The Séance of Blake Manor - Mysteries
Mysteries are the central progression structure of The Séance of Blake Manor. Each one is a small case that asks the player to gather evidence, log the resulting facts, and then make a hypothesis that can be put to a character and tested. The file splits them the way the game does: story mysteries,...
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Phases | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Missing Person | Story Mystery | The main case: what happened to Evelyn Deane after she left her room. | Opens on Day 1 | The case Declan Ward is hired to solve |
| The Trail | Story Mystery | The first story mystery that follows Evelyn Deane's movements out of her room and into the rest of the house. | Day 1 Day 2 | Follows on from Miss Deane's departure |
| The Haunting | Story Mystery | The story mystery that turns the case from a disappearance into a haunting. | Day 2 Day 3 | Unlocked by The Trail hypothesis or the Masked Ball |
| Blake Residence | Story Mystery | The mystery attached to the house itself rather than to any one person: who the Blakes are, how the family came to hold the manor, and what the building has been used for. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Manor records and family history |
| Arwa Hisham's Mystery | Character Mystery | Arwa Hisham's personal case turns on a stolen vase she wants back. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Arwa Hisham |
| Caitlin Joyce's Mystery | Character Mystery | The housekeeper's mystery, one of the largest on the roster at nine facts, and the most violent: her hidden goal is to stone Carmela Mantovani to death. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Caitlin Joyce |
| Darragh Hunter's Mystery | Character Mystery | Darragh Hunter's mystery is built around the Blackmail Letter, the note in which Evelyn Deane threatens to expose Ivy McLeod. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Darragh Hunter |
| Domhnall Ó Finn's Mystery | Character Mystery | The druid's mystery and the only character case that cannot be worked early: it can only be completed on Day 3. | Day 3 only | Discuss evidence with Domhnall Ó Finn |
| Jonathan Blake's Mystery | Character Mystery | The owner's mystery, built on what he sees at the Silent Dinner: the shade of his late wife Mary turning her shoulder away from him, logged as the Cold Dead Shoulder evidence. | Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Jonathan Blake |
| Walter Blake's Mystery | Character Mystery | The mystery attached to Walter Blake, the fabricated heir of the Blake family. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Walter Blake |
| Seamus Doyle's Mystery | Character Mystery | The porter's mystery, connected to Lorcan and to the things that move through the manor with the luggage. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Seamus Doyle |
| Ivy McLeod's Mystery | Character Mystery | Ivy McLeod's case is the other end of the blackmail letter: what Evelyn Deane knew about her, and who else knew it. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Ivy McLeod |
| Vincent Varley's Mystery | Character Mystery | The manager's mystery, seven facts deep and the hardest of the staff cases to complete, which fits a man who greets every question with a colder one. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Vincent Varley |
| Corentine Quinn's Mystery | Character Mystery | Corentine Quinn's mystery runs back through her family's history with Ines Barbosa's father rather than through the weekend's events. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Corentine Quinn |
| Cathal O'Meara's Mystery | Character Mystery | Cathal O'Meara's mystery is solved by discussing the right evidence with him rather than by finding a hidden object, and his Thrill Seeker trait changes how he answers. | Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 | Discuss evidence with Cathal O'Meara |
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