Horror on the Orient Express Character Portraits.pdf

Orient express 1893

Orient express 1893

Wagon-Lit SI

Wagon-Lit SI

Pytor trubosky

Barron Von Hoffler

Constantinople 1893

Constantinople 1893

Wagon-Lit SI

Wagon-Lit SI

Professor Demir

Constantinople 1893

Constantinople 1893

Constantinople 1893

Wagon-Lit SI

Wagon-Lit SI

Wagon-Lit SI

THROUGH

THE ALPS

and-see ap
proach, in
case they lea
simulacru
d him to th
m.
e
The investi
gators may
around. Tr
go outside
ack rolls di
and look
scern no fo
snow arou
otprin
nd
leaves no tra the house. In mist fo ts in the
rm Fenalik
ce of his pa
ssing.

The Frenchman

Paris 1923

Dr Leroux

THROUGH
TH

Poissy 1923

DAY ZERO
—The invest
igators and
vollaro dep
art Par
Cater

ina Cais. That nig
Faccia perfor
The Loriens
ht in Milan
kn nothims Transfer
ailingow
Organ to sav , Arturo
ng of
what lies ben
businessma
e the life of
h the
luneat
housen.Flavio Conti, killing
g do
norirEn
nio Sp
unwil

e co
ad
since, who
admire it for stumers at La Sca- mire the luxufor the wa
its solidity rious pane
y it resists
but not
ling and th
pin-sticks.
hefty cons
e
Becausco
truction it
em
of fo
itsrtable bert
has
the costume
hs,
rs’ room to been removed fro
m ose
Th
be used on
1, Scene 2
of Aida.
boarding
stage, in Ac
t
mak

Quitterie Lorien

Duc Jean Floressas
des Esseintes

Milan 1923

is is all the
effect of th
e sim
largest pie
ce of the sim ulacrum Torso. As
ula
felt even in
isolation fro crum, its effects
ts. It has be
en in Milan m the rest of the
six years, sin
honti, prop
ce
s buyer for
La Scala, bo Paolo
losing-dow
ught it at
n sale of a
Paris
iring six wo
oden sewing ian dressmaker,
forms at th
e same

Arutro Faccia

After half a
bottle

e in them
se

THROUGH

THE ALPS

of Bordeaux
Pau
the events in l Mandrin hesitantly tells
the asylum.
of

was preocc
upied. “It is
within my
Mandrin,”
grasp,
he said. “Ea
ch of us ho
key to our
lds the
whole racial
me
dreams we
speak langua mory. In our
ges we have
known. So
on I shall hav
never
e the proof.”
Mandrin has
fresh scratc
hes on his
face, from
one of the
patients. “Ye
dangerous
s, it is
work,” he tell
s
time ago I
found Guim them. “A little
art, a collea
slumped in
gue,
the
a terrible wo basement, bleeding fro
und one of
m
the patients
dealt him.
His right wr
had
ist was slashe
badly. It is
not
d
for when Gu known who attacked
him
imart recove
,
gone. Now
red, his mi
nd was
he is an inm
ate,
others. This
job is a dem like so many
on, I tell you
Mandrin urg
.”
es them no
t
about this
meeting. He to tell Dr. Leroux
wants anothe
but needs a
r
good refere
nce from thi job,
s one.

