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Detective Everreave

> "By opening my 'Third Eye', I am able to see into the spirit world..." — Detective Everreave.
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## Appearance

Everreave is bald and has a large tattoo of an eye on her forehead.

## Personality

Everreave seems to have a mysterious personality, but really she's kind of clumsy.

## Method

Everreave's method, *Ouija*, supposedly taps into the supernatural world to solve crimes. Supposedly.
Car on a Cliff

Stage Three Round Two

## Summary

Mr. Jeeps was found after four days missing, dead in a car on top of an obelisk in the Nevada desert. Mrs. Splat was found nearby. The quarreling couple had recently lost all of their money gambling. Their son, initially presumed guilty, was nowhere near Nevada when they died. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Mrs. Splat left Mr. Jeeps in their car after convincing him to drive over a rocky bridge to the obelisk. She planned to detonate the explosives and leave him stranded, but they went off early, killing her as she crossed over the bridge.
Detective George

> "Most of the time I seem to be explaining extremely obvious things to people." — Detective George.
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## Appearance

George is very large. He wears a sleek tan vest.

## Personality

George is a pretty helpful guy, he's in the contest to make friends.

## Method

George's method, *Razors*, is that he uses various logical razors, such as Occam's razor and Hanlon's razor to make deductions.
Ms. Wreck

> "I'm able to tell you everything about how I died, like you would normally be able to discover on the dummies." — Ms. Wreck.
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Ms. Wreck is the victim in Stage Six's mystery.

## Appearance

Ms. Wreck wears a white sports jacket with a bloodstain on it.

## Personality

Ms. Wreck is stoical, and tries to present herself like a newscaster at all times.
Detective Swinger

> "Each mystery is made up of intricate rhythms." — Detective Swinger.
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## Appearance

Swinger wears a cool tan suit and shaded glasses.

## Personality

Swinger is friendly and highly intelligent.

## Method

Swinger's method, *Rhythm*, involves tapping out rhythms on all of the evidence, which he says helps him get in tune with the rhythm of crime — whatever that means!
Detective Viu

> "You don't want me to. You want to do it yourself. So do it." — Detective Viu.
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Viu comes from a family of artisans, but she has honed a particular craft of her own: solving crimes!

## Appearance

Viu wears a bulky, striped coat which she shrinks into. Sometimes the only part of her which is visible is a strand of hair.

## Personality

Viu is extremely passive aggressive, but subtle about it to the point of making it seem like it is your own fault.

## Method

Detective Viu is able to quickly visualize the crime scene in her mind's eye, and spot evidence that was previously overlooked.
Just Relax

Stage Five Spa

## Summary

Ms. Valley and Ms. Visco — longtime frenemies — both went to the spa together. When the masseuse returned to the room at 5:05 PM after putting hot rocks on Ms. Valley, he found Ms. Visco had been murdered. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Ms. Valley hid a long knife in the rolled up towel at her feet. When the masseuse left, she rolled it up under herself until she could pull out the knife — being careful not to displace the rocks on her back. She had threaded the remote to Ms. Visco's bed through the screen to her side. By raising both their beds using the remotes, and tilting Ms. Visco's bed sideways, she was able to reach Ms. Visco's neck with the knife. She tossed the knife into the vase at the back of the room before resetting the beds to their original position.
A Deadly Idea

Stage Two Round One

## Summary

Mr. Readsalot, an esteemed publisher, was found dead at 11 AM. The most likely suspect? Mr. Purpleprose, a terrible, violent novelist who had been rejected 1000 times by Mr. Readsalot. The room was locked from the inside when the crime was discovered. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Mr. Purpleprose dosed the lightbulb in Mr. Readsalot's lamp with a poison. When the bulb heated up, the poison became a gas that killed Mr. Readsalot.

Mastermind Filter created the mystery, because it depends on poisonous gas. Mastermind Drender imitated the mystery, but the type of gas she used forced Mr. Readsalot into a contorted shape.
Shadow

The shadow is a boss that spawns in the Wendigo dungeon only from the second run onwards. In order to get it to appear, the player needs to kill the Wendigo but not pick up the reward on the floor. Instead, the Player has to return to explore the dungeon once more. The boss will spawn in the middle room of the dungeon (the one with the pool of water) and will proceed to chase the player.

## Attacks

Retaliate: High damage to one target, (can deal 900-1.1k damage)

Cannibalize: Single target version of Wendigo's cannibalize

Devour: Multi target version of Wendigo's cannibalize that targets MP instead of HP

Sleep: Puts one foe to sleep

## Boss Battle

Like the Wendigo before it, this boss has an overworld mechanic to weaken it before the fight. However, unlike the Wendigo, it is technically possible to beat the Shadow without using the overworld mechanic.

The shadow spawns 3 smoke puffs spawn at various parts of the dungeon, swatting at the smoke puffs will cause the puff to be destruction. When the player battles the Shadow, each intact smoke puff acts as a full heal for the Shadow. It will usually use it when its life has been reduced to about half.

Unlike the Wendigo, fighting the shadow is a rush to destroy it before it destroys you. With Retaliate, the shadow can easily one shot party members if the player is unlucky. In addition, it also uses Sleep to keep party members out of action while it kills off the others. At low life, it uses an inferior version of the Wendigo's cannibalize that only targets one ally, meaning it is possible to out damage it. The medicine cat skill Radiance can once again be used to mitigate the dangers posed by this,

## Drops and Farming Tips

Defeating the Shadow, rewards you with a second silver idol, meaning this dungeon can be used to quickly farm R as well once the player is strong enough to reliably beat both bosses. The shadow has a chance to drop the blessing 'Paranoia' which has 2 versions, the magic version gives +3 to magic attack and 5% mana cost reduction while the physical version gives +3 to attack and 10% increased energy charge.

