This is a complete walkthrough of "A Snare To Loosen", the first quest of The Trappings of Fate. 

It was made for TToF v1.1.1. There might be slight differences with later versions, but nothing that should invalidate this guide.

Needless to say, this is heavy spoiler territory. These first few spoiler tags below here hold the sequence of steps to get through the quest.

First room:

Second room:

Third room:

and these spoiler tags hold video guides for how to execute the individual steps:

 Quest start:

 First room:

Second room:

Third / final room: