In this guide, you’ll find all the hints and solutions for the Chapter 1: The Curse in The Rise of the Golden Idol.
Rise of the Golden Idol: Chapter 1 The Curse Walkthrough
Chapter 1: The Curse has 3 cases. Each case has its own walkthrough with the full word list, hints and the solution, so pick the one you are stuck on below. The Chapter Scroll solution for The Curse is at the bottom of this page.
Chapter 1 Case Walkthroughs
- Scenario 1: Academic Impact Walkthrough
- Scenario 2: Under Construction Walkthrough
- Scenario 3: Newsflash Walkthrough
Chapter Scroll
This chapter scroll is broken into two parts. You must answer the first to answer the second.
First, let’s recap the three cases we just saw:
- Scenario 1: Famous genius Issac Nowak leaves his house for a meeting, only to fall to his death from the suspended bridge by his property. His body was found by the Bagman couple.
- Scenario 2: This case was chronologically before Case 1 (Case notes in Scenario 3). A construction accident inadvertently unearths the body of Luke Brown, a vagrant found with bright red eyes and a note telling him to meet with a Hunter Wolf
- Scenario 3: Inspector Roy calls a meeting to discuss the Red Curse, a series of mysterious deaths where homeless people are found dead with red eyes. Supernatural phenomena are rumored to be the cause, but the alternative answer, the one the police chief suggests, is drug use. Issac Nowak’s body was found with red eyes, suggesting that he was partaking in whatever killed the Red Curse victims. Nowak’s daughter Elizabeth caught wind of this and bribed the police commissioner Sebastian with a job position to have all evidence that Nowak was related to the Red Curse case destroyed and to have the investigation stalled.
New Evidence:
- A letter from the Rare Talent Fund telling an unknown party that they will fund Brandon’s education if they maintain confidentiality
- A letter threatening someone to talk to the commissioner to keep the condition of a body secret
- A forensic analysis report sent to inspector Samson. The bodies from two different cases of the Red Curse were likely affected by the same affliction, unlikely to share a cause of death, and did not have substances in their system
- A journal detailing the addresses and suspects of Cougar 9 case
Story 1 Hints:
- Back in case 3, Beetle 4 refers to the death of Issac Novak, Scenario 1, and Cougar 9 refers to the Red Curse deaths, specifically Luke Brown, Scenario 2.
- Who runs the Rare Talent Find? Does an organization bribing witnesses remind you of any other people?
- The idea that the Red Curse victims were killed by a drug is only substantiated by the chief of police, who we understand to be corrupt and easily bribed
Story 2 Hints:
- The note in Issac’s house in Scenario 1 said that Issac was going to a meeting at 45c stockyard street. Ring any bells?
- The threatening letter has no signature other than a drawing of a wolf hunting with a bow. Perhaps that’s a name in its own right?
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