Note: A level 20 medicine cat, level 20 medicine cat apprentice and a level 20 medicine cat companion with fully upgraded equipement can rush the entire dungeon with Retaliate and fully clear it in around 5 minutes. The shadow without its smoke puffs is likely to die in one turn to this strategy.

Paranoia(two types)

 Paranoia(Warrior)
 Paranoia(Meddie)
Detective Noose

> "Roel, I've already solved your floor, it's in very badly translated braille. I'll punch in the floor for you." — Detective Noose.
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## Appearance

Noose is short and wears a pink dress. She's always carrying a martini and candies.

## Personality

Her personality is blasé and impulsive. She's always intoxicated.

## Method

Noose's method, *Sugar High*, is to consume large amounts of candy and alcohol, which she claims frees up her mind to make deductions.
Detective Nell

> "I took an online course from the "Mystery Solving University", and I want to try being a detective!" — Detective Nell
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Detective Nell is the second protagonist in *Methods*.

## Appearance

She wears two different colored shirts and a jacket over it.

## Personality

Nell gets annoyed pretty easily when *certain characters* are being obnoxious, but generally she's easy-going.

## Method

Nell's method, *Magnify*, allows her to see very small details that other people would not notice — she is able to spot fingerprints, and can even identify poison from sight alone.
Detective Jenter

> "It's a great new feeling, individualism!" — Detective Jenter.
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Jenter's partner for most of the competition was Detective Romgan.

## Appearance

Jenter has a stunning smile and a band-aid on his face. He wears a unique pink coat and mottled green shirt.

## Personality

Jenter has a friendly, outgoing personality. He's eager to make new friends.

## Method

Jenter's method, *Copy*, lets him copy the technique of any other detective. He's a very fast learner!

## Invisible Man

Jenter is revealed to be The Invisible Man, a murderer who was killing off detectives during Stage Three. He was tired of just being a copy of other people, and felt that in order to be his own person, he had to kill the detectives whose methods he borrowed.
Teensy

Teensy

Teensy is a kit-sized gray she-cat that sometimes appears on the Windclan side of the Thunderpath at Highstones. When approached, she gives you a quest to get 3 spikedew sparks for her. These are found in Windclan territory and the player might get attacked by snakes while picking them. Note that leaving the overworld by any means (Including being beaten by Windclan patrols or the Spikedew Snakes) will result in Teensy despawning and the player will have to wait for her to spawn again in order to turn in the quest. In addition, Teensy is not detected by the key item "Sight beyond Sight".

Returning with all 3 gives the player the Special Skill Spikedew Spark which revives the whole party for 110 MP.
Detective 772

* Normal
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> My parents were clowns. — Detective 772.
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Detective 772 is one of the higher-ranking detectives in the competition. His name is a number that changes with every mystery he solves, but what he defines as a "mystery" is kind of broad. The Fourth Class detectives refer to him as "Heck."

## Appearance

He wears an oversized tan jumpsuit, with belts wrapped his limbs.

## Personality

772 has a very goofy personality, but his wacky jokes hide a calmer, more philosophical personality.

## Method

772's method, *Joke*, is simply to make jokes about various pieces of evidence. Coming up with a joke lets him see the evidence in a new way, which can often lead to revelations about the mystery. He also has many other gimmicks, such as standing on his head, running around, slapping himself in the face, and wearing a clown nose, all of which he claims helps him solve crime.

His jokes tend to involve fish, ducks, and bananas, which he thinks are the funniest things in the world.
Game-master Joane

## Appearances

### Debut

Chapter 60

> "Gooooodbye!" — Game-master Joane.
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## Appearance

Joane is very tall. She has large teeth and hides her eyes under her bangs.

## Personality

Joane is very over-dramatic and a bit simple and petty, but highly competent.

## Modus

Joane's modus is Biting. Her strong teeth can bite through many things.

## Winner's Square

Joane is the winner of the mysterious Canadian detective competition.
Detective Woes

> "MATURITY! Hell yeah!!" — Detective Woes.
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## Appearance

Woes is lanky and wears a choker with her old police badge on it. Her outfit looks a lot like a police uniform. She has many band-aids on her arms due to being a bit of a klutz.

## Personality

Woes has an energetic personality. She's a bit obtuse, but well-meaning.

## Method

Woes's method, *Chase*, allows her to follow a suspect anywhere. She's a master at hunting people down — but it's not a very useful method to have in the competition, which is why she's ranked so low.
Detective Jillian

> "Solving crimes is my passion!" — Detective Jillian.
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## Appearance

Jillian has bright orange hair and wears a typical detective outfit.

## Personality

Jillian has a brash, annoying personality. She won't stop talking about Sherlock Holmes.

## Method

Jillian's method, *Sherlock Holmes*, involves her attempting to act exactly like Sherlock Holmes. Of course, she fails to do so.
Mastermind Garden

> "We should murder someone together sometime." — Mastermind Garden.
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## Appearance

Garden has wild green hair, and sharp teeth.

## Personality

Garden has a wild personality. She enjoys making other people uncomfortable. She has a casual attitude about murder that many find off-putting.

