Wall damage from insufficient attic ventilation

The wall in my master bedroom, which is facing outside, has exposed brick and, for several years now the bricks have been showing signs of moisture damage. The symptom is white, frost-like substance coming out of the brick.

For a long time, during which I had other priorities to work on, I suspected that the roof turret, which is right above the wall areas affected, was leaking, as there are a couple missing pieces of slate. Here you can see it and the window in the picture is the one from the second indoor picture above (notice even outside some paint is peeling as a result of moisture penetration):

Several days ago, it rained really hard so I decided to test my conjecture about the cause. I went into the attic under the turret to see if there is water penetrating after it had been raining continuously for some time. In fact, it was not correct. I inspected carefully and there was no water leaking anywhere. However, the wall under the turret in the attic, right above the window damage shown above, also showed similar signs of damage.

As it dawned at me at that moment is that moisture must be coming some other way,I looked around to realize that the front about 40% of the attic, including where the damage is, has no clear access to either of the two attic vents that are in the middle of the roof but with several baffling obstacles in between:

1. Large crossbeams that occupy much of the attic height
2. HVAC ducting I had installed several years ago
3. Ceiling insulation rising above the attic beams I installed several years ago when I renovated that room

The new insulation rising too much is pink under the crossbeam and closer to the front of the picture is the original insulation, which looks as old as the house (112 years). The vents are on the other side of the large crossbeam, you can see how it and the insulation are blocking the way.

Here is the roof plan. The square with X is the turret, the brown is the wall areas affected, the pink area is the room with ceiling insulation rising to block the vents, and the blue rectangles are the positions of the vents. The roof is mod-bit, gently graded with the front (where the turret is) higher and sloping down towards the back.

The vents, as can be seen, are pretty close together and are on the wall, not the roof. Here is what they look like:

My questions are:

1. Is this a plausible hypothesis that my remodeling (the ceiling insulation + the large HVAC ducts occupying much of the low area under the crossbeams) introduced a barrier between the front of the attic and the existing vents, which then baffles ventilation causing a moisture trap in the front, which then seeps down into the walls below in the bedroom?

2. Should I install a vent to the front of the attic? If yes, what kind? The easiest to install would be one that goes in the actual roof rather than the wall like the existing two. E.g. a turbine vent uses the outside air movement to create suction and move air from the attic.

Or should I install both one on the wall (for intake) and a turbine one on the roof, for exhaust? Understandably, due to the position, I am trying to avoid installing a wall one because the access would be really hard. Will a roof turbine (or another kind) be sufficient? Where should I locate it for optimal ventilation? I imagine the graded mod-bit parts of the roof (everything other than the turret) for the ease of installation although the top of the turret seems like it would be most effective. I checked other similar houses in the neighborhood and they don’t have these additional vents but I think that may be because their attics are not cluttered with ventilation obstacles like mine.