A Knight to Remember

“A Knight to Remember” is a Murdoku case from the Castle category: a board of 8×8, 7 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 8×8, rated Hard, with 6 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8
R1BHCaThCaS
R2ChCCh
R3WTCTSS
R4SuSuTCTF
R5
R6WTrPHHo
R7TrPPPHHo
R8PCrCrTrHo
Floor plan of “A Knight to Remember”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window.

Rooms

  • Throne Room — 19 tiles: Candelabra, Throne, Chair, Carpet, Table, Fireplace
  • Knights’ Hall — 10 tiles: Weapon rack, Suit of armor
  • Dungeon — 6 tiles: Barrel, Haystack
  • Courtyard (outdoors) — 14 tiles: Tree, Path, Carriage
  • Stable — 9 tiles: Haystack, Horse
  • Library — 6 tiles: Shelf

Objects on the board

  • P Path (can be stood on)
  • T Table (blocks the tile)
  • C Carpet (can be stood on)
  • H Haystack (blocks the tile)
  • Ho Horse (can be stood on)
  • S Shelf (blocks the tile)
  • Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
  • Su Suit of armor (blocks the tile)
  • Ca Candelabra (blocks the tile)
  • Cr Carriage (can be stood on)
  • Ch Chair (can be stood on)
  • W Weapon rack (blocks the tile)
  • B Barrel (blocks the tile)
  • F Fireplace (blocks the tile)
  • Th Throne (can be stood on)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Alex — a man with a bald head

  • He was south of at least a woman

Bernd — a man with a bald head and a beard

  • He was beside a tree. Another suspect was beside the same tree.

Carol — a woman with blond hair

  • She was north of every suit of armor, in the same room

Dalia — a woman with red hair and glasses

  • She was on a horse

Elsa — a woman with brown hair

  • She was alone with a suspect who had black hair

Floyd — a man with red hair, a beard and glasses

  • In his room there was another suspect in a carriage

Grant — a man with black hair

  • In his room there was another suspect beside a fireplace

The victim, Viola, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
34
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
16
Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Alex: 43 possible tiles
  • Bernd: 7 possible tiles
  • Carol: 2 possible tiles
  • Dalia: 3 possible tiles
  • Elsa: 43 possible tiles
  • Floyd: 11 possible tiles
  • Grant: 12 possible tiles

The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:

  1. Alex is south of someone with a matching trait – impossible cells removed.
  2. Carol: only row 3 possible – blocked for others.
  3. Bernd & Dalia & Floyd: only rows 6, 7, 8 possible – blocked for others.

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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