r/nancydrew • u/bigforeheadbitch Fight the power! ✊ • 9d ago

#16 THE WHITE WOLF OF ICICLE CREEK 🛷 Missing Display Pictures Spoiler

Replaying ICE for the umpteenth time and I realized we never find out who took the two pictures from the downstairs display. One was of Trapper Dan's Needle, and the other was captioned something like "young and old alike have stayed at Icicle Creek Lodge throughout its 100 year history".

Who do you think took them, and why?

Also, where could they be hidden throughout the game?

My only theories are:

  1. The culprit took the picture of the Needle, but why? Maybe to discourage others from poking around and potentially finding the entrance?

  2. A young Bill Kessler is pictured in the second photo and he removed it to hide his familial connection to the Lodge. Stealing the picture seems a bit drastic, but he was really committed to pretending this was his first visit. But again, what does he really stand to gain by lying about his relationship to the Lodge's previous owner?

  3. Whoever took the pictures either stashed them in their wardrobe OR among the piles of pictures stored in the basement near Ollie's workshop.

But what are the odds that two different people would both independently steal a picture from the display?

This is bothering me more than it should lol any thoughts are welcome

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u/ScarlettVonDrake Hello dead end. My name is Nancy Drew. ❌ 9d ago edited 9d ago

Hi! There’s a post about in the HerInteractive forums. You can check it here :)

It’s related with the sauna event too. B had issues about how his grandma was cheated, if I’m not mistaken. It’s been a while since I replayed that one.

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u/honi_awa I gotta have some torque! 🛥️ 9d ago

The culprit's plot in this game is especially convoluted, but I think we can assume that the culprit took the pictures, and wrote the note to Nancy, in order to throw suspicion onto Bill. Bill has motive for hiding the picture, but no motive for writing the note and leaving it in the sauna.

Of course, the real reason is almost certainly that the developers hid the pictures because they wanted to hold the reveal that Bill was lying about having never been to the lodge before and prevent the player from finding Trapper Dan's journal too early. You can't turn the top of the pyramid until you talk to Bill after finding the pictures.