My Observations

Renfaire Regicide

Episode 2

Physical Items

  • Excalibur
  • Forge Instructions
  • Hank's Autopsy
  • Jousting Practice
  • Letter from Art
  • List of Faire Duties
  • Mysterious Letter
  • Philosopher's Stone
  • Spell Instructions
  • Tarot Card

Websites

  • Michelle Gray Investigations

Timeline

Suspects

Goals

  • Who is innocent?
  • Where was Hank murdered?

Physical Items

Excalibur

Observation #1

This is a letter opener in the shape and design of the fabled Excalibur.

Forge Instructions

Observation #1

The forge is set up to be hotter than normal by using charcoal instead of coal.

Observation #2

On the back are diagrams of how the device operates.

Hank's Autopsy

Observation #1

Cause of death was exsanguination (bleeding out).

Observation #2

He was literally stabbed in the back.

Observation #3

Partial, severe calcination on head, right shoulder, and right arm.

Observation #4

Ethanol was found in his system.

Observation #5

He was extremely intoxicated at the time of his murder.

Observation #6

Coarse sand was found on and in Hank's pockets.

Observation #7

Body and facial abrasions caused by sand were created postmortem.

  • The killer dragged Hank through some sort of sand after murdering him.
  • His body was relocated either in an attempt to destroy it/evidence in the forge or to purposefully frame Sam.

Observation #8

Other items found in the forge were a shirt, cape, pants, and boots, along with more sand.

Observation #9

It can be deduced that Hank was thrown into the forge headfirst.

  • Head was severely charred
  • Body was slightly charred

Observation #10

The small intestine sustained severe injury.

  • ruptured and multiple lacerations

Jousting Practice

Observation #1

"Make sure to make sure". lol

Observation #2

The jousting pit has sand.

Observation #3

This means that Hank was dragged through the jousting arena on the way to the forge.

Letter from Art

Observation

Haha, so she'd rather we be hexed or cursed instead of her. Lovely.

List of Faire Duties

Observation #1

Hank's favorite tavern, Baroque Rebirth Tavern, will be renamed in his honor.

Observation #2

Lynn has stepped in as the "boss" in place of Hank.

Mysterious Letter

Observation #1

This letter can be opened using the Excalibur letter opener provided by Art to carefully lift the sticker seal.

Observation #2

The killer is warning Art to not dig any further into Hank's death or she will meet the same fate.

Philosopher's Stone

Observation #1

This was found in the hex bag Art found in the woods.

Observation #2

There are alchemy symbols followed by Roman numerals.

Observation #3

This appears to be the key for a secret code.

Observation #4

The Roman numeral indicates the letter in the name to use.


See Figure 1

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Spell Instructions

Observation #1

This was found in the hex bag Art found in the woods.

Observation #2

The spell titles are written in the alchemy code.

Observation #3

I had to google the alchemy symbols myself. I was so confused by the recaps saying that the final page gave the names of the symbols... 

  • The day after I solved the episode, HAK sent an email including the remainder of the spell instructions, which includes the rest of the spells and a symbol key on the last page.

Observation #4

Once deciphered, they are:

  • RELEASE
  • CLEANSE
  • SEVEN CANDLES
  • HONEY
  • FORTUNE
  • MISFORTUNE
  • CURSE
  • ENLIGHTENMENT
  • WEALTH

Tarot Card

Observation #1

This was found in the hex bag Art found in the woods.

Observation #2

There is an alchemy code message written along the edges of this card.

Observation #3

Once deciphered, it reads:

  • "STRESS HAS CONSUMED YOU. TRY THE ENLIGHTENMENT SPELL."

Websites

Michelle Gray Investigations

Observation #1

Username:

  • your personal email address

Observation #2

Password:

  • PORTER

Observation #3 - RENFAIRE

Password:

  • REHEARSALS

Observation #4 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Good Fences (1)

There is a post mentioning a big horn blaring from the faire at midnight, the time of Hank's death.

Observation #5 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Vivian Interview

She claims she was in her room above her shop the entire night.

Observation #6 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Chester Interview

He says he saw Vivian entering her room above her shop.

Observation #7 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Chester Interview

He keeps a trailer on the faire grounds.

Observation #8 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Chester Interview

He claims he got back to his trailer around 11:30 PM and worked on a playscript the rest of the night.

Observation #9 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Lynn Interview

She seemed to pause a lot as if thinking of what to say next.

Observation #10 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Lynn Interview

She looked to the right a lot indicating she was lying.

Observation #11 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Morgan Interview

He says he lives just a few miles down the road and went there after stopping at the hardware store for some tools for the farm.

Observation #12 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Morgan Interview

He glanced off to the left indicating he was remembering details.

Observation #13 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Cameron Interview

He claims Danny crashed with him that night.

Observation #14 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Cameron Interview

His tone and body language is very casual, not worried a bit.

Observation #15 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Cameron Interview

He says they got food at 6 or 7, right after leaving work, and were hanging out and drinking all night.

Observation #16 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Danny Interview

He seems very fidgety and uncomfortable.

Observation #17 - RENFAIRE → Good Fences Posts → Suspect Interviews → Danny Interview

He matches Cameron's story of being together all night.

Timeline

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  • Cameron Dowe and Daniel Bridges got food before hanging out at Cameron's all night.

11:30 PM

  • Chester Russo returned to his trailer after locking up supplies.

12:00 AM

  • Estimated TOD of Hank Maartens.

Suspects

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

  • Cameron Dowe
  • Chester Russo
  • Daniel Bridges
  • Lynn Maartens
  • Morgan Mattory
  • Vivian Scotts

Goals

Who is innocent?

Morgan Mattory

Where was Hank murdered?

Baroque Rebirth Tavern