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"While playing up in the mountains, Claire Elford finds herself taking shelter from the rain in a mansion.
Soon, she finds four other people, some bizarre monsters - and no way back out.
In the company of demons, the five must figure out how to escape...
and solve the mystery of the legendary wish-granting treasure, the Witch's Heart."



Witch's Heart is an adventure game by IZ (BLUE STAR Entertainment) made in RPG Maker 2000.
WARNING: This game is rated R-15. You should be at minimum 15 years old. There is considerable gory content (both illustrated and sprited), as well as some dark themes in general.



Our old man Sirius is dead. He's most likely killed. By a human.
He was killed with possibly a knife.
In this monster-swarmed mansion... which of the residents is the true culprit.


Here's my theory.
First. A knife was used to kill Sirius. This points straight to Ashe being the killer, or someone just did this to lead suspicions to him. Then here's another question. Where's the true murder weapon? The one in the kitchen? The one Ashe has? The one someone secretly brings with them? If the true culprit tried to pin this on Ashe, there's no need to retrieve the weapon. Unless it's their knife, or it's Ashe himself. Wilardo uses a gun, so if he had used a knife to try pinning on Ashe, he wouldn't take the knife with him.

Second. The motive. Noel might have a strong motive, explained by the newspaper article. Noel even once mentioned that Sirius might have a grudge against him, suggesting about it. You might think that only Noel's motive was known, but there's actually someone who had a motive too. Ashe. At the storytelling gathering, Sirius attacked Ashe, and broke quite a few rules Ashe gave before. It could have messed up something Ashe has prepared for. Therefore, 2 people have motives.

Third. The opportunity. Pretty much everyone. At night, everyone could roam free. And the meeting between Sirius, Claire and Noel seemed to calm him down a bit, so even Ashe, if he apologized, could be let in. Wilardo is similar.

Fourth. Did a struggle happen? I'm afraid not. The blood didn't splattered in such a mess that could be considered as messy. Therefore, death must be instantanous. To think, he has a large wound on his neck. Either the murderer attacked from behind or just downright get overpowered. Or he's consent to it.

The fact that Claire had to break the door down to get inside might give you somewhat an impression of a locked-room. But think about it. The keys aren't found on Sirius either, so the murderer must have taken it with them and dispose of it.

And here's some feeling-biased predictions: Ashe is portrayed as a very nice person here, and I think it has a purpose to it.
He might have killed Sirius.
He woke up sooner than anybody else on the day of the murder for some reason. He actively assisted Claire in her search for the Witch's Heart even though he won't get anything other than a look from it. And... he might have asked Sirius about the Witch's Heart. Which I don't think he would stop after asking one question. He's also curious about what's on the upper floor, perhaps? Anyway, he also knew about Noel disappearing at day beforehand, as shown by a scene, it's possible that he used that fact to blame Noel.



Welp, that's my theory anyway. Hope Ashe isn't the killer and still stays a cinnamon bun.
Or at least a strawberry-jammed mint shortcake!



Haha.



Note that this is a blind run. I intend to do it blind first, so don't get mad if I miss something. I'll come back later to get all the endings though.


Game link (vgperson's translation): http://vgperson.com/games/witchheart.htm