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She was <b>not alone</b> in her area.","job":"actress","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Dorothea\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#6e2c4b\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#8e44ad\"/><path d=\"M31 58 Q40 66 49 58\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#f3e2b3\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-dasharray=\"2 2\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f0cdb0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f0cdb0\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"15\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><path d=\"M26 32 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 32 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 32 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M28 20 l3 -7 l4 5 l5 -8 l5 8 l4 -5 l3 7 z\" fill=\"#f2d24a\" stroke=\"#a8841a\" stroke-width=\"1\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"13\" r=\"1.8\" fill=\"#e0362e\"/></svg>","solverRole":"guest","constraints":[{"type":"on","obj":"chair"},{"type":"not_alone"}]},{"id":"E","name":"Eamon","gender":"M","role":"player","color":"#e65100","avatar":{"bg":"#3d5a6e","skin":"#d9a57a","hair":"#c9c3b8","style":"bald","shirt":"#2f3b4c","mustache":true},"clue":"He was <b>not</b> in a corner of his area. <b>Exactly two rows north</b> of him was a <b>woman</b>.","job":"banker","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Eamon\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#3d5a6e\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#2f3b4c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#d9a57a\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#d9a57a\"/><path d=\"M26 30 Q26 22 30 20 L30 34 Q26 34 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#c9c3b8\"/><path d=\"M54 30 Q54 22 50 20 L50 34 Q54 34 54 30 Z\" fill=\"#c9c3b8\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M33 41 Q40 37 47 41 Q40 43 33 41 Z\" fill=\"#3a2a1c\"/></svg>","solverRole":"guest","constraints":[{"type":"not_corner_of_area"},{"type":"rel_any","dir":"N","exact":2,"gender":"F"}]},{"id":"F","name":"Filippa","gender":"F","role":"player","color":"#00838f","avatar":{"bg":"#7a6a3c","skin":"#e9c6a4","hair":"#2b1c14","style":"bob","shirt":"#1b1b1b","necklace":true},"clue":"She was on the <b>Terrace</b>. She was <b>north of Imre</b>.","job":"widow","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Filippa\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#7a6a3c\"/><path d=\"M22 40 Q22 14 40 14 Q58 14 58 40 L58 58 L22 58 Z\" fill=\"#2b1c14\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#1b1b1b\"/><path d=\"M31 58 Q40 66 49 58\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#f3e2b3\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-dasharray=\"2 2\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e9c6a4\"/><path d=\"M26 36 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 36 Q52 24 40 24 Q28 24 26 36 Z\" fill=\"#2b1c14\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"guest","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Terrace"]},{"type":"rel","q":"I","dir":"N"}]},{"id":"G","name":"Gerard","gender":"M","role":"staff","color":"#ad1457","avatar":{"bg":"#35607a","skin":"#f1c8a5","hair":"#1c1a1a","style":"slick","shirt":"#f4efe6","bow":true},"clue":"He was in the <b>Card Room</b>.","job":"croupier","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Gerard\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#35607a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><path d=\"M40 60 l-8 -4 v8 z M40 60 l8 -4 v8 z\" fill=\"#b8302b\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"60\" r=\"2\" fill=\"#7a1f1c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f1c8a5\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f1c8a5\"/><path d=\"M26 30 Q27 16 44 15 Q56 15 55 26 Q48 22 40 23 Q30 24 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#1c1a1a\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Card Room"]}]},{"id":"H","name":"Helga","gender":"F","role":"staff","color":"#5d4037","avatar":{"bg":"#8c3a5a","skin":"#f6d8c0","hair":"#d9b464","style":"ponytail","shirt":"#f4efe6","apron":true},"clue":"She was beside