## Modus

Garden's modus involves constricting her enemies like a python.
Severance Pay

Stage Two Round Four

## Summary

Mr. Decapito was found decapitated in the bathroom, with the keycard to his hotel room. His violent business co-founder, Mr. Archimedes, was staying in an adjacent room and was arrested. Both the bathroom and the hotel room were locked from the inside when the crime was discovered. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Mr. Archimedes entered the room and knocked Mr. Decapito unconcious. He woke up in the bathroom with a wire noose around his neck and locked himself inside to protect himself. Mr. Archimedes used the doors as a pulley system to hang Mr. Decapito with a razor wire, cutting off his head. Mr. Archimedes then locked the hotel room's keyed doorknob from the inside to create the hotel room locked room.

Mastermind Rigs created the mystery. In Mastermind Filter's imitation, Mr. Archimedes gassed Mr. Decapito to knock him unconscious, instead of bludgeoning him.
It's About Time

Stage Five Foyer

## Summary

Mr. Tik was found dead at 7:03 PM. Mrs. Kildim was seen in the area around 6:01 PM, and was arrested. However, she claims the true culprit was Mr. Gilltee, who was seen in the area at 12:03 PM.

## Solution

At first the blood drawn on the clock seems to be a dying message pointing to Mr. Gilltee's guilt. However, Mr. Tik would never draw that dying message, as he would have no reason to think his time of death would point to the true culprit. He would likely draw the name of the killer instead. This points to Mrs. Kildim, because the fake message only benefits her.
Eternally Checked-In

Stage One Round One

## Summary

Mr. and Ms. Turnip were checked into the Drop Dead Inn. At 6:26 AM, Ms. Turnip left the hotel 'to eat breakfast', as she claimed. Mr. Turnip was found dead at 7:30 AM by the cleaner. The door was locked from the inside when the crime was discovered.

## Solution

Mr. Turnip wanted to smoke, but the room was non-smoking. After unsuccessfully trying to break the fire alarm, he decided to use his rubber parka to keep the smoke from reaching it — accidentally killing himself from smoke asphyxiation. Ms. Turnip, in a drunken stupor, woke up without realizing he'd died, grabbed the coat, and headed out the door. The coat rack fell after she left, hitting the bolt and locking the door behind her, creating a 'locked room murder' entirely by accident.
Solo Performance

Stage Five Concert Hall

## Summary

Mrs. Bow was found dead at 2:30 PM. Her student, with whom she had a known rivalry, Mrs. Practicia, was arrested. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Mrs. Bow broke her violin and used it to stab herself in the head. She set up her violent suicide this way in order to frame Mrs. Practicia and ruin her career.
Game-master King

> "Does anyone want to see this incredible video I found...? Of a kitten doing a backflip...? It's the most precious thing I have ever seen in my life...!" — Game-master King.
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## Appearance

King is very short, with wide-set beady eyes and a huge smile. He wears a nice blue vest with a brown shirt.

## Personality

King is very excitable and is described as "nice" by other characters.

## Modus

Kings's modus is *Strangulation*. His favorite weapon is a rope.
T.A.D.S.

T.A.D.S. or the Tentative Alliance of Detectives in Secret is a small group of high-ranked detectives that the Greeter recruits in order to find the Game-master.

In Stage Two, the Game-masters send Game-master Mellie in to infiltrate T.A.D.S., but fortunately T.A.D.S. was relatively inactive after finding Lewis.

## True Goals

Haney doesn't tell the detectives this, but the reason she wants to speak to the Game-master is to ask him how he could've let a criminal win her competition. Since revealing this would break her contract with the Game-master not to reveal her identity, Haney is unable to tell them the truth.
Chinatsu Hichako

***Chinatsu Hichako** is currently a work in progress. Admins and editors are working to clean and/or expand it!*
**Chinatsu Hichako** is an OC of SakuraYako. She currently resides in a specific hallway.

## Appearance

Chinatsu has short, white hair. She has two space buns at the top of her head, and also wears a black headband. She has a white bow at the back of her head, and wears a different uniform than Kamome Gakuen, which is a black long sleeved sailor uniform and a blue bowtie. She has purple eyes with red tints and gold-rimmed circular glasses like Yui and Mio. She also wears a black skirt and white knee-length socks with black sneakers.

## Personality

Chinatsu is an aloof girl, who does not show much emotion and could be considered as a Kuudere. Like Mio Shimane and Nanamine Sakura, she rarely changes expression, however she can change a bit when angry or pleased.

There is a reason to why Chinatsu shows not much emotion, tho there were only bits and pieces that have been written. It was a girl who poisoned Chinatsu and now Chinatsu wants revenge.
Detective White

> "I think you're so capable, that I'm willing to put 50K on your success..." — Detective White.
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## Appearance

White is tall, or maybe it's just his tall top hat. He wears an all-white outfit.

## Personality

White is eager to take big risks. He considers himself a leader who takes control in situations.

## Method

White's method, *Investment*, involves calculating the risks of his deductions in the same way you would calculate whether or not to buy stocks in a company. He invests real money into the outcomes of his deductions, and the importance of various pieces of evidence, on an underground market he has created.

## Tragic Events

White was the second victim of The Invisible Man. His body was found in Nevada after the second round.
Detective Eastman

> "Don't be so quick to forget me! The legend will live on!" — Detective Eastman.
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## Appearance

Eastman wears an obnoxious pink shirt and has an obnoxious hair style.

## Personality

Eastman is extremely full of himself. Most detectives don't like being around him.

## Method

Eastman's method, *Possibilities*, is that he considers every single possibility, no matter how terrible, in order to come up with the solution.
Ramu

## ***Appearance***

He has dark skin with pale brown spots , He has bandages on his face with a eye patch. He was white ram horns with white ram ears, He has dark purple hair with clips, He wears a pale light pink scarf , He also wheres a teal hoddie with a school uniform under his shirt.

