The cases for 2026-07-10

The tower's top corridor sleeps a handful of strangers, each with a rehearsed story. By checkout the register is short one truth and the night manager is not talking. Sort every guest into the right suite. 4 guests, 4 suites, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Nathaniel Brandt.

1. 1. Julius Renard and the guest pretending to be the heiress are the same person.
2. 2. Julius Renard was in the suite right before Constance Vail.
3. 3. Oscar Dunne was right next to the guest pretending to be the opera singer.
4. 4. Julius Renard was right next to the one carrying the onyx key tag.
5. 5. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel was in the suite right before the one carrying the ebony key tag.
6. 6. Julius Renard was right next to the guest pretending to be the retired colonel.
7. 7. Oscar Dunne was right next to the one carrying the garnet key tag.
8. 8. Constance Vail was in the suite right before the one carrying the copper key tag.
9. 9. Nathaniel Brandt was in the suite right before the guest pretending to be the heiress.
10. 10. The guest pretending to be the retired colonel was somewhere before the one carrying the copper key tag in the line.
11. 11. Constance Vail and the one carrying the garnet key tag are the same person.
12. 12. Constance Vail was right next to the guest pretending to be the heiress.
13. 13. Oscar Dunne and the one carrying the copper key tag are the same person.
14. 14. The guest pretending to be the heiress and the one carrying the ebony key tag are the same person.
15. 15. The guest pretending to be the heiress was right next to the one carrying the garnet key tag.
16. 16. Nathaniel Brandt was somewhere before Oscar Dunne in the line.

A priceless star map disappeared the night of the eclipse. Each astronomer worked through the dark in a different dome along the ridge. Walk the domes, one by one, and name the thief. 5 astronomers, 5 domes, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Cassia Moreau.

1. 1. Cassia Moreau was somewhere before Nadia Ellison in the line.
2. 2. The one using the brass telescope and the one tracking the lunar crater are the same person.
3. 3. Mira Castellan and the one using the brass telescope were exactly 2 domes apart.
4. 4. Mira Castellan and the one using the pendulum clock are the same person.
5. 5. Mira Castellan was in the dome right before the one tracking the new star.
6. 6. The one using the prism box and the one tracking the new star are the same person.
7. 7. Nadia Ellison was in the dome right before the one using the pendulum clock.
8. 8. Cassia Moreau was right next to the one tracking the ringed planet.
9. 9. The one using the brass telescope was right next to the one tracking the ringed planet.
10. 10. The one tracking the morning star was in the dome right before the one tracking the lunar crater.
11. 11. Pieter Aldous was somewhere before the one using the pendulum clock in the line.
12. 12. The one using the photometer was in the dome right before the one tracking the lunar crater.

Backstage at the Lyceum, the corridor of dressing rooms holds the whole company — and one very good liar. The hair-clip vanished before the final blackout. Assign every performer to a room before the reviews land. 5 company members, 5 dressing rooms, and no two accounts that quite agree — start with Nadia Volkova.

1. 1. Bianca Orsini was right next to whoever was last seen at the encore.
2. 2. The one holding the folding fan and whoever was last seen at the first-act aria are the same person.
3. 3. Lucien Beaumont was right next to the performer in the mourning veil.
4. 4. Bianca Orsini was right next to the one holding the laurel wreath.
5. 5. Bianca Orsini was somewhere before Nadia Volkova in the line.
6. 6. The one holding the tin crown was somewhere before whoever was last seen at the first-act aria in the line.
7. 7. Nadia Volkova and the one holding the tin crown are the same person.
8. 8. Serafina Locke was in the dressing room right before the performer in the mourning veil.
9. 9. Reinhold Faust was right next to the one holding the tin crown.
10. 10. Nadia Volkova and the one holding the prop goblet were exactly 3 dressing rooms apart.
11. 11. The performer in the mourning veil was right next to the one holding the prop goblet.
12. 12. The performer in the mourning veil and the one holding the folding fan were exactly 3 dressing rooms apart.
13. 13. The one holding the prop goblet and whoever was last seen at the curtain call are the same person.
14. 14. Whoever was last seen at the curtain call was in the dressing room right before whoever was last seen at the final blackout.
15. 15. The performer in the jester's motley was in the dressing room right before the performer in the tattered cape.
16. 16. The performer in the gold breastplate and the one holding the laurel wreath are the same person.