Clues & Culprits › Rogues’ Gallery › Tariq
Tariq
Shook hands with everyone in the room before you arrived.
Merchant — Counts coins, deals, favours.
In their own words
“Let's talk numbers.”
“Everybody's got a price. Even lineups.”
“My lawyer's on speed dial. Just saying.”
“Let's talk numbers. Everyone has a price.”— in Victorian London, 1888
Characters’ asides never contain clues. In a case, only their statements count as evidence.
Case record
Tariq has stood in 13 lineups so far, as a purser, a innkeeper, a trade envoy, a investor, a agent, a jeweller and more. Whether they were guilty is something you’ll have to prove for yourself.
- Oct 19, 2026The Iceberg Nobody Else Saw — as purserHard case
- Oct 19, 2026Who Sold the Village Green? — as innkeeperMedium case
- Oct 17, 2026Eleven Small Words — as trade envoyMedium case
- Oct 16, 2026The Captain's Charity Auction — as purserMedium case
- Oct 12, 2026The Hacksaw Filed Under H — as investorHard case
- Oct 10, 2026The Trophy at Half-Time — as agentMedium case
- Oct 8, 2026The Fire Drill on the Fourth Floor — as jewellerMedium case
- Oct 4, 2026Murder Mystery on the Danube Star — as commercial travellerHard case
- Oct 4, 2026Lord Ashby's Treasure Hunt — as wine merchantMedium case
- Oct 3, 2026Six Blue Eggs — as gift-shop ownerHard case
- Oct 2, 2026The Flash Mob at Gate Twelve — as duty-free clerkHard case
- Oct 1, 2026The Patient Who Never Was — as pharmacistHard case
- Oct 1, 2026Eleven Minutes Under the Pyrenees — as commercial travellerMedium case
Track record
In the 13 cases old enough to have a published walkthrough, Tariq turned out to be a criminal 7 times and innocent 6 times. Not a face to trust — but every case is decided by its own evidence. Today’s and yesterday’s cases are left out so nothing is spoiled.
Often in the same lineup as
Cal (11 cases) · Percy (9 cases) · Dev (8 cases) · Kira (8 cases)
Other merchants
Cal (nervous one) · Dev (startup bro) · Idris (charmer) · Percy (worrier)