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The Body Politic was a virtual representation of one of Arno Dorian's genetic memories, relived by a Helix initiate through the Helix Navigator.

Clues

Dining Room

• Man's body - Michel Hennebert: A man in his thirties, slumped at the dining table. Traces of blood dripping from the mouth indicating internal hemorrhage.
• Necklace - A broken necklace made of glass beads. One appears to be missing.
• Victim's wine glass - Partially filled. A powdery residue along the rim appears to be powdered glass.
• Statement of Antoine Gerard - Antoine Gerard (dinner guest): "Political opponent" of the victim. Noted one of the victim's servants now missing.
• Statement of Madeleine Gerard - Madeleine Gerard (dinner guest): Missing necklace. Claims it was broken.
• Statement of Mme Hennebert - Mme Hennebert (wife of the victim): Feared something like this. Previous attempts on husband's life. Husband hired Armand to protect self.
• Statement of Olivier Gedet - Olivier Gedet (dinner guest): Arranged the dinner to bridge political divisions. Hennebert fell choking to the ground immediately after all the guests drank a toast.

André's House

• Bottle - Has a crude drawing of a skull and bones on it, indicating poison.
• Note for André - "André, you are to go to the glazier at 31 Blvd Monmartre to order a replacement window. -- Alicia"
• Statement of the Old Woman - Old Woman: Claims her son is at the apothecary shop near the Post Office.

Apothecary

• Statement of André - André (servant): Poured wine and left room. Told that his mother very ill, he ran home.

Black Office

• Agent list

Egalité

Vertu

Liberté

Patriot

Le Peuple

• Note from chemist - 13 Floréal "The liquid is quite robust and can endure the high temperature of the glass seal that you describe." A second hand has scrawled across the bottom the following: "Everything looks good. Use our usual glassmaker to put this in place."
• Note to agent - 12 Floréal "We've gulled Gedet into arranging a dinner at Hennebert's home. Please move forward with the plan."
• Report - 10 Floréal "We have put the target in fear of his life - a sharpshooter put a hole in a window at his domicile. We believe he will be amenable to a meeting to cool passions and, at that point, will be vulnerable."

Glassmaker's

• List of accounts

Citizen Hennebert: replacement window pane.

Mme LeMasse: large mirror.

"Patriot": glass beads for necklace, including one PR drop.

Mlle Bazette: set of wine glasses.

Mlle Lenormand: crystal sphere.

• Glass bead - A teardrop shaped glass bead. Very resilient, yet curiously when the glass tail is broken off, the entire bead bursts into powder.
• Statement of the Glassmaker - Robert the Glassmaker: Does a lot of work for politicians. Uncooperative.

Kitchen

• Note to Alicia - "Alicia, tell André to order a new window from the glazier."
• Window pane - A cracked window pane with a bullet hole.
• Statement of Alicia - Alicia (maid): André brought in the wine. Armand tasted it and André poured wine for everyone. Hennebert fell dead. André disappeared immediately thereafter. André's address: 21 rue Ville l'Eveque.
• Statement of Armand - Armand (bodyguard): Very upset. Searched all guests. Tasted wine before poured by André. Suggests empty glass could have held poison prior to pouring.

Office

• Feuillant letter - "Take care, my friend. We suspect that the Montagnard radicals have established links to the Black Office, operating out of the Office of the Post. Your every move is being watched. - Adrien Duport. Proud member of the Feuillants and friend of the Constituion"
• Note from Gedet - "Citizen Hennebert, the incident of the bullet through the window is the final straw. I'm sure you, as the target, are more cognizant than I that we cannot allow your life to be put in constant danger. The precautions you have taken do not appear to be adequate. As a result, the other leaders and I believe that we must bridge the chasm with the Montagnards. I advise you to invite Citizen Gerard and his wife to our weekly dinner. I will attend as well. It's a purely social gathering to help clear the air, no discussion of politics will be allowed.

Culprit

Spoiler
The murderer was Antoine Gerard, also known as agent "Patriot" of the Black Office. By securing the poison within a Prince Rupert drop attached to Mme Gerard's necklace, he was able to administer the poison into Hennebert's wine glass by pretending to fix the necklace when it was intentionally broken by Mme Gerard.

Case Summary

Deputy Hennebert was targeted by the extreme left for being far too conservative an assemblyman. An attempt on his life lead him to hire Armand to protect him. A Black Office agent shot a hole in Hennebert's window as a way to prompt him to seek a reconciliation. The Black Office then used a hapless Gedet as a go-between to arrange an innocent-looking dinner party with Assemblyman Gerard, also known as Black Office agent "Patriot". The Black Office further used its knowledge of Prince Rupert drops to embed a poison in Mme Gerard's necklace. By this means, the Gerard's were able to evade Armand's scrutiny. Mme Gerard pretended to break her necklace and Gerard pretended to try and fix it, while in actuality breaking the tail of the Prince Rupert drop, releasing the poison into Hennebert's empty wine glass.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Unity