Viktor Sattler, 54
Host
Merchant, host, a true Viennese character. Viktor Sattler has an invitation for everyone, and a reason to invite each of them. Exactly what he does with his guests' fortunes, few people know.
Vienna at carnival time, 1899. At the Palais Esterházy, a select society gathers for a glittering masked ball. Amid champagne, waltzes and lavishly decorated halls, old friends, influential figures and people who would rather not have met again cross paths. Behind the masks names stay hidden, but old grievances and secret ties are not so easily concealed.
The host has staged this evening with the greatest care. Before midnight he means to make an important announcement, and the palais is already buzzing with speculation about what it might be. But it never comes to that.
When the masks come off at midnight, the host is found dead in his study. The door was locked, only a few confidants are in the house, and every guest present had a reason to silence him.
The police have been called, but until the investigators arrive no one may leave the palais. Now it's up to you to find out what happened that night. Who can you still trust? Which secrets have to come to light? And who among you wears not only a mask, but the guilt as well?