Verinique Lorien
THROUGH
TH

E ALPS

An Lausanne
Aria To 1923
Remember

The Taxider
GROUND
FLO

Lausanne 1923

mist Shop

OR

Shop Front:
This front
counter and
room con
tains a sho
numerous
p
examples of
taxidermy
wor
the brother
s’
tors from doz k. Glass eyes stare at
the
ens of stiffl
fireplace keep
y-posed anim investigas the room
als. A large
warm.
Store Room:
The store
room contain
sawdust, jars
of chemicals
s barrels of
messy and
, and sundry
diso
tools. It is
bear is cram rganized. A large
poorly-stuf
med in here
fed
posed so as
, awaiting
to
repairs. It
is
momentarily make those opening
the door fear
that it is lung
ing at them
Study: Thi
.
s contains
a desk and
pertaining
chair, and reco
to the bus
iness. While
rds
just breaking
the busines
even, Accoun
s is
money is
ting rolls
bein
accounts, with g regularly taken out note that
of the sho
no receipts
p
nearly ban
given. The
krupt.
brothers are
Work Roo
m: This larg
e room
skinning and
dressing anim has a work table for
are pegged
als. Tools and
to the wall
kniv
s, and ther
bins with
e are shelves es
wire for arm
and
ature and
eyes. Below
boxes of glas
are
s
The back doo sacks of plaster and
wood fiber.
r opens to
cinerator.
a small yard
with an in-

At about
two in th
e
morning,
C
sways to he avollaro
r feet, and
says she w
ill
in a mom be back
ent. Fifteen minut
es later sh
e
sweeps in
, dressed
Edgar Wellingt
in
a silver
on
Only morphin has never really returned
gown, ey
e can silence
from the tren
the roar of artil
ches.
es
heavily da
lery that rattl
his head.
es in
rkened with
mascara, w
Breaking In
ith an ankh
Refer to the
Life Inside
on a chai
nearby roo
n about he
mof the sho
p should the by-room description
r
GUIMART
neck. She
investigators
break in.
UPPER FLO
choose to
OR
announce
Kitchen / Din
The
This orphan
bac
s
k door ope
that she w
ing Room:
ed bully an
ns onto a sm
a kitchen tabl
This crowded
an
inc
ine
ou
rato
d pervert kn
e
all yard wit
room has
before his
ld like to
r.
are piled with and six chairs. Four
h
ew nothing
unfortunate
fence, or Loc A Climb roll negotia
of the chairs
sin
books, and
tes the bac
g them th
ksmith unl
visitors.
meeting wit
Lacking cle
are quickly
k
ock
fro
cleared for
s
nt
ar legal aut
the
e
h
and
back gate. Bot
Fenalik.
aria she
back doors
hority at pre
William’s
h
are
w
wh
Bed
loc
ill
ene
roo
ked overni
sent, the sta
114
ver Edgar is
m: This plai
be perfor
bed and a
ght, or
n bedroom
out
ff
boo
.
ksh
elf
has a
The Wellin
with a sele
ming
classics.
ction of well
three nigh
-read
most times. gton Bros. remain
Edgar’s Bed
ts from no
at home at
Edgar ven
room: Thi
tur
occasional
