Murder, part 2

Murder, part 2 is the middle part of chapter III in the plot of Return of the Obra Dinn. It reveals the fate of Hok-Seng Lau, one of the Formosan guards for the Formosan Royals.

Captain Robert Witterel announces to Lau that he has been found guilty by self-confession for the murder of passenger Nunzio Pasqua. Despite the Formosan passengers proclaiming his innocence, Captain Witterel sentences Lau to death by firing line and orders the gunner, Christian Wolff, to carry out the command. The gunmen fire, but only one of them, seaman Henry Brennan, manages to hit Lau.

The memory is also featured in the Justice at Sea sketch, and artist Edward Spratt is seen drawing it. In the sketch, Fourth Mate's Steward Davey James is not covering his ears and looking away, and Gunner's Mate Olus Wiater is standing. People close to the poop deck in the sketch are also not visible in the diorama.

When playing a new game, the pocketwatch starts shaking after viewing this diorama, allowing access to.

Things of interest

 * The identity of passenger Hok-Seng Lau can be deduced since the Captain addresses him by his full name when sentencing him to death.
 * The game has no option to set his fate as executed. He was shot with a gun instead, but the killer is not obvious: the player needs to check which bullet trail actually hits the body. Only the one coming from seaman Henry Brennan's rifle does.
 * The identity of passenger Bun-Lan Lim can be deduced since her name is mentioned and she is the only person with that last name on board. She is also the only woman in the scene and addressed as Miss.
 * The identity of Gunner Christian Wolff can be deduced as the Captain addresses him by his last name and he is the one giving orders to the firing squad.
 * The identity of artist Edward Spratt can be deduced since he is seen drawing the Justice at Sea sketch on the side towards the bow.
 * If the inspector has seen, identities of Topmen Huang Li and Li Hong can be deduced by comparing their shoes in both dioramas.
 * This is one of the two dioramas where cook Thomas Sefton appears.
 * The cause for Lau's confession is never stated. Li Hong, one of Nichols' co-conspirators, understands the Formosans' language as shown in . He may have offered to act as a translator for Lau and fabricated his confession.

Present
28 others were present.


 * Seaman Aleksei Toporov
 * Bosun Alfred Klestil
 * Passenger Bun-Lan Lim
 * Bosun's Mate Charles Miner
 * Passenger Chioh Tan
 * Gunner Christian Wolff
 * 4th Mate's steward Davey James
 * Second Mate Edward Nichols
 * Passenger (/artist) Edward Spratt
 * Butcher Emil O'Farrell
 * Seaman Henry Brennan
 * Topman Huang Li
 * Passenger It-Beng Sia
 * 4th Mate John Davies
 * Seaman John Naples
 * Seaman Lars Linde
 * Tapman Li Hong
 * Carpenter's Mate Marcus Gibbs
 * 3rd Mate Martin Perrott
 * Gunner's Mate Olus Wiater
 * Seaman Patrick O'Hagan
 * Captain Robert Witterel
 * 3rd Mate's steward Roderick Andersen
 * 2nd Mate's steward Samuel Galligan
 * Cook Thomas Sefton
 * Topman Wei Lee
 * 1st Mate William Hoscut
 * Carpenter Winston Smith

Where
This memory is accessed via a body hanging on the side of the main deck near the main mast.

Areas
Only the middle portion of the main deck is accessible. The exit is towards the stern.