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Stranded in Gaul is a case featured in Criminal Case as the second case of Travel in Time (Season 6) and the two-hundred ninety-third case overall. It takes place in Ancient Times.
Plot
After the time machine reactor broke down, the team ended up in 37 BCE Ancient Gaul. Zara and the player went out disguised as centurions to explore Gaul while Kai was fixing the machine, only to find someone with his head bashed in at a dolmen circle. Orlando identified the victim as Gaulish Chieftain Katurix, scheduled to die in 36 BCE after the peace treaties he negotiated with the Romans in winter, 37 BCE were violated.
Mid-investigation, Gaulish druid Atreba accidentally hit Zara in the face with a piece of guts while rushing a haruspicy. Later, Katurix's successor, Delignata, rallied up the Gauls to wage war against the Romans. The team then found enough evidence to arrest Gallic blacksmith Venextos for the murder.
Upon admitting to his crime, Venextos said he had overheard Katurix praying to the gods at the dolmen to protect him while he ran away and abandoned the tribe. Not approving of his betrayal, Venextos bashed the Chieftain's head in with a stone. They presented him to the tribe, where Delignata sentenced him to stand first-in-line without a shield when they would face the Romans.
Post-trial, the team found Nebet aboard the time machine. After she told the team that she had followed the team when they left Egypt to run away from her slave life, the team deduced that she was the unforeseen ripple in time that caused Katurix's premature death. Kai then asked the team to find solid gold for the team while Amy tasked the team to get a peace treaty between the Gauls and the Romans to preserve history.
The team talked to Atreba, who said that Katurix had taken notes on the location of the village's gold. She also agreed to deliver a prophecy to Delignata of a plague descending on both the Gauls and the Romans if peace were not attained. The team then found a map to the gold, only to find that the gold had been taken. The team again talked to Atreba, who informed the team that Delignata had reluctantly lay down her weapons. She also speculated that Katurix had given all the village's gold to Mark Antony in an effort to save his own skin. Antony then told the team that Roman emperor Octavian had demanded all spoils of war be returned to Rome.
Meanwhile, Amy and the player debriefed Nebet on their role as time travelers. Nebet then proved her skills as a cook to the team so that she could help them out while they were unable to send her back home. The team then resolved to travel to Rome via the time machine's thrusters to retrieve the gold and preserve history.
Summary
Victim
- Katurix (found dead in the Dolmen Circle)
Murder Weapon
- Bloody Stone
Killer
- Venextos
Suspects
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Quasi-suspect(s)
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Killer's Profile
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- The killer uses soap.
- The killer eats gooseberries.
- The killer uses chalk.
- The killer wears fur.
- The killer has a scar.
Crime Scenes
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Steps
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Chapter 1
- Investigate Dolmen Hill. (Clue: Victim's Body; Victim identified: Katurix)
- Investigate Dolmen Hill again. (Prerequisite: Dolmen Hill investigated; Clues: Roman Helmet, Victim's Cape)
- Examine Roman Helmet. (Result: Aquilifier Helmet; New Suspect: Regulus)
- Talk to Regulus about what he was doing at the crime scene. (Prerequisite: Aquilifier Helmet identified; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Roman Tents)
- Investigate Roman Tents. (Prerequisite: Regulus interrogated; Clues: Wax Tablet, Roman Equipment)
- Examine Wax Tablet. (Result: Restored Tablet; New Suspect: Mark Antony)
- Talk to Mark Antony about the tablet message. (Prerequisite: Wax Tablet restored)
- Examine Roman Equipment. (Result: Canteen)
- Examine Canteen. (New Suspect: Delignata)
- Talk to Delignata about her canteen found in the Roman camp. (Prerequisite: Delignata decoded)
- Examine Victim's Cape. (Result: Blood Sample)
- Analyze Blood Sample. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer eats gooseberries)
- Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Attribute: The killer uses soap)
- Go to Chapter 2. (1 star)
Chapter 2
- Speak with Atreba about the Chief's murder. (Available after unlocking Chapter 2; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Gaulish Village)
- Investigate Gaulish Village. (Prerequisite: Atreba interrogated; Clues: )
- Go to Chapter 3. (2 stars)
Chapter 3
- Take care of the killer now!
- Go to Kingdoms of Clay (2/5).
Kingdoms of Clay (2/5)
- Move on to a new crime!
Trivia
- This is one of the cases in which the player has to investigate the same crime scene twice during the main leg.
- Although Zara is the player's partner during the investigation, Jack is the one who appears in the player's teammate selection screen when they investigate a crime scene in this case.