w.
s narrow bed
writing desk
HTh
orror
ly, but is nev es out for cigarettes
e ongathethOr
room has
with a diar
er gone for
liam rarely
a
anne Handou
y (summar
erien
intgExcl
ized in Lau
long. Willeaves hom
t
#1
pre
on
ap
pag
sss
may need
e 193, alth
s
e at all. The
work dow
their hand
to remove
ough keep
nstairs dur
brothers
ers
the
tigators hav
s in delight
r way to
ng
ing the day
Quitterie
arm
their evenin
e not yet barg last entry if the inve
investigator
, and spend
sgs upstairs.
drawer in
ained for the
.
atth
s’ noble int convinces heTe
roe alla Scala
a side tabl
r of
Th
scroll). A
The investi
is
e contains
bott
so
entions an
le
mittance.
ng
of
,
gat
a syringe and
Milan’s
morphine,
is imporors might
brothers out
as well as
d ins
Ysabel affi
a
unknown
try to
a green bott
mou
tant to he
. Edgar wil
liqu
ad-s oper
rms that he gafa
le of
l respond to lure the
tion which
the section id. These contents are
a house, to
r, she says
Investigatin
r
described in
seems to be
any invitastress is
g
investigator
to his advant
leaves Willia
,
121 mipe
because it
s steal Edg the Clues. (Should the
rform the tit
age, but he
m at home.
ar’s supplie
cure more.)
was Aida sh
s, he will
le role in
The investi
pro
gators will
e
saw at Teat
Verdi’s Aida
downstairs
find it easy
while the
ro alla Sca.
brothers are to search
Book 2
upstairs or
la when sh
Signorina
e was five—
C
av
olher first op
laro is still
era. She was
excited afMiss Cavolla
transfixed.
183
ter the pe
ro
Belie
rformance
tr
,
adition he ving a
and about
to her belo
r grandhe
r journey
ved Milan.
m
sa
ot
ng
her told he
She and he
along w
up in the
r friends sit
salon car,
her fondes ith this aria, keepin r of, she
drinking an
The invest
t wish so th
g in m
d laughing
igators may
at
Sh
it
e
.
might com ind
ha
jo
d
welcomed
in them, an
entered La
e true.
as if they w
d will be
Scala that
ing a pony
ere old frie
ev
the Expres
ening wan
, bu
nds. Some
s staff disc
tknew she w t then the opera star
of
retely hove
te
invitation.
an
d
r about, at
she says la ted to be a singer mor and she
her
ug
e.
hi
And so,
ng, for he
Cavollaro’s
Arturo Faccia
ways been
r, the oper
compartm
magical
a has alto the inve
ent proves
Horror on
to be next
stigators.
The aria sh .
the Orient glowin
Sh
e
e
sp
is
ea
Express g terms of
about to sin
ks to them
Vincitor”.
the beauty
g is “Ritorn
in
She
Milan. She
and genero
a
loyalty betw explains that Aida is
promises to
sity of
divided in
een the m
show them
take them
an she love
and her fa
the city, to
to “The La
s,
th
er
Radames,
Amonsro,
st Supper.”
no—Da Vi
posing lead
who are th
(“What? N
nci’s! And
ers i
et
o