a <b>counter</b>. <b>Exactly one row north</b> of her was a <b>male player</b>.","job":"bartender","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Helga\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#8c3a5a\"/><path d=\"M50 30 Q64 34 60 62 L54 62 Q56 40 48 36 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><path d=\"M28 80 L30 62 Q40 58 50 62 L52 80 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><path d=\"M26 33 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 33 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 33 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"beside","obj":"counter"},{"type":"rel_any","dir":"N","exact":1,"gender":"M","role":"guest"}]},{"id":"I","name":"Imre","gender":"M","role":"staff","color":"#827717","avatar":{"bg":"#4e6f8a","skin":"#e4b998","hair":"#5a3a22","style":"short","shirt":"#2f3b4c","glasses":true},"clue":"He was beside a <b>safe</b>. He was in a <b>corner of his area</b>.","job":"cashier","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Imre\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#4e6f8a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#2f3b4c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e4b998\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e4b998\"/><path d=\"M26 32 Q26 15 40 15 Q54 15 54 32 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 32 Z\" fill=\"#5a3a22\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><line x1=\"39\" y1=\"35\" x2=\"41\" y2=\"35\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" 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fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><path d=\"M40 60 l-8 -4 v8 z M40 60 l8 -4 v8 z\" fill=\"#b8302b\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"60\" r=\"2\" fill=\"#7a1f1c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#e7b98f\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#e7b98f\"/><path d=\"M25 34 q-3 -8 4 -10 q0 -8 8 -7 q3 -4 8 -1 q6 -3 9 3 q7 0 5 8 q4 4 -1 9 q-6 -14 -16 -12 q-9 -1 -17 10 Z\" fill=\"#b7482c\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" 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d=\"M26 30 Q27 16 44 15 Q56 15 55 26 Q48 22 40 23 Q30 24 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#c9c3b8\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M33 41 Q40 37 47 41 Q40 43 33 41 Z\" fill=\"#3a2a1c\"/><path d=\"M12 12 L68 68 M68 12 L12 68\" stroke=\"#e0362e\" stroke-width=\"5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Office"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"cabinet"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"C","solution":{"A":[1,8],"G":[2,10],"D":[3,5],"B":[4,4],"E":[5,3],"H":[6,2],"V":[7,11],"C":[8,9],"K":[9,7],"J":[10,1],"F":[11,6],"I":[12,12]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["V"],"cand":{"I":[[5,12],[12,12]]},"text":"Valentin was found in the Office beside the filing cabinet (R7C12): at R7C11 or R8C12. The murderer is alone with him in the Office – and the murderer’s statement is the only false one. Start with Imre: if he were the murderer, everyone else would be honest, including Filippa, who was north of Imre – but she was on the Terrace (rows 9–12) and the Office is in rows 7–8. So Imre is honest: beside a safe, in a corner of his area – R5C12 (Cashier’s Desk, next to the safe at R6C12) or R12C12 (Vault, next to the safe at R12C11). Either way <b>column 12 is Imre’s</b>, so <b>Valentin is at R7C11</b>, and the murderer is at R8C9 or R8C10 (R7C9 is in Valentin’s row, R8C11 in his column, R8C12 in Imre’s)."},{"place":[],"cand":{"C":[[8,9],[8,10]]},"text":"Cato says he was sitting in the armchair (R8C5). If that is true, he is in row 8; if it is the bluff, he is the murderer – at R8C9 or R8C10, in row 8 as well. <b>Row 8 is Cato’s either way</b>, so nobody else can be in the Office: <b>Cato is the murderer</b>, his statement is the false one, and the other ten statements are all true. Cross out row 8 for everyone else; Cato himself is at R8C9 or R8C10."