The Devonshire Murder

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Help the guard captain solve the murder mystery in the city of Devonshire. You can reach Devonshire by taking the boat east of Losthaven.

   Estimated Mental Difficulty Rating:   Nine
   Estimated Physical Difficulty Rating: Zero
   Estimated Danger Rating:              Zero

   This quest was created by Infidel and Ubiquitous and is maintained by Ubiquitous.

One of my favorite quests. The guard captain is on Silvermane in Devonshire, approximately 2 east, and 2 south of the square. You'll need to speak Anglic so far as I know.

This plays out like a logic puzzle. You'll get 5 names, 5 weapons and 5 locations for the murder. There were three witnesses that you can question to help narrow down the possibilities. You can ask them each 3 questions pertaining to either who did it, with what weapon, or at what location. This will let you eliminate 9 possibilities. If you get lucky, of course, you can get "free" possibilities by eliminating more with a successful guess.

After getting as close as you can, you can make your accusation by telling the captain of the guard the name of the murderer, the weapon, and the location of the murder. He will then tell you to go search for the evidence. Head to the location and "search here" (or maybe just "search") and if you will get a message indicating success or not. If successful, I do believe you'll have to pick up the murder weapon. If you fail, you can report back the the captain for another accusation.

Once you have the murder weapon, turn it in to the captain. He will give you a warrant for the arrest of the murderer and tell you where said individual was last seen. Head east out of town towards the forest. You'll need decent following skills (tracking, perception, ??), and after chasing him enough, he'll give in. Escort him back to the captain of the guards, and consider yourself a hero for bringing in a murderer.