Spoiler Warning, this document list all Thirteen Tales, their victims, their transformations, transformation methods and culprits. If you have not read 2020’s Thirteen Tales yet and want to try to solve the mystery on your own this is your warning to turn back now.
Tale 1
Victim: Lockely
Starting Form: Anthro Fox
Ending Form: Faerie Fox
Culprit: Holly
Method: TF Virus Personality Quiz
Important Clues:
While the test gives Lockely magic, the quiz claimed the TF itself was science based.
Holly is actively programming on her laptop in this story. Was writing the program she would send.
Only two people are good with computer software Lockely and Holly, and Lockely was the victim.
Tale 2
Victim: Aurum
Starting Form: Anthro White Tiger
Ending Form: Tiny Feral Dragon
Culprit: Noel
Method: Magic Circle Trap
Important Clues:
Noel is one of the confirmed magic users and we know culprit was looking for a familiar.
Aurum got sight of something blue, Noel’s main color scheme is blue including his outfit and pom.
As a moogle Noel could fly allowing him to follow Aurum in the air without making any noises walking through the forest and remain unseen.
Tale 3
Victim: Kit
Starting Form: Anthro Roocoon
Ending Form: 5-Year-Old Anthro Dragon
Culprit: Charley
Method: Accidental lever pool activating the castle’s traps.
Important Clues
As a catmink has a thinner frame matching the lean figure.
Culprit is surprised by him being there.
Charley went to a number of locations solving puzzles, including one that involved levers.
Charley remembers thinking someone was sneaking up on him at the lever puzzle.
Tale 4
Victim: Jak
Starting Form: Jackalope
Ending Form: 7-inch-tall, 7-year-old Jackalope faerie.
Culprit: Arzure
Method: Bucket of fairy dust propped over a door, possibly intended for someone else.
Important Clues
The story and TF take place at a normal school.
While there are two students Arzure is the only one who goes to normal school. Kit goes to a magical school.
Arzure leaving school as fast as possible to get away with something.
Arzure has a half faerie friend that would give him access to faerie dust.
Tale 5
Victim: Pancake
Starting Form: Anthro Surmelle
Ending Form: Baby Anthro Mouse
Culprit: Lockely
Method: Accidental blast of faerie dust and setting off Rube Goldberg series of events hitting Pancake with his own science.
Important Clues
Small figure, glitter point to a faerie, which Lockely was post TF
Had to be able to slip through small window slit
Lockely was looking for some place abandoned to practice magic, Pancake designed shack to look abandoned.
Scarves.
Tale 6
Victim: Eshel
Starting Form: Anthro Grey Fox-Canaan Dog
Ending Form: Winged Raccoon (Before Changing Back)
Culprit: Kickaha
Method: Magic Book
Important Clues
The symbol on the book is the same design as on Kickaha’s back.
Kickaha was looking for a magic book in Shop Talk before Thirteen Tales
Temporary transformation as Kickaha’s magic is known not to last.
Seriously, the Quiet Joys of Library Science. Who else on the list, or even the population would name their magical book trap that?
Tale 7
Victim: Mat
Starting Form: Bat-Fox
Ending Form: Mega Micro Kitten
Culprit: Aurum
Method: Cursed Video Game
Important Clues
Game is delivered wrapped in Aurum’s scarf
Mat saw culprit had white and gold fur pattern. Aurum is only one with that color scheme before or after TF.
Spotted ear shape of culprit matches a feline, Aurum was a tiger.
Tale 8:
Victim: Zeelo
Starting Form: Anthro Cat
Ending Form: Shrunken Toddler Imp
Culprit: Jak
Method: Faerie Magic
Important Clues
Faerie dust, Jak is one of two possible faeries.
Popular media often associates faeries (especially the most well known faerie in pop culture) with the sounds of bells when they move.
Jak is the type to want to do right by someone, even if a little sassy, and TF was wish fulfillment for Zeelo matching that personality trait.
Tale 9
Victim: Kickaha
Starting Form: Foxyote
Ending Form: Ringtail Possum Kid
Culprit: Kit
Method: Magical Blast
Important Clues
Kit was one of the few confirmed magic users.
The castle Kit visits in his story is in the forest, Kickaha lives in the forest.
Kit has experience with playful transformation based jokes.
Before going to the castle, Kit made a side trip for “an opportunity that couldn’t be resisted.”
Long shaped paw prints match the roocoon’s paw shape.
Tale 10
Victim: Noel
Starting Form: Ivalice Moogle
Ending Form: Shrunken Baby Griffin
Culprit: Zeelo
Method: Magic Book
Important Clues
No footsteps, whoever did it had to fly.
Despite size, Zeelo is shown to be strong enough to carry heavy objects in imp form.
Culprit was someone Noel knew
Zeelo is one of two characters small enough to ride someone small as Noel
Tale 11
Victim: Holly
Starting Form: Raccoon
Ending Form: Japanese Pine Marten Yokai
Culprit: Eshel
Method: Accidentally dropped book while reshelving
Important Clues
Is one of three stories to take place in library.
Eshel is the only other one whose story takes place in a normal non-magical university library.
Eshel wakes up at library closing time to shelve books, it was technically after closing when Holly left so the two would have crossed paths.
Tale 12
Victim: Charley
Culprit: Pancake
Starting Form: Catmink
Ending Form: Shrunken Baby Catmik
Important Clues
Pancake mentions having access to more advanced lab.
Same chemicals that regress Charley regress Pancake in his story.
Pancake enjoys building gadgets and tools so would have been capable of building all the puzzles.
Tale 13
Victim: Arzure
Starting Form: Anthro Rabbit Kid
Ending Form: Satyr Kid
Culprit: Mat
Method: Science Portal Hoop TF
Important Clues
Mat works at a lab and just ran an experiment before his story.
Arzure unable to make out more than silhouette of culprit due to Mat’s dark fur colors.
Batfox form results in the unique shape of the silhouette confusing Arzure of the culprit’s species, Fluffy tail and pointed ears led to wolfish while bat wings led to thoughts of dragons.