Got a trip in London to visit in-laws on Dec 20-Jan 1 and I'll definitely not miss the chance to visit the Sherlock Holmes museum since I just started reading the original stuff and am addicted so far!

But there's one potential problem..... That it might be closed during this time because of its Winter break. Please correct my assumption and verify its wrong, is the museum opened during the winter Holiday week? I'm hoping I won't have to fly another trip to London to visit the museum as I'm just a teen right now who's still struggling with calculus!

The other three novels as well as Return and His Last Bow are not regarded as highly while Case Book is considered bad by many. What exactly makes the era from Adventures to Hound highly regarded compared to the others?

While the way it ended left a loophole that made it easy to bring him back, how different would it be today if Doyle had chosen to leave him dead, and assuming he wrote more stories simply had them set before the event (such as The Hound of the Baskervilles set in 1889)?

As many know this case doesn't explain everything outright and leaves the player with lots of questions.

The main ones being:

-Who or what actually threw the spear?

-Why did the leaves under the body matter. There were no trees close enough for them to be there.

-Why did the tree's broken branch matter.

-How do the metal scraps on the path make sense if it was just the pygmy.

-Why was there a 2nd missing statue in Albeit's apartment?

-What did Sir Charles actually see?

Welp I'm here to answer all of them, and try my best to present it from the tone of Sherlock Holmes -----‐--------------------------------

MOTIVE: Albeit wants revenge on the club proticularly on Zacharias because he grabbed the treasure which led to Albeit getting trapped in that pyramid.(Game hints this when sherlock is investigating the pyramid. His imagination draws those conclusions for us to see)

THE MURDER WEAPON: Albeit directs the pygmy to suse Marley's fear of the curse, to make he believes he is the "chosen one" and must help them or he'll be cursed.

Once he agrees to help them. They take one of the statues from Albeit's collection/apartment and give it to Marley. Tasking him with building a mechanical replica of the statue that the pygmy can operate. (This is why there is a missing statue in Albeit's apartment)

THE MURDER / EVENTS: After the statue is ready Marley moves it to the courtyard making sure it's aiming right where the Calendar will be given away the next day, with the pygmy tucked carefully inside.

But there is still one problem....the pigmy can't see while in the statue. Albeit is smart. The pygmy might not be able to SEe but he can HEAR.

Zacharias shows up early to protest the calendars departure and instead of finding an X he found a harmless pile of leaves screaming out for the pygmy to fire. The spear with all the strength of the mechanism behind it peirces right through Zacharias chest.

The pygmy rushes to leave and slams the statue into the ground paniced he starts draging it with him to the wall. Leaving behind metal scraps on the path. He starts lifting it over the wall but the combined weight of him and the statue brakes the branch.

Sir Charles having heard something goes outside just in time to sees something going over the wall. He's not certain of what he saw but threw the tree branches he saw metal. With the statue now gone and a spear is in Zacharias he assumes the statue did it. When the police arrive he tells them about seeing the statue running. He half lies here because it feels obvious that the statue has moved but also a good story could help the club/his political career.

The pygmy takes the statue back to Marley's shop and hides in the office. He's there when we come around asking questions. Marley knows how close we are and pushes harder into the curse story fearing for himself, and hoping to scare us off the case. The pygmy leaves the statue there for Marley to disassemble/destroy the evidence. Which we find later.

When we track down Albeit at the hospital he panics and rushes back to his apartment and starts trying to throw us off by acting like he's being attacked. He knows that he won't be suspected of throwing the spear because of his missing right arm, but the pigmy would be. And since a statue is already gone he plays off the curse idea and acts like he's been attacked as well. But there are no scrapes and the statue is significantly smaller this time. When questioned about the attack and the curse He gives a soft "I don't even know anymore" awnser. An odd response form a man who allegedly has just been attacked by a statue.

It takes confronting him outright to get the truth. But after considering the alternatives: A politican with lackluster motive, a deranged tinker, and briefly weighing the impossibility of a curse. It's easy to point the finger at a well educated man with nothing left to loose.

CONCLUSION: The leaves under the body and the broken branch were the key hints to understand exactly how the murder went down. Without the leaves you would have to assume that the statue was purely automated and the spear launched off a timer and just got lucky hitting Zacharias way before anyone was supposed to be there. The broken branch gives us a little hint toward a small person whos not accustomed to climbing trees with the extra weight leading to it snapping underneath him.

Sturdy branches and brital leaves this was truly a Study in Green.

The case gives all these details but doesn't connect them directly. I would of preferred if they did but all in all I think it makes sense. :)

Please let me know if I missed anything!

Thank you for reading!

Hello everybody,

My name is Alexis Hassler and I’m a French PhD student. I’m currently working on a thesis about video game adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories through the study of Frogwares’ saga. I’d like to ask some questions to the gamers who tried one or several games of this developer.

The questionnaire has 5 series of questions to know your reader profile, gamer profile and also your level of appreciation of the Sherlock Holmes’ games by Frogwares. The estimated duration to complete this questionnaire is around 15-20 minutes.

The questionnaire (click on the link) : https://forms.gle/SEGukoiYT6C5qVNR6

Thanks by advance,

Alexis Hassler

PhP Student - Thesis : The Video Games Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Stories

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