## ***Personality***

Hes a trickster , yet he very childish and cheerful it makes up for his trickster persona
Detective Coles

> "These mysteries are for more calculative types, not intuitives like you." — Detective Coles.
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## Appearance

Coles is tall, with short black hair, and wears glasses.

## Personality

His personality is ice cold and condescending. But he is shown to be flustered and rattled when his plans go awry.

## Method

Coles's method, *Strategy*, is that he considers the best method for solving the crime in question. In a way "methods" is his method.

## Fun Fact

Coles's sister, Detective Caprice, is also in the contest, but is not seen.
Kokomi iko (My oc...?)

Kokomi Iko a third year student who made a contract with Tsukasa, No one really knows why she did but uh yeah :>

Shes part of the photography club and likes to spend her time taking photos of areas where myths would be (such as the broadcasting club, stairs, and the confession tree). she dosent care for romance and she likes spiders, art, and dance. She dislikes magazines, her art being ruined, and snow.

shes rather manipulative but her personality is sweet, slightly cold, tired, but over all kind.
Great Artists Steal

Stage Three Round Three

## Summary

Mr. Mocassant, a famous starving artist, was caught late at night in the Delaware Art Museum by a security guard — Mr. Cuslater. Mr. Cuslater's gun went off at the time, but he denies killing Mr. Mocassant. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Mr. Cuslater spotted Mr. Mocassant trying to steal his painting and shot at him in excitement — but missed. Mr. Mocassant accidentally set off the security gate, which punctured his head.
Pooled Resources

Stage Two Round Five

## Summary

Four dead bodies were discovered in Hotel Quail's pool at 3 PM. Nobody was arrested for the crime. The pool was locked from the inside when the crime was discovered. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

In Pool A, the murder weapon changed states for each murder: Mr. Shallow slipped on ice that covered the shallow area of the pool, cracking his skull. The ice contained hydrogen fluoride, creating an acid with the pool water when it melted, killing Mr. Swims. The killer hid Mr. Shallow and Mr. Swims' bodies with the blue blanket, then heated up the pool until the acid became a gas that killed Mrs. Chlorine. The killer herself, Mrs. Waters, locked the door from the inside and killed herself by jumping off the deep end into the drained pool.

In Pool B, Mrs. Waters electrocuted three victims with the broken heat pump. She then locked the door and killed herself by jumping into the pool.

Mastermind Carver created the mystery in Pool A. Mastermind Seebeck imitated it in Pool B.
Facts Over Feelings

Stage Three Round Five

## Summary

At 6:45 AM, Mr. Manden was found dead at his computer. He had been attempting to blow the whistle on the illegal practices of the mysterious spy organization he was working for. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Coffee spilled on the modded computer system electrocuted Mr. Manden by accident.
Game-master Jaime

> "Even though I hide the body so well nobody will ever find it... I always leave a clue!" — Game-master Jaime.
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## Appearance

Jaime wears a nice black jacket with a purple shirt.

## Personality

Jaime is a very easy-going guy, for a murderer. He seems to be pretty agreeable.

## Modus

Jaime's modus is hiding bodies. He is able to make his victims vanish completely, without a trace, through various means.

## Winner's Square

Jaime is the winner of the mysterious French detective competition.
The Lethal Snack

Stage Five Kitchen

## Summary

Mrs. Sipper died at 5PM. She enjoyed tasting the food while the chef, Mr. Blay, prepared the dinner for the mansion. Mr. Blay swears her death was accidental. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

## Solution

Even though he cut out the toxic parts, Mr. Blay sliced up the pufferfish with a knife that he had used to cut starfruit for a smoothie. Mrs. Sipper had a kidney disease that made the caramboxin in the star fruit lethal. It was an accident after all.
Mastermind Killersoul

> "And now we're best friends. It's the magic of small talk." — Mastermind Killersoul.
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Mastermind Killersoul is the fifth protagonist in *Methods*.

## Appearance

Killersoul is a giant who towers over the other characters

## Personality

Killersoul has a playful, gentle personality. But he's also a murderer. He's a complicated guy.

## Modus

Killersoul's modus, *Slip*, allows him to fit through very narrow spaces. This lets him enter and exit crime scenes that seem impossible to get in and out of.
Detective Red July

> "I was lost, like a snowwoman blown away by a harsh wind." — Detective Red July.
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## Appearance

Red July is dressed all in red, with a large floppy hat. She refuses to wear anything that isn't red.

## Personality

Red July has a distant, conceited personality. She looks down on the other detectives, but pretends to tolerate them.

## Method

Red July's method, *Osmosis*, is a super-powerful ability that allows her to solve crimes in an instant. She does not, in fact, solve them herself, rather, it's her unconscious, which processes things at a lightning-speed rate.

## Trivia

* Red July is in her sixties.
* Red July favours Bloody Mary due to its color.
Methods: The Canada Files

Methods: The Canada Files is a prequel visual novel set in the world of Methods. It tells the story of the last few stages of the mysterious Canadian competition. Detective Larika Downs is determined to discover the truth of the competition at all costs!

## Production

**Methods: The Canada Files** was announced on Methods' 2 Year Anniversary, April 25 2022. In the first devlog it was revealed that the game is split into six "files", each containing five chapters for a total of thirty chapters.

On Febuary 1st 2023, the game was launched in Early Access, with the first release only including File 01.

