WHO IS COMMITTING THE MURDERS
- It CANNOT BE BATTLER, because he is the "detective".
- "Who am I Battler?"
- Main character or 19th person, primary question.
- I stand by Rudolf being a creepy little **** and my primary lead. I think he did something.
- Wants money (Like everyone else.)
- Blames his father for Asumu's death? Lack of money for the hospital?
- Probably kind of hates Battler for leaving in the first place.
- I'm honestly just extremely biased, Rudolf freaks me out and is super shady.
- Gohda?
- Very poor if it weren't for his work (like all the staff).
- Certainly very new to the island.
- Out of all the staff members, likely has the most contacts outside of the island.
- Probably has a lot of friends with ambitions, did a lot in rich industries before coming to the island!
- Really only loyal to Natsuhi.
- He's also a really huge guy, he probably could lift people pretty easily.
- Natsuhi?
- Gohda and Krauss as an accomplice, maybe Jessica.
- Has been shown to not fit in with the family.
- Likely very angry about her low status and inability to wear the One-Winged Eagle.
- Doesn't have another family anymore. Could benefit a lot from stealing and running off to start a new life.
- Really, really effed up.
- Gets physical headaches because she's so stressed.
- No evidence of hearing voices or other psychotic symptoms.
- Krauss
- REALLY wants money and has been shown to have a lot riding on it.
- This is true of all the siblings, but Krauss is also the heir.
- Jessica?
- Really doesn't gain anything honestly (at least not as of Chapter 3 of the VN.)
- The most driven to physical action of the cousins.
- Or any character who isn't Beatrice actually.
- Kyrie is also sketchy af.
- No one feels that much jealousy and stays that composed for eighteen years - NO ONE!
- Probably has serious damage.
- Killed a Sister of Purgatory like it was nothing.
- It was supposed to be badass but I got bad vibes, that isn't normal, that chick was a demon.
- Beatrice is using magic to commit the murders and it's just that simple, she's just screwing with everyone for kicks.
- Probably not this one, it's too boring.
- Has Maria done anything before?
- Like she's eight so she is likely only ever an accomplice but it's POSSIBLE, if she thought she was serving Beatrice.
- This was brought up briefly in canon.
- Rosa: an accomplice or Beatrice?
- Very possibly Beatrice, she IS more than one "Witch" in her daughter's mind!
- Though she WAS tortured by Beatrice in Chapter 2's "Tea Party"
- "Battle from within"?
- Similar to Eva!Beatrice being an internal manifestation of Eva's psyche?
- Asumu is alive :P (I'm kidding)
- Kinzo's mistress?
- Love child of mistress?
- Very possible, considering the other mansion on the island.
- Unless the other mansion is unfinished for some reason and therefore uninhabitable by anyone but psychic imprints.
- Kinzo's ex-wife?
- Still jealous about the idea of a mistress?
- Never got any gold from the marriage?
- Insane from the isolation, similar to the Island Beatrice?
- Can't actually be Island Beatrice or Rosa would have recognized her.
- Faked her death? (VERY possible, this family is insane.)
- Shannon or Kanon?
- Honestly putting them out there because it's not Genji or Kumasawa I mean GET REAL.
- Shannon's interest in George and Kanon's interest in Jessica could have some social climbing shades.
- Though canonically, this is unlikely.
- I doubt Shannon's involvement.
- Kanon, like Gohda, is newer to the island.
- Likely has ties to people off the island, similar to Gouda and the rest of the family.
- Shannon has been there since she was a kid, she probably doesn't have a heck of a lot of friends or ambitions, or friends WITH ambitions.
- Everything could just be Lamba and Bern effing with Beatrice honestly.
- Especially Bern. She's a nutcase.
- Kinzo?
- He might have just gone insane and started killing to fulfill the prophecy.
- Virgilia?
- She's honestly too nice.
- Would have that demon guy as her accomplice.
- What would she gain? Her title back?
- It is NOT EVA.
- Her reaction to being a Witch in the anime was too intense, she became SO ill when her other half was hurting others to EVER cause so much damage.
- May not be the same in the VN but we'll see.
- Not George.
- Not her husband either, he's a sweetheart.
- Nanjo?
- He DID copy down the epitaph one time.
- Close to Kinzo.
- Trying to get closer as the years pass?
- Dude's a doctor, he could kill people very easily.
- Brought up in canon.
- His build is awful though, he'd need help.
- Could even be some random who's connected to the Yakuza like that dude that was with Ange or whatever but it's unlikely.
Random Questions / Possible Hints
- Why is everything a closed room?
- Portraits are secret passageways?
- Secret passageways are a recurring theme.
- What does the epitath reveal (besides deaths and the location of the gold)?
- WHY IS BEATO SO OBSESSED WITH BEING PRAISED?
- Does the brooch do anything other than bring people together in love?
- The Seven Sisters of Purgatory, are they stronger than they appear?
- "The Witch of the Forest", Beatrice or Mistress?