Detective Hawkshaw

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> *"Clearly this is something which eludes you - but a real detective refrains from handing out information to persons unknown."*
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> — Detective Hawkshaw to Grimoire
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## Game Information

### Voice Actor

Tiana Camacho

**Detective Hawkshaw** is a stern and pompous private detective who was hired to investigate Tangle Tower for mysterious reasons. Upon meeting Detective Grimoire, she is not impressed, and is quick to let him know by demeaning him and questioning his capabilities. She appears in Tangle Tower as a suspect in the Murder of Freya Fellow as she was living in the tower during the incident.

She is voiced by Tiana Camacho.

## Appearance

Detective Hawkshaw has short, dark hair, a pale, red zig zag scar on her jaw, and wears a foot-long red cloak. The rest of her clothes aren't visible enough to identify them, but some drawings seem to show that she uses some kind of gloves. It's revealed that her appearance is inspired by Freya's nightmare painting.

## Personality

Hawkshaw is very brusk, proud and secretive. She doesn't let a single opportunity to put Grimoire down go by.

## Story

### Background

She claims to have studied law prior to becoming a private detective. She was called in to covertly investigate the theft of Professer Pointers golden beetle.

### Tangle Tower

Detective Hawkshaw doesn't willingly share any information about the case she's working on, or who hired her. Grimoire and Sally eventully figure out that she was hired by the Professor to find his lost golden beetle. When they unlock the case by her work station she claims the contents is a microscope she uses in her investigation, but when that doesn't add up with other information she "admits" it's a telescope from her childhood. She claims to have brought it in the hopes that Professor Pointer would sign it. In the end this is also revealed to be a lie, as she was Penelope in disguise all along, and the telescope was a scope for the murder weapon.

Because Hawkshaw is really Penelope in disguise it's very interesting to compare what Penny and Hawkshaw each say about the other inhabitants at Tangle Tower, and especially about each other. Several of Hawkshaws comments on different clues, such as the Birds & Cage, also seem to give additional insight into Penelope's psyche.

## Quotes

> *"That is classified information between myself and my client."*
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> *Hawkshaw: "Do you also have a pile of leaves as a clue?"
> Grimoire: "Well, not yet - did you see some suspicious leaves?"*
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> *Sally: "It was important enough to be framed, though."
> Hawkshaw: "I framed my law degree, doesn’t make it a clue”*
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> *Grimoire:”...same”*
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## Trivia

* According to Fifi's notes, she likes "being left alone" and dislikes "being constantly badgered by a weirdo nerd with a… clipboard."
* Although she doesn't get along with Detective Grimoire, Sally seems fairly impressed by her, and jokes about becoming her sidekick instead of his (interestingly, both Hawkshaw and Penny herself are the only characters that seem to get along with Sally).
* She is the only suspect in Tangle Tower who is not a member of the Fellow or Pointer families. Or so she would have you believe.

## Gallery

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