## Plot

**SPOILER WARNING!**

This section goes into full details about the plot of *Methods: The Canada Files*. Do not proceed if you don't want to be spoiled.

1. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/methods-the-canada-files
2. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/post/methods-2-year-anniversary
3. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/post/the-canada-files-devlog-01
4. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/post/early-access-released
Detective Anadyne

> "Ueehhhh... I haave... determined this item contains... toxic substances." — Detective Anadyne.
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Detective Anadyne is a toxicologist who isn't afraid to poison herself. She's studied poisons thoroughly, after all!

## Appearance

Anadyne is tall, with a reddish complexion. She wears an asymmetrical detective coat with the red and white colors of a medic.

## Personality

Anadyne is outgoing, friendly and a bit creepy — when she's ingested poison that is.

## Method

Anadyne is a toxicologist who needs to consume poison in order to identify it. She is also able to perform autopsies.
Detective Tronen

> "If someone says 'You're fat' I can say, 'That's right, Tronen Trouble Danger Fat Lazy, nice to meet you.'" — Detective Tronen.
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## Appearance

Detective Tronen has a wide face and wears a fancy black dress with a gold shawl.

## Personality

Tronen is a bit quiet, but nice when you get to know her.

## Method

Tronen's method, *People*, gives her insight into people. Unfortunately that's not super useful in the mysterious detective competition.

## Tragic Events

This section contains **spoilers**. Proceed with caution.

During the Invisible Man murders, Tronen is the third victim. She becomes a suspect in the mystery, due to one of her rings being the murder weapon, and her mysterious absence right before the murders occurred, but Ashdown refuses to believe it.
Detective Flake

> "Let me tell you all about myself...!" — Detective Flake.
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## Appearance

Flake has blond, cubic hair and wears a yellow coat.

## Personality

Flake is irritable and not that pleasant to be around.

## Method

Flakes's method, *Duo*, involves comparing two separate choices and then going with the best of the two. In her mind, there are never any more than two choices in any given scenario. Sometimes she cheats by splitting four choices into groups of two.
Forest Dwellers

Description: they are an evolved form of LeafWings and MudWings. They have leaf shaped wings and colors range from dark green to a light brown.  They also have a squarish face. They don’t believe in tribes, so it’s a Clan

Diet: forest plants and animals

Abilities: some of them have very weak leafspeak or fire proofness.

Clan leader: Squirrel
Canadian detective competition

The mysterious Canadian competition was the third detective competition held by The Original Game-master.

Joane Temblay won. Larika Downs lost.

The Canadian competition was structured differently [than the American competition]. With each contest, Conver changes the rules and improves it. In the Canadian competition, detectives were split into "teams" from the start, sort of like the Classes in the American competition's third stage, and not allowed to see or talk to each other. There were "showdowns" between each team until the best team won. In the Fifth Stage, two remaining teams were broken up and each detective was on their own — like the American competition's Fifth Stage. It was only then that the detectives from separate teams met each other.

Conver decided to abandon that complicated, isolated approach for the American competition and allowed all the detectives to intermingle, and be paired in twos instead.

1. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/post/addressing-some-plot-holes-in-methods
Mysterious warrior

The Task Force meets up with a mysterious human being who calls herself as ''Commandix''. Curious of this human being,L suggest to bring her in the headquarters for a reasoning test. As it turns out,she is here to defeat a new thread that will soon destroy humanity. But Commandix,despite her combating skills,isn't a normal human being. Then what is she?
Detective Mackle

> "What are you talking about, I've always been nice to you... I'm always nice to trash I see on the side of the road. I pick it up, and then I make sure I put it where it belongs: The rubbish bin." — Detective Mackle.
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## Appearance

Detective Mackle wears a black and white striped shirt. She has gold stickers on her face and long false eyelashes.

## Personality

Mackle is a bit immature, always willing to gossip about other detectives. She doesn't seem to care about getting along with anyone else.

## Method

Mackle's method, *Object*, lets her recall information about any object. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of evidence, how it works, where it was used, and how it was made.
SpaceWings

Description: Colors can range from anything except black. Search: avatar banshees, for what their body looks like

Diet: unknown

Abilities: Can radiate gravity, and have egg pouches. They are excellent at floating and can read minds through emotions. They are descended from a MineWing and a SkyWing

Queen: Queen Astroid
Thot

Thot is a Shinigami featured in The rebuild of the Shinigami World. He is after Armonia Justin Beyondormason,the most powerful Shinigami after the Shinigami King. He joins Light on his quest to find the Shinigami King.

### **Personality:**

Most of the Shinigami respects him. At first,Thot sees Light as a threat but soon after the human befriended him,he became more loyal to him. Though he is very smart,he gets outsmarted by Armonia Justin,another Shinigami. Thot likes to wear an animal-like mask.
Officer Krupke

> "Good thing they didn't notice I'm not really a police officer." — Officer Krupke.
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## Appearance

Officer Krupke is actually a journalist, disguised as a police officer to sneak into the crime scene before the police arrive. He wrote an article about The Illusion Murders.

## Personality

Krupke is not the brightest bulb out there — but perhaps that's only an act while he's working undercover. He was definitely smart enough to figure out a way to get pictures for the newspaper he works for.
Detective Roel

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> "Fancy seeing you here. Oh wait, I can't see." — Detective Roel.
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Detective Roel is the seventh protagonist in *Methods*.

## Appearance

Roel wears a red shawl and gloves. She seems to favor a red/blue color combination. She has messy hair, and a mole under her left eye. Roel is blind, due to diabetic retinopathy.

