This is an excellent challenge. I’ll craft one immediately. I’ll even fix anything that violates the Red with new Faker truths then the Fake truth Im about to create.
Lets see. The Ange Culprit Theory.
As someone once pointed out the “real truth” has a big flaw in that if the message bottles of the future were written in advance and Ange was excluded in the stories even though she only did not attend the conference due to sudden illness. This is why the true culprit is Ange, the true author of the message bottles.
You think a 6 yr old couldnt possibly be the culprit? Your right, because she was 4 when she planned it. (For those who might know, this scenario is largely inspired by an MTTH500 event from Crusader Kings 2. A newborn child turns out to be THE DEMON CHILD. (S)He then attracts several witch servants and then proceeds to kill every other heir to the throne and your main character to finally take the crown)
At the age of 4, its hard to find servants, but fortunately Ange has a lonely and superstitious cousin. After earning her trust and joining Mariage Sorciere, she meets another lonely soul; Beatrice. At first she simply used them as playmates and scapegoats for her evil (but childish) pranks. However by chance, during her usual eve-dropping to find weaknesses, she overheard a drunk and repentant Kinzo admit to a horrendous crime.
skeletons of the most accessable family members; her parents. Eventually Rudolf let slip that secret of Battler, putting another Ace in her hand. As her skills and tactics grew she eventually pieced together the incident 17 years past through loosened lips of the elderly and the tired.
Her hand now stacked, she only needed an opportunity. And it came in the form of an Epitaph.
Using her information she turned the witch into her furniture, crushing the all hope with the knowledge that even after 1000 years there could be no HUMAN FUTURE for the witch.
She subtly guilt tripped an old servant into helping the Witch recover the gold. All the gold and honor in the golden land could not repair a destroyed heart, so the witch remained a puppet to Ange. Using the one-ring puppet and taking hold of the financial failures of the son and the guild of the wife, Ange became the true ruler of Rokkenjima.
Having gained sufficient power, Ange planned to manipulate from the shadows and ascend after reaching adulthood. However after 2 years, news of the unexpected return of her elder contender breathed a sliver of hope into her puppet, which began to resist her control. She knew it was time to abandon this Beatrice.
First she broke her foolish cousin with mere words. The seeds of malice were not planted by mere negligent innocence (This clue was given in the story even!). This hatred and despair would be harvested into a weapon.
Then she contemplated multiple scenarios to use her puppets and assets to elimate the heirs contending her throne. Although it would be ideal if everyone else died, the hungry Sumedera’s was a threat that could not be ignored. Even with her evil intellect, that fact that she was 6 would be too disadvantagous; she needed a new puppet. After careful consideration, she chose her new Beatrice, Eva.
As to what happened on Oct 4-6. EP 7 - Bernkastel “This is all the truth”
Having rigged the switch in the Goldenland to activate regardless of what happened, Ange erased the Ushiromiya family and all the evidence. Her mother played the part she manipulated her to and in return a desperate and ever loyal Aunt was born. However Ange wanted Eva’s intellect and drive to expand her empire until her eventual ascension, without wasted energy on motherly love. So like the predecessor Beatrice, she broke her, and all it took was to reject a hug and convienently have 2 dirty bottles stuffed with conflicting lies “accidently” discovered.
While successfully creating a powerful autonomous servant, Ange unfortunately became a victim of her manipulations. For a time, she would be forced to eat mud. To endure this she continously reminded herself of her own Greed and spoke to it. Her hosts here would eventually die in a series of bizarre murders, however that is another tale.
Eventually she reached adulthood and promptly returned to claim her crown. With a few drops of poison, she secretly murdered her puppet, whom had also acted as a strawman to absorb hatred of those whom bled to feed Ange’s coffers so none would be directed towards her. With the gold, the ring and the title of Golden Witch, she only would need to finish her maternal relations.
Thus she lured them into a trap on that island that day. After cleaning up all lose ends, she decided that ruling from the shadows was best and arranged for one of Eva’s servants to be her puppet.
Before the tale could close however, a threat in the form of Hachijo Tohya forgeries remained. The possibility that the old Beatrice betrayed her caused her to grind her teeth night after night. Eventually she found the Tohya and invited him to the goldenland, where he would never return from…
The End
Ange satisfies Knox’s first as she is mentioned within the first few minutes of the game.(Take that Dlanor)
No trick is needed for the EP3 red where Evatrice removes everyone from the suspect list if ANGE was the culprit
All conventional solutions can still apply with an ANGE mastermind