WesternOutlaw

I will take the following: Flashlight Lighter Spool of thick twine/string My profession is a Mystery Writer.

Here you go LV:

I don't recall saying that the light was on but you were correct in regard to the knife and Crowley grabbing it before getting hit by Clecle. The contact was not in fact the only clue but would have helped name the kitchen. I generally left lights on throughout the rooms because the images were taken in the light and I didn't want to mess with having the team work in the dark or have to search for lights.

You did very good Darkie. I was thinking that you would solve it initially.

As far as parting thoughts of this mystery goes: The mystery had a lot of plot and sub-plot. - A mysterious haunted mansion - The rutheless Paradisia corporation and a few characters that worked/had involvement with them - A smuggling operation - An old sea tale and a few clues to a hidden treasure - And very interwoven character who sort of dropped out one-by-one. The story had a lot of activity and story line for a single mystery. I put it together during the summer while Bloody Jay was building the house brick-by-brick, and it was challenging to tie everything together (much more difficult than the first train mystery). I thought that you would all question one another and you never really did that, except for Athos because of the letter. I wanted images of each of your characters to make clue cards but Bloody Jay did not provide. I think he lost interest in the mansion sometime after buying the Vladek fortress or the thought of the new Viking sets. In any case, I think he did a great job on the house, just didn't have enough pictures before he broke it apart. If any of you have any final questions re. clues or other suspicions, just respond to this thread. Aside from that, it's been long but fun. We started this July 4. See you on Paradise Lost by Darkness Falls. I'm looking forward to participating this time. Good job everyone for solving some difficult clues.

Character Bios (provided only to each character before the mystery started) Akkhraziel: professor of political science and ancient political theory. Akkhraziel is an expert in his field and has studied ancient civilizations including those of China, Japan, and Egypt. He is a martial arts expert who enjoys dueling with Western sword styles. He also enjoys music. Athos: corporate attorney for the Paradisa Corporation. Athos is also a collector of rare antiquities from Egypt and the Orient. His hobbies include hiking and fencing. He has been assigned to Paradisa

To answer some of the questions: Kitchen SuvieD got lucky in regard to the kitchen. When examining Crowley's bathroom, there was an empty contact case on the bathroom sink. When Crowley was hit by Clecle, he lost one of his contacts falling to the ground. No one looked closely at his eyes. The magnifying glass found in his bedroom could have been used to find the special colored contact on the kitchen floor (or very close examination). He had the contacts and the magnifying glass made special to find these when he lost them. Candlestick If another visit to the dining room had occured, the candlestick would have been found resting on the dining room table exactly were Clecle had picked it up prior to the murder. Clecle threw it through the gate in the subterranean passage after the murder. It was her that came back to the house (by the row boat) after you had left to clean up her tracks. She had stolen Crowley's money in the closet (including the change) after the murder. When she came back, she replaced the money in fear that someone would discover it missing, but replaced the quarter with a 2005 Oregon quarter (the clue that someone had been back to the house). SuvieD was sharp enough to point out that Oregon's quarter was not released until July or August 2005 (your return to the mansion was February of 2005). This was my oversight but no one else picked it up. Symbols SuvieD was correct. The word was CLUE. He could not write it because the word is the same in Latin. Crowley wrote in Latin to add the letters. Each letter represented a number based upon the alphabet. C = 3, L = 12, U = 21, E = 5. These numbers added up = 41. The combination to the lockbox had a three (3) and two blank numbers. The three was the correct number for the 1st digit. The remaining two numbers were 4 and 1. - I thought you'd get this once you came up with the word. Lockbox Inside the lockbox was a letter to Crowley from Jipay. It read: January 23, 2004 Dorian, I fear that your granddaughter posses a considerable threat to our operation. She is insistent upon taking well-known artifacts that I am unable to unload to collectors. I am afraid that I will not be able to sell our latest find for it comes from a tomb that I will not mention; and its purchase may incriminate us. I

You bet Chewie.

My apologies SuvieD. I don't know why but I thought you were female (the problem with using pen names). Does anyone care to answer the final details of this mystery?

Pete says, "remarkable, but I have a few questions". How did you arrive at the candlestick? What clue did the cat food in the boat provide? What was the significance of the word/symbols? What's in the safe? What's in the locked chest? Is there lost/hidden gold from the old ship?

