Puzzle 30: The Fire Circle of Logic - Skyshade’s Shadow Shrinks

Puzzle Walkthrough

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The first vote came from the seat across from Witsworth, and that voter did not use Strategic Threat. The second vote was cast by the Silent Observation voter. The three reasons must fit the clockwise seat rule that Strategic Threat comes immediately after Silent Observation in the Left, Across, Right order. Since the Silent Observation vote is second, the Silent Observation seat must be the Right seat, which forces Strategic Threat onto the Left seat and leaves Fractured Trust on the Across seat.

Because the first voter is Across, the second voter must sit Right, and the third voter is then Left. The Left seat voted for the same person as the Fractured Trust voter at Across, so the first and third votes form a two vote majority against the same target, while the second vote is for someone else. The second voter was not allowed to target the Across seat’s occupant, and the Right seat and the last voter did not target the same person.

Now place the contestants. David cannot be Across because the rule says the Across seat did not vote for the same person as David, and David also cannot be Left because the Across and Left voters share a target. Therefore David must sit at the Right seat, which is the second voter with Silent Observation. Jane’s vote had to be later than the Fractured Trust vote at Across, so Jane must be the third voter on the Left seat, leaving Suri Across as the first voter. The second voter could not target the Across seat’s occupant, so David cannot vote for Suri.

David also cannot vote for himself, so David must vote for Jane. That makes the matching first and third votes the majority against David. Every clue now lines up, including that the Across voter did not use Strategic Threat, the Left seat matched the Fractured Trust voter’s target, the Silent Observation voter was second and not part of the majority, the Strategic Threat seat immediately follows the Silent Observation seat around the fire, and the Across voter did not vote for the same person as David.

Answers

Suri sat Across from Witsworth, voted 1st, cited Fractured Trust, and voted for David.
David sat Right of Witsworth, voted 2nd, cited Silent Observation, and voted for Jane.
Jane sat Left of Witsworth, voted 3rd, cited Strategic Threat, and voted for David.

David is eliminated.

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