## Personality

Roel gets along with everyone in the contest, even when she makes harsh remarks about others. She's highly attentive to her surroundings and cares a lot for her guide dog, Wisht.

## Method

Roel's method, *Sense*, involves greatly enhancing all of her senses except sight, obviously.

## Winner's Square

Roel is the winner of the mysterious American detective competition.

## Trivia

* Roel's full name is Amina Roel. She's 32.
* Roel's favourite drink is a martini. Her favourite food is pad thai.
* In her early design, Roel wears double eyepatches.
* Roel's wife is not a detective like she is.
MineWings

Description: Usually a sparkly color, with shades of green, blue, purple, pink, silver, and black. They have large ears, small wings, gems on their backs, and large claws

Abilities: They are excellent miners and can use echolocation.

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Queen: Queen Crystal
Detective Mouse

> "H-HADDOCK! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!" — Detective Mouse.
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## Appearance

Mouse is short and fidgety, with light brown hair, and wears glasses.

## Personality

His personality is meek and skittish, almost like a... very shy beetle.

## Method

Mouses's method, *Motive*, is that he considers why the murderer did it, and then figures out how from that.
BoneWings

The BoneWings are a fanfiction tribe invented by Eclipsesayshi. They first appear at the end of book 2, The Eternal Flame.

~BoneWings~

Description: their bones were originally made from hollow dead dragon bones, they were enchanted to life by Eclipse who was stranded at the island, lonely. The male’s bones are golden to off-white and the females have silver to light gray bones. They have a light grey to black film between their wing bones. Their bones are hollow, enabling them to (barely) fly.

Diet: they don’t eat.

Abilities: they can breath purple fire and can only die by erosion or bone rot.

Queen: Queen Skeletal
Detective Ashdown

> "Fun fact: There are 140,000 miles of train track in the U.S." — Detective Ashdown.
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Detective Ashdown is the fourth protagonist in *Methods*.

## Appearance

Ashdown has a formal outfit, with a black jacket and a red rose pinned to his lapel.

## Personality

Ashdown is highly neurotic and detail-focused. Though he seems collected, he panics at the slightest sign of danger. He often makes incorrect assumptions about others. But he's aware of his downsides, and tries to do better over the course of his arc.

## Method

Ashdown's method, *Facts*, is a simple memorization-based method where he can memorize a large number of facts, which are occasionally useful in solving mysteries. Unfortunately, many of the facts he's memorized are wrong.
The Illusion Murders

*The Illusion Murders* is an extra story featuring Detective Red July. It unlocks after completing Chapter 100 of Methods.

## Production

*The Illusion Murders* first began development in December 2020 as possible extra content for Methods. The story was based on an idea that spawned from a Twitter DM exchange between LockedOn and a fan of *Methods* who asked about special cases in Red July's past which occurred in September 2020.

LockedOn continued tinkering with the story over the course of the next few months and finished writing it on June 21st. At that point, the sprites and a few music tracks were complete, but nothing else. In order to create a trailer for the LockedOn Tenth Anniversary Presentation, LockedOn finished the first chapter in the first week of July.

The rest of the chapters were launched into production on July 9th. They were completed over the course of 12 days. Translating the chapters took 8 days. *The Illusion Murders* was released on July 30th, 2021.

## Synopsis

Early in her career, Detective Red July and her assistants try to take down the Illusion Killer, who is committing a series of perplexing illusion-themed murders.

## Plot

1. ↑ https://www.lockedongames.com/post/methods-the-illusion-murders-announced
Gasher

Gasher is the boss of the Enchanted forest dungeon. His dungeon is tackled by only the main character and their apprentice if they choose to bring them along. The dungeon itself is populated by foxes.

## Boss Battle

### Strategy

Gasher is likely to be a difficult enemy for unprepared players as his tiger's bite attack does significantly more damage than anything else in the enchanted forest and is capable of performing a party wipe on an unsuspecting party.

When in battle against him, it is important to make sure to bring along items that boost max hp such as feasts. The bleed can get annoying but given the small party size, it's usually preferable to just keep attacking him and taking the occasional turn to heal up. The biggest threat in this battle is letting the battle go on for too long and letting Gasher start using multiple Tiger's bites so it's important to keep the damage up while making sure to keep your party healed.

### Attacks

Gasher has five attacks:

Basic attack: Single target attack

Bleed: Does no damage but chance to inflicts bleed on enemy party

Tiger's bite: Heavy damage to all enemies

Roar: Boost damage for three turns

Cannibalize: Single target attack that drains health (hits 3 times)
Snake dungeon

**WARNING:** Bring tons of wild garlic or a medicine cat with the ability to use Nature's Cure. You're going to spend a large portion of this dungeon poisoned.

## Boss

The Boss of this Dungeon is a Cobra that you have to fight in stages, much like the owl queen. However, while the timer even of the owl queen will instantly kill any player that is out of position, the Cobra simply does and AOE damage aura around him while the counter is up.

It's only attack is a basic single target attack with a chance to poison
Hickorystump

Hickorystump

Hickorystump is the NPC that gives players a quest that rewards them with the non combat skill pathfinding that teleports the user back to their camp. She will sometimes spawn on the riverclan side of the river, nearby the stairs leading to the elevated ground in the bottom left part of the map. After meeting with her, the player is tasked with finding 5 brambles at various landmarks in the game. They are, the base of the Riverclan waterfall, the Windclan circle of stones, the Thunderclan Owltree, the Shadowclan abandoned twolegplace and the entrance to mothermouth. The gallery on this page shows the player where exactly to find the brambles.

