The high table at Castle Dunmoraig by candlelight, the Wolf Cup on the tartan
New caseCase DM-1411 · Castle Dunmoraig · Scottish Highlands

The Wolf Feast

Twelve people drank from the same cup at a castle feast. Only one of them was meant to die.

Listen: the dispatch call from DI Catriona Shaw
The rest of the call is in the case file.
0:14

A family at war, a road under snow, and one cup

Midwinter at Castle Dunmoraig. Storm Morven has shut the only road until Monday. Inside: the Earl's family, twelve at the high table, a household, a reenactment troupe and a film crew. The dying Earl has just named his heir, and it is not who anyone expected.

The only police officer inside is PC Ewan Grant, a guest at the feast. He is your hands. Everything he photographs, bags and hears goes into this file.

who was at the high table

Five suspects. One victim.

Finn CalderDeceased
Finn CalderEstate falconer, named heir
Lady Elspeth Moray
Lady Elspeth MorayThe Earl's daughter
Alistair Moray
Alistair MorayEldest son, passed over
Lady Morag Moray
Lady Morag MorayThe Countess
Dr. Ian Baird
Dr. Ian BairdFamily physician
Rory Rennie
Rory RennieReenactment troupe

Set pieces you won't find anywhere else

The High Table: rebuilding the seating plan02 · The High Table
01The Wolf Cup

One silver-mounted cup, passed sunwise round the high table. Twelve people drank from it. Work out how only one of them died.

02The High Table

Rebuild the seating from the steward's ink-run list, the kitchen's plating card, the family chat and the livestream chat.

03The Dregs Experiment

Put the cup on the reconstruction bench and test your theory until the night adds up.

04The cork wall

Pin who left the hall, and when, on a timeline you build yourself.

The file so far

Initial scene report
DM-1411 · Castle Dunmoraig
Partially released
  1. Castle Dunmoraig, Midwinter feast. Road closed by snow.
  2. Deceased: the falconer, named heir before.
  3. Drank last from the Wolf Cup, as tradition demands.
  4. Twelve people drank from the same cup.
  5. Cause of death: .
  6. Suspects on site: .
The family doctor says

His heart gave out.

The constable isn't sure

Twelve people drank from the same cup, and eleven of them walked away.

Your orders

Establish what killed Finn, who could reach the cup and when, then name the killer with evidence.

The Wolf Cup, bagged as evidence
Exhibit A · bagged at 21:05Twelve people drank from this cup tonight. The last man to drink drained it dry.
The steward's order of the cup
Exhibit B · the order of the CupEvery seat was assigned. The order the cup travelled was not an accident.

"Over my dead body. Or his."

Exhibit C · livestream audio, 19:30Alistair Moray said it in front of the whole hall. Before nine, the heir was dead.

the road is still shut

Someone at that table knows what happened.

The Wolf FeastMedium · about 2 hours · pay once