Nancy Drew · Case File №31
A play about the underworld. An art heist beneath the stage. Everyone in the cast is lying — including the director.
A play about the underworld and an art heist beneath the stage — and everyone in the cast is lying. This file walks the case end to end and names every puzzle answer and the mastermind. Background stays spoiler-light; Chapters is the full walkthrough; Extras holds the Easter eggs, phone charms and a solutions cheat-sheet. Every tick saves on this device as you go — collectibles stay in step across Chapters and Extras.
A play about the underworld. An art heist beneath the stage.
Everyone in the cast is lying — including the director.
This page names the cast and the locations but withholds the answers. When you want the walkthrough, switch to Chapters; puzzle solutions and collectible locations live on Extras.
The Phidias Cultural Center in Greece is hosting a production of Persephone in Winter. What begins as a backstage volunteer assignment becomes an art-theft investigation — and everyone on the cast list has something to hide.
| Name | Role | How You Interact |
|---|---|---|
| Xenia Doukas | Director & lead actress — the villain | Your primary contact; assigns tasks; becomes the final confrontation |
| Grigor | Stage manager / Hermes actor (American, false name) | Reluctant ally; leaves coded clues; writes the confession letter |
| Thanos | Hades actor / hired muscle | Former private security; dangerous; trappable in the cage |
| Niobe | Props manager / Demeter actress | Art forger — forgives fakes to survive; becomes a key informant |
| Melina | Museum curator — innocent | Being framed; gives you the Authentication Database password |
| Location | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Amphitheater & Wings | Stage, fly system, light board, hydraulics room below |
| Museum | Artifact displays, computer, filing cabinet, secret door |
| Office | Melina's computer (KLEROTERION), filing cabinet |
| Workshop (tunnel) | Niobe's vase work, pottery kiln, secret passage door (Eggopus Rex egg) |
| Underworld Set | River Acheron, Charon's boat, Cerberus, gods arrangement |
| Tartarus | Cage (Thanos trap), stones panel, vine tiles |
| Fire Room | Phlegethon river, thrones, fire bridge, seeds puzzle, loading bay |
This walks the case end to end and names every puzzle answer and the culprit. If you want to solve it yourself, start on Background — it stays spoiler-light.
| Puzzle | Master Sleuth solution |
|---|---|
| Hydraulics locker | 18355 |
| Museum computer | KLEROTERION |
| Grigor's tablet | PALEONTOLOGY |
| Animal figurines | Eagle→Zeus, Cow→Hera, Vulture→Ares, Owl→Athena, Dolphin→Apollo, Stag→Artemis, Dove→Aphrodite |
| Fly weights (MS) | Plinth=24, Portico=72, Stylobate=96, Entablature=120, Pediment=120, Peristyle=144 |
| Lightning bolts | A→9:00, C→4:00, B→1:00 |
| Greek Stones (MS) | 26-step sequence — see Ch 2 table |
| Thanos cage code | 72914 |
| Cage lock (MS) | Green=7, Yellow=9, pull lever — official guide p.73 |
| Gods arrangement | Jupiter, Minerva, Mars, Diana, Mercury, Venus, Neptune |
| Judges' scales | 3+3 logic — see Ch 4 table |
| Authentication DB | CALLIOPE |
| Cast names (Greek alpha) | Grigor → Thanos → Niobe → Xenia |
| Shackle rings (MS) | Spell words/names — official guide p.80 |
| Fire Bridge | 21-step sequence — see Ch 5 table |
| Seeds puzzle (MS) | Per Grigor's note — official guide p.84 |
| WiFi reboot (MS) | 5 chain-reaction presses — official guide p.85 |
| Eggopus Rex egg | Workshop door: spell ΑΘΗΝΑ (A,Th,H,N,A) before cast names complete |
Every answer this guide publishes, in chapter order.
| Chapter | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 01 | Hydraulics Locker Code | 1 — 8 — 3 — 5 — 5 |
| Chapter 01 | Museum Computer Password (Melina) | KLEROTERION — the ancient Athenian lottery device on display |
| Chapter 01 | Grigor's Tablet Password | PALEONTOLOGY — first-last-repeat cipher from Xenia's script: "First, last, repeat" |
| Chapter 01 | Lightning Bolt Disk Positions | A → 9:00 (left) • C → 4:00 (lower-right) • B → 1:00 (upper-right) |
| Chapter 03 | Thanos Cage Code | 72914 — from Xenia's director notes (backstage) |
| Chapter 03 | Authentication Database Password (Melina) | CALLIOPE — given by Melina after calling her |
| Chapter 03 | Cast Names — Greek Alphabetical Order | 1. Grigor • 2. Thanos • 3. Niobe • 4. Xenia |
| Chapter 04 | Thanos Cage Combination | 72914 — enter when Thanos approaches in Tartarus to raise the cage bars |
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