Pathfinder Bramble 1: base of waterfallPathfinder Bramble 2: Windclan Circle of StonesPathfinder Bramble 3: Thunderclan Owl TreePathfinder Bramble 4: Shadowclan Abandoned TwolegplacePathfinder Bramble 5: Entrance to Mothermouth(moonstone)
Skins

There are eight basic skins (fur colors) to choose from, two unlockable skins, and one "body mod."

The above statement does not count Patreon or contest winners, nor does it count copying cats' fur with Sparkling Shards.

### Basic Skins

White, grey, black, tan, red, hairless, and tortie point.

### Body Mods

The white cat is the currently the only skin with a body mod: Long fur.

### Unlockable Skins

You can get the tiger and lion skins from the Circle of Claws.

### Copying Skins

If you have a Sparkling Shard you can copy any of your Clanmates' skins.

### Reward Skins

Reward skins come from supporting Moonlight Dynasty on Patreon and as contest prizes.
Warrior

Warrior is one of two options available to the player upon creating their character.

Warriors have the following advantages over Medicine cats:

Able to go onto other clans territories to fight patrols

Able to hunt prey for exp

Able to purchase herbs from the clan medicine cat

Level 20 skill does high damage to all enemies(compared to medicine cat's Retaliation which only hits one)

rank 2 skill are easy to obtain(cat claws are easily farmable)

Weakness:

Slow start - Warriors need to build up Energy in combat

Reliant on items to heal ailments or injuries

## Combat

Skills

Skills can be upgraded by speaking to a warrior in the clan (Tigerleap for Thunderclan, Frosteyes for ShadowClan, Stonewhisker for Riverclan). In order to prove that the player is deserving, they will have to bring cat's claws to the trainer. Cat claws are dropped by defeated cats so it is relatively easy to get them either from enemy patrols or from the Wendigo Dungeon

Upgraded skills

 Bite(Rank 2)
 Maim (Rank 2)
 Bleed(Rank 2)
Crafting

**Crafting** is a Non-Combat skill in **Moonlight Dynasty.**

To acquire the Crafting skill, you will have to talk to Skyfeather in the Thunderclan Camp.

You will then enter a conversation with Skyfeather. To begin to learn Crafting, pick "Can you teach me how to craft?"

Upon doing this, Skyfeather will ask you to pay 200 Reputation to learn crafting. If you accept, you will acquire the crafting skill.

## Crafting Recipes

Accessories
x1 Honey
 Earring
 Crown
x1 Pink Pearl

Shards
x2 Glowing Dust
 Blue Enchanting Shard
x2 Glowing Dust
 Orange Enchanting Shard
x2 Glowing Dust
 Green Enchanting Shard
x2 Glowing Dust
 Purple Enchanting Shard
x2 Glowing Dust
Wildwing

### **Biography:**

Wildwing has maintenance issues. They make him stink. He's also too dumb to figure out why humans or other Shinigami don't like him,so he tries to be friendly with everyone,with a special loyalty towards his fellow Shinigami.. Who wish he'd get a new body just to stop stinking up.

### **Stats:**

Knowledge: 2

Empathy: 2

Rank: 10
Kasumi Minami

***Kasumi Minami** is currently a work in progress. Admins and editors are working to clean and/or expand it!*
**Kasumi Minami** is the 5th OC of SakuraYako. She is a ghost haunting the Kamome Gakuen Bakery and was a student who spent time in the Bakery before her death.

## Appearance

Kasumi has large blue eyes and a light brownish-pinkish hair color that has two low ponytails that are held with a dark pink bow. On her head, she is either seen with that same dark pink bow or a cream-colored owl beanie with big cheeks and a green stuffed sprout on the top of the beanie. Her outfit is similar to the Kamome Gakuen uniform, however it is stylized. The long-sleeved shirt is the same color of her owl beanie and the Kamome Gakuen dress. She has some sort of brown sailor collar with a bow different than Kamome Gakuen's. She wears a pink skirt similar to Yui's, and has long white socks with a pink rim. Her shoes are pink sneakers.
Game-master Kane

> "I will laugh at it. Ha ha ha." — Game-master Kane.
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## Appearance

Kane wears a red shirt. She has blond hair and a large nose.

## Personality

Kane is a bit uptight and cares more about the rules than the other Game-masters. She enjoys putting down others and has fun bickering with them.

## Winner's Square

Kane is the winner of the mysterious Russian detective competition.
Rippletail

Rippletail

Rippletail is a Starclan cat that can be found at the base of the waterfall on the Windclan side. She challenges the player to a Trivia Quiz and gives the player 2 Celestial Crates and the key item "Sight Beyond Sight" if they are able to answer all 5 questions. The quiz is repeatable.