},{"place":["I"],"cand":{"K":[[9,6],[9,7],[9,8]],"J":[[10,1],[10,2],[10,4]],"F":[[11,5],[11,6],[11,8]]},"text":"Filippa was on the Terrace, north of Imre – so Imre is not at R5C12: <b>Imre is at R12C12</b>, in the Vault, and Filippa is in rows 9–11. Kasper was on the Terrace and Jocelyn in the Kitchen, so with row 12 taken, rows 9, 10 and 11 belong to Filippa, Kasper and Jocelyn. One row north of Kasper was a male player: above rows 10 and 11 would sit Filippa or Jocelyn, so <b>Kasper is in row 9</b> – the male player above him is Cato – at R9C6, R9C7 or R9C8. One row north of Jocelyn was a member of staff: row 9 is Kasper’s, so <b>Jocelyn is in row 10</b> (R10C1, R10C2, R10C4) and <b>Filippa in row 11</b> (R11C5, R11C6, R11C8)."},{"place":[],"cand":{"H":[[5,2],[6,2],[5,9],[6,10]],"A":[[1,8],[2,7],[2,9],[2,10],[3,8]],"E":[[4,2],[4,3],[4,4],[4,5],[4,8],[4,9],[4,10],[5,2],[5,3],[5,6],[5,7]]},"text":"Helga was beside a counter with a male player directly north of her. The counters: R4C12 is in Imre’s column, and the squares around the Kitchen counter (R10C3) lie in Kasper’s, Jocelyn’s and Filippa’s rows – so Helga is next to a Bar counter (R5C2, R6C2) or a Cashier’s counter (R5C9, R6C10). The male player one row above her, in row 4 or 5, can only be Eamon (Amadeus is beside a card table in rows 1–3, Cato in row 8): <b>Eamon is in the row directly above Helga</b>. Amadeus, with a man one row south of him, is at R1C8, R2C7, R2C9, R2C10 or R3C8 (R1C11 and R3C11 are in Valentin’s column, R2C12 in Imre’s)."},{"place":[],"cand":{"H":[[6,2],[6,10]],"E":[[5,2],[5,3],[5,6],[5,7]],"D":[[3,2],[3,5],[3,8]]},"text":"<b>Could Helga be in row 5</b> (R5C2 or R5C9)? Then Eamon is in row 4, and rows 1–3 must hold Amadeus, Gerard (Card Room) and Dorothea (the chairs are in rows 1 and 3) – so Brigid is the only one left for row 6. But two rows north of Eamon, in row 2, there must be a woman – and no woman can be there: Dorothea sits on a chair in row 1 or 3, Brigid is in row 6, the others are further south. Contradiction. <b>Helga is in row 6</b>: R6C2 or R6C10, and <b>Eamon in row 5</b>: R5C2, R5C3, R5C6 or R5C7 (R5C4 and R5C9 are corners). The woman two rows north of Eamon is in row 3: Dorothea on a chair (R3C2, R3C5, R3C8) – or Brigid, but every free square of row 3 is beside a chair or in Imre’s column, so <b>Dorothea is in row 3</b>."},{"place":["H"],"cand":{"E":[[5,3],[5,6],[5,7]],"D":[[3,5],[3,8]],"A":[[1,8],[2,7],[2,9],[2,10],[3,8]]},"text":"<b>Could Helga be at R6C10?</b> Then column 10 is hers: Cato is at R8C9, and Gerard – in the Card Room with columns 9–12 taken – is in column 7, so Amadeus (R1C8 or R3C8) owns column 8. Kasper (R9C6, R9C7, R9C8) is then at R9C6, and Filippa (row 11) at R11C5 – not on a chair. Dorothea, in row 3, is at R3C2 (R3C5 is in Filippa’s column, R3C8 in Amadeus’s), so column 2 is hers and Eamon is at R5C3; Amadeus, at R1C8, needs a man directly south of him, so Gerard is in row 2 and Brigid in row 4 (R4C3 or R4C4, away from the chairs). Count the chairs: Amadeus and Dorothea sit on chairs, and nobody else does – Cato is at R8C9, Filippa at R11C5, Brigid in row 4, the rest on ordinary squares. Two instead of three: contradiction. <b>Helga is at R6C2.</b>"},{"place":["A","D","J","B","E","C","G","F","K"],"text":"Column 2 is Helga’s, so Dorothea is at R3C5 or R3C8 and Eamon at R5C3, R5C6 or R5C7. Amadeus needs a man directly south of him and row 3 holds Dorothea, so Amadeus is in row 1: <b>R1C8</b> – then <b>Dorothea is at R3C5</b> (R3C8 is his column), Gerard is the man in row 2 (R2C7, R2C9, R2C10) and Brigid is in row 4 (R4C3, R4C4, R4C7, R4C9, R4C10). Column 1 can only be filled by Jocelyn: <b>Jocelyn at R10C1</b>; column 4 only by Brigid: <b>Brigid at R4C4</b>; column 3 only by Eamon: <b>Eamon at R5C3</b>. Now the chairs: Amadeus (R1C8) and Dorothea (R3C5) sit on chairs, and so does Filippa – R11C5 is in Dorothea’s column, so she is on the chair R11C6 or R11C8. That makes three, so Cato is not on the office chair: <b>Cato at R8C9</b>. Column 10 is left to <b>Gerard: R2C10</b>; column 8 is Amadeus’s, so <b>Filippa is at R11C6</b> and <b>Kasper at R9C7</b>."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Valentin was alone with Cato in the Office, and Cato’s armchair story was the bluff. <b>Cato, the regular, is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[{"type":"liar"},{"type":"count_on","obj":"chair","n":3}],"occupiable":["chair","stool","sofa","armchair"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-16"}}