Lausanne 1923

hat the belov
ed has really
hrough the
city, the inv gone. As they move
estigators pe
verywhere
.
rceive this
HE CAUSE

S ea rc hi ng fo r

Poissy 1923

Christian Lorien

Orient Express 1923

lves a
ling
inola in the
brilliant as
Christian ant, Conti and
proces
has pa
sembly bu
Fac
end a functio s. Buoyt,
s crippledpatrons. tients tociaatattten
especially
d; Ve- n for opera
an
d
to
ye
DAY ONE—t must
night, a
Little can
The investlook after
large crow
be learned
igators alig
at 7 A.M. In
ht
d
ab
in
Mi
laro’s disap
is gathout Signorin
Lausanne
lan, Ennio
m from up
Caterina Ca
Spinola is
pearance, bu
a ed
stairs involter
volfound dead.
laro ives
on the plat
t their brief erCa
with her ma
pts thjuset co
is abducted ruarr
Quitterie she
after midday,
form,
frith
y compel th
ends
by Conti
nrucia
where
ns. Th
e investiga
rohip
what they
doatwn
Fac
, now a sw
wing roses
orn
yin
tor
ca
nigcr
n.
aco
g
s
to her aid
ht,
to
as
lyt
Fac
at a vilearn
e
cia perVe
gan. aga
forro
Clin
in,gin
ms- Transfer of
bran
andgswto
t young w
apshe
STATION
Orherr voc
plains thDA
m
al
ot
cho
PO
he
rds
om
Y
r, with his.
at shTW
RTERS
an.
e O—
sa Th invog
She is Cat
estie
igators arr
At Stazione
disappearancw a ebo
Investiga
erina Cavol
ative. Cavollaro’s
Ce
is the subjecman
tors cane se
noon
t of gossip
with a porte ntrale, the investigator laro, the
papers rep e th
ill lividma
Qu
ort heratabd
itt
r who helpe
s can talk Italian so
e-. . The afterfroy loo
m kthinteosp
uct
ion
pr
luggage. A
Investigator
ailldis
her
edapp
no
coear
utting itScaall
man waved d Cavollaro wi
ffeanc
s
wrhom Ve
e e,thand
la or
th he
is may vis
Duomo. Th
to her from
doilwn
me
ro
o
it
RL
ni
to
La
ey
qu
,
of
a badmayea
the latest mo
an Al
the killing
e
alsm
kes her ba
o become
LofariRo
en- praise
del. She ap
Spinola. dr
aware
and, after
ckginupof
heard sin
That nig, ht,
proached him
sta
a brief conv
d so
irsvol
g wit
, lar
ne could cli
exo’splvoi
h Ca
ersation, tu
hi ly, an
aince.- Faccia is
wave to he
DAY TH
mRE
b E—
rned bagh
r entourag
upAid
d her man
thae op
ck
sid
to
e
an
e
tare inmahe
tom
of
d
y
ens tonigh
then got int Parisia
tht.e Inv
obile. Her
y rcon
witinnd
ue the.ir inv
o the au- n admire
estigators
manager co
estigatio
at La Scala, ow
rolling his
rs are
tely, Ch
llected the
h new inform ns during the day
eyes.
ristianwitLo
se
lugei
gang
ing pap
ge, her off.
ation from
rien is wr
er. That nig
the mornurned to
ht the Torsoong.
CA
VA
hi
RO
s—
DAY FOUR
LLO’S APAR
olInv
d est
She came
hoigame, andappears on stage.
TMENT
the on
off-stage
tor
is
fathi
msily
Cavollaro
dayan
at 1d th. eLat s are assumed to dep
at L’Opéra
has
in
art
erve
dead on the P.M
thasti
sently
t day
gaFac
San Carpofo a luxurious townhou
little more
- cia is found
toyi roof of il Du
ro
se
publishedng with
.
on
om
He
th
the idea
o; the story
r maid Ysab
anviaan hour
as
l, but has the day follow
th
of
wil
ere
el
l
be
ha
is
ago, and
s been no
distraught
adopted thing.
word from
now sh,e is
star. Persu
e waitthe missi
ade or Ch
on he

E ALPS

Poissy 1923

Paul Mandrin

Scenario T
imeline

Remi Vageim

will not gra
nt
his room no an interview with him
r landlady
. Neither
have anythi
The invest
ng to reveal
igators cou
.
committed,
ld have the
which would
mselves
to Guimart
enable the
, but their
m
to talk
sanity may
the stay in
no
t withstand
Charenton—
a night clo
mart migh
t be a night
se to Guiin Hell.
COMMITM
ENT
Commitm
ent should
not
for season
ed investiga prove a difficult task
tors. A ref
doctor will
erral from
gain indivi
a
duals volun
tary entran
ce

Paris 1923

The rest of
the night pa
sses uneven
morning is
tfully. The
clear and
relatively
the old ga
warm. Usin
te entranc
e as a base
g
cessful Na
point, a su
vigate roll
clo
the cellar
steps in fifte cates the position of
en
1D4 hour
s and a su minutes; otherwise
,
ccessful Lu
needed. Th
ck roll ar
e top step
e
is under ne
of earth an
arly
d ch
large oak tre arred brick, near th two feet
e base of a
e. They m
ust dig. Ex
loTH
ngROstaircas
cavating th
UGH THeE ta
e
ALke
day; the su
PSs the whole of
this winter
n is low an
’s bask in th
da
e heated trai
It has been cold wind is risin
n,
used by th
g and
la

Paris 1923

Ilsa Von Hofler

Selim Makryat

Les Fleurs
du Mal

Nisra dauhter of fate

C at er in a

Signorina Cavollaro

Lausanne 1923

MaXimillian von
Wurtheim

Milan 1923

Flavio Conti

Edgar Wellington

Milan 1923

Father Angelico

Milan 1923

Arturo Toscanini

William Wellington

Milan 1923

Marco Baldo

Milan 1923

Palo Rischonti