## Quiz Answers

**Q: Who is Thunderclan's Medicine Cat?**

A: Littlewing

**Q: Who is Windclan's Medicine Cat?**

A: Owlwish

**Q: Who is Riverclan's Medicine Cat?**

A: Shywave

**Q: Who is Shadowclan's Medicine Cat?**

A: Sablethorn

**Q: Who is Thunderclan's deputy?**

A: Lionwing

**Q: Who is Windclan's deputy?**

A: Applewing

**Q: Who is Riverclan's deputy?**

A: Scartail

**Q: Who is Shadowclan's deputy?**

A: Silverfur

**Q: Who is Thunderclan's leader?**

A: Cloudstar

**Q: Who is Windclan's leader?**

A: Tanglestar

**Q: Who is Riverclan's leader?**

A: Minnowstar

**Q: Who is Shadowclan's leader?**

A: Blackstar

**Q:How many Children has Blackstar had?**

A: Four

**Q:How many Children has Minnowstar had?**

A: One

**Q:How many Children has Cloudstar had?**

A: None

**Q:How many Children has Tanglestar had?**

A: Three

**Q:How many children has Lionwing had?**

A: Two

**A: How many children has Branchnose had?**

A: Two

**A: How many children has Grizzlyclaw had?**

A: Two

**Q: How many siblings does Blackstar have?**

A: Two

**Q: How many siblings does Tanglestar have?**

A: One

**Q: How many siblings does Cloudstar have?**

A: Three

**Q: How many siblings does Minnowstar have?**

A: None

**Q: How many siblings does Silverfur have?**

A: One

**Q:Why was Bran allowed into Thunderclan?**

A: He was Cloudstar's friend

**Q: Where was Fawnheart found as a kit?**

A: The moonstone

**Q: How did Spiderstar lose his last life?**

A: Cloudstar killed him

**Q: How did beetlestar die?**

A: He died from old age

**Q: Who is the cat that is sometimes spotted between Windclan territory and the farms?**

A: Mountain

**Q: Who is the she-cat that is sometimes spotted between twolegplace and Thunderclan territory?**

A: Lady

**Q: Who is the cat that is sometimes spotted between Riverclan territory and the campsite?**

A: Lightstep

**Q: Who marmotclaw in love with?**

A: Minnowstar

**Q: Who is responsible for Owlwish's face being in ruins?**

A: Blackstar

**Q: How did sablethorn's first mate die?**

A: Greencough

**Q: Why did Shadowclan have to send away so many of their clanmates?**

A: They had greencough

**Q: Who is Duskcaller?**

A: Former Shadowclan Warrior

**Q: Who killed Badgerclaw?**

A: Sandspring

**Q: Who tried to save Badgerclaw?**

A: Stonewhisker

**Q:What is Nighty's favourite twoleg food?**

A: Popcorn

**Q: Who is the rogue tom with a heart shaped fur pattern over one eye?**

A: Texas

**Q: What was exotic's original name before he changed it?**

A: Joe

**Q: What is the name of the pig that lives in the mouse-infested barn?**

A: Dusty

**Q: Who is the cat that often visits the carrionplace?**

A: Prince
AshWings

Description: the AshWings usually have a light gray to black body color and hot color anything else. They have short horns and large pockets on the undersides of their wings.

Diet: usually animals and, if feeling hot, will chew on mint.

Abilities: AshWings hold ashes in their wings and their scales are warm to the touch.

Queen: Queen Magma (LavaWing, the AshWings and LavaWings work together)
Medicine cat

Medicine Cat is one of two options available to the player upon creating their character.

Medicine Cats have the following advantages over warriors:

Able to freely wander the clans territory without worrying about attacks from patrols(usually)

Able to harvest herbs from the field(harvesting herbs grants exp and more varieties of herbs can be found)

Able to purchase prey from the fresh kill pile

Weakness:

MP Dependent

More trouble to get rank 2 skills than warriors

## Combat

Skills

Skills can be upgraded by speaking to the clan's medicine cat and asking for training. In order to prove that the player is deserving, they will have to go out into the main map and look for injured cats to heal. These spawn quite rarely so be prepared to keep ducking in and out of hunting grounds to spawn them.

Upgraded skills

 Nature's Cure(Rank 2)
 Regrowth (Rank 2)
 Crunch (Rank 2)
Maika Keiko

**Maika Keiko** is an OC created by LittleMissGotcha. She's a supernatural haunting the school's auditorium in the form of a shadow.

## Appearance

Maika has emerald green eyes and jet black hair that she wears in a neat ponytail. She wears a black jacket over her long sleeved white shirt, along with a tiny red bow tie. She also wears netted stockings with red shoes. To finish it off, she wears a small top hat with a red band on her head. Maika claims that her outfit was inspired by the first dance performer she had ever seen.

### **Shadow Appearance**

When she became a supernatural, her rumors are jumbled up stories of a moving shadow in the school's auditorium. As a result, she takes on the form of a misshapen shadow with glowing green eyes. Maika can still turn into a shadow, but thanks to more stable stories about her, her shadow form bears more resemblance to her normal appearance.

## Personality

Maika is a confident girl who is not afraid to speak what's on her mind. This often lands her in trouble, as people feel offended to her honest thoughts about them. Just as her rumor says, she loves dancing on stage and performing in front of an audience, sometimes with her pet rabbit, Akumi. She does have a soft side, though she rarely shows it. The only times she does show that side of her is when Akumi gets hurt, or when faced with a sensitive topic.

## Story

### **Rumor**

*If you ever visit the school auditorium after school, you can find a supernatural called the Dancing Shadow. She used to be a girl that loves to dance onstage. The audience loved her performance, and she practiced almost everyday. She practiced so much, she overworked herself and eventually died.*

*To summon her, light a wax candle and play shadow puppets in its light. You'll soon be able to see a faint shadow of a girl moving gracefully. Be careful, though. Some say that if you stare at her for too long, she will be able to control your own shadow. With it, she can drag you into the same darkness she is entrapped in...*

### **Backstory**

Maika claims that the truth about herself is quite different from her rumor, and that "Maika Keiko" is not even her real name. Not much is known about her, except that she died in a hospital from a heat stroke. She only ever dragged a person into the darkness once. Her victim was an 8 year old boy that a teacher brought along to work. Maika turned whatever remained of him into Akumi.