The Mystery Solved Let me congratulate SuvieD for correctly solving this CLUES mystery. HE correctly determined the Murderer, the Weapon, the Room, and the Motive. HE wrote: I believe that Dorian was in the attic (where ever the journal is) he heard someone marked it in his journal and went to the library. Here he wrote in the poetry book and on the chalk board in case anything happened. Then in a hurry he went down into the kitchen to gain access to the cellar. He grabbed a knife and went to open the latch when, Clecle ( the murder caught him off guard and clubbed him with the candlestick (which has been hidden). She then dragged him into the tunnel but dropped her ring in the process. She managed to get him into the tunnel and dragged him even further to get him out of sight hoping all the while that no one would find the tunnel's secret door. All of this she did for one reason. Pure profit. Being the heir of old Crowley would allow her to gain access to all of the valuables in the house, the house itself and the rights to sell it all. She knew that other offers were available from a competitor (Athos) and needed to make her move to prevent the sale of the house and property. Being a college student looking to go into hotel management she plans on turning the house and ground into a multi million dollar spot paid for by the valuables acquired by Dorian The solution to this murder: Clecle, candlestick, kitchen, cash!

I must say that I would not know what cat food tastes like, but for the purpose of this mystery, it is cat food.

Solving the Mystery Dorian Crowley was murdered by one of the Eurobrick detectives. 12 SUSPECTS include: Akkhraziel Athos Bloody Jay Clecle Darkie Darth Ewok Jipay Jonfett Mr. Lego Builder Sarg Kulo Snefroe XWingYoda 6 WEAPONS include: Candlestick Knife Lead Pipe Revolver Rope Wrench 10 ROOMS include: Main Hall Kitchen Wine Cellar Dining Room Upstairs Hall Library Attic Tower Crowley's Bedroom Grotto MOTIVE is to be determined? If you wish to solve the mystery, you must provide SUSPECT, WEAPON, ROOM, and MOTIVE. Private Message to me with the info listed above. If your solution is incorrect, you may not guess again for 48 hours. One rule change since we started: Participation was opened to anyone when the 2nd message thread, "The Mystery Continues" was established - but they must have posted at least a few times to this thread contributing to the solution.

Pete states, "I am definately sure this is cat food, and from the looks of it, it appears to be of the fancy variety". The cat food is rather small and does not contain any foreign objects (i.e. a key). The rings do not contain any inspriptions. Pete adds, "CLUE is definately a common word, but what does it mean"?

I like the city/town buildings in the background. Now they would make great sets.

A few good guesses but no cigar.

None of the guesses are correct.

Although none of you guessed it, I'm looking for the place (not just city and state).

Athos and a few of the others paddle out to the ocean. The cold sea breeze chills your spines. The ocean is rough at this late hour and the sky bears luminous clouds. A greenish fog seems to be drifting in. Pete recommends, "perhaps it's not that good an idea to paddle out this time of night. There's plenty of rip tides around these reefs that could take us out for miles; plus with the fog, visibility is poor". The waves crack against the boat and paddling becomes very difficult...

Let's say three guesses per person just to give you a few chances. It is in the U.S. It is not in Texas. It is not Monument Valley. It is not the Grand Canyon.

The vase is empty. You examine the small row boat to discover what looks like some cat food on the floor of the boat. You may paddle it out to the ocean if you'd like.

To make things a little more interesting, I've posted three images as part of the sneak peek to my next mystery, Ghost Town. If anyone can guess where the background images were taken (not just city/state/country - but specifically), I will offer a $10 Lego set (U.S. value) plus shipping to the 1st person who guesses the correct place. This is not easy and no additional clues will be provided (unless I post subsequent pictures). Contest ends October 31. If no one guesses correctly, I will not post the correct answer (leaving the answer a mystery).

Looking forward to some pics. - sounds like the makings/background for a good mystery.

Pete states, "I heard that ancient Egyptians did make statues out of bronze- saw a special on the History Channel all about it". The mummy appears very old but the markings on the sarcofagus are too worn out to read or lend a clue as to who it may have been. Without further carbon dating and analysis in a lab, you can't be sure. Pete also adds, "I don't think that the sarcofagus or the mummy will tell us much in regard to this mystery. Perhaps we might look somewhere else. Also, we may not have all the answers, but there may be be enough clues to determine who killed Crowley and with what weapon. We may not be clear as to why and I'm not sure if we can determine where the murder was committed. We may have missed something critical in this regard".