
B1Basilcustoms officerOfficial
C1Caltea merchantMerchant
D1Devtea merchantMerchant
E1Ezrashanty singerArtist
A2FelixmudlarkRogue
B2Gretacustoms officerOfficial
C2HugomudlarkRogue
D2Idristea merchantMerchant
E2JasperdockerLaborer
A3Kirashanty singerArtist
B3Leoriver pilotCourier
C3Mabeltavern cookCook
D3Nicoshanty singerArtist
E3OttodockerLaborer
A4Petrariver pilotCourier
B4Queenietavern cookCook
C4RufusdockerLaborer
D4Sukicustoms officerOfficial
E4Tariqtea merchantMerchant
A5Ugoriver pilotCourier
B5VeramudlarkRogue
C5WrendockerLaborer
D5Ximenashanty singerArtist
E5Yusufriver pilotCourier

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