Two Hands

Two Hands Named
Solved the case of Two Hands.

Patron: Halvik Storn, in Dreskmark Market Square. The sheet asks for The Hand, The Head, Method. Each answer must rest on a finding; a lead only points you onward.

Usually heard from Corwin (“Ask Corwin what the quay will not say aloud”), or Halvik Storn (one matter at a time, while no other case is open). You need not wait for it: a case enters your casebook as soon as you hold one of its facts.

Gather the proof

1. Take the Cart Track in Dreskmark River Docks.
   Finding Onnel Carried It: “A laden hand-barrow ran heavy off the dock past the middle bell, the near wheel cutting deep — the dock's own barrow, with Brask Onnel's notch filed into the grip-irons.”
2. Take the Crate Manifest in Dreskmark River Docks.
   Finding Kessel Reputation: “The quay has already settled it on Dunmar Kessel, the dockhand with an old pilfering name — easy to hang a missing crate on the man with the bad reputation.”
3. Take the Tally Flag in Dreskmark River Docks.
   Finding Varn Marked It: “On the night's tally-sheet, against the lone crate that held the remittance, a small inked tick and a folded corner — the clerk Orsa Varn's hand.”
4. Talk to Corwin in Dreskmark River Docks and choose “Show Corwin the landing manifest”.
   Finding Lot Needed The Manifest: “Eleven sealed Concord crates landed alike as eggs; only the tally-desk's manifest said which held the remittance — value no dockhand could read through a sealed lid.”

Keep the order: a topic only appears once you hold the lead or the item it needs.

The answer

Show the case sheet

Question	Answer	Proved by
The Hand	Brask Onnel	Onnel Carried It; Lot Needed The Manifest
The Head	Orsa Varn	Varn Marked It; Lot Needed The Manifest
Method	Inside Marked Lift	Lot Needed The Manifest

The trap

These are true findings that point at the wrong story. Presenting a sheet built on them costs a segment of the day and the clean pass.

• Kessel Reputation makes a wrong sheet presentable (The Hand: Dunmar Kessel, The Head: Dunmar Kessel). “The quay has already settled it on Dunmar Kessel, the dockhand with an old pilfering name — easy to hang a missing crate on the man with the bad reputation.”
• Lone Thief Proof makes a wrong sheet presentable (Method: Lone Snatch). “At the lift it read as one man's work — a single laden hand-truck track off the crate-row, one set of bootmarks beside it, no second soul seen.”

Close the case

Stand beside Halvik Storn and present. When the sheet holds, Halvik Storn offers courses; the case closes, and Two Hands Named unlocks, once you commit to one. Any course counts; they differ in the morale and marks shown beside each. This run chose Convict.