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Halo/Marathon ARG?
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Greenhorn

Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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 		Halo/Marathon ARG?
This might be a Halo/Marathon ARG. If not - one of the many fan based ARG's. Smile

http://www.the7thwar.net/

http://www.jjaro.net/



Here is the discussion thread at Bungie about this stuff.


http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=7183973&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=1

PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:30 am
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DeathDefi
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 		Also another website: Cortana.net

if you go to jjaro pid 11 you will see a sword and shield, go to cortana.net and you see the same pic.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:46 am
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Greenhorn

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 		What came of Cortana.net? I followed it briefly, but didn't seem to lead anywhere. Obviously they are connected now. Is it fan based?

Also, jjaro.net is HUGE. It's gonna take days to get through it all. lol. Ahh, sleepless nights... Very Happy

PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:05 am
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OrthodoxParadox
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 		First off I am working on finding any hidden messages in this MP3 http://www.jjaro.net/kiy/black-stars.mp3.

From what I can pick up by ear it says the same thing as on this page
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http://www.jjaro.net/kiy/1.html or for those of you too lazy to check, The black stars of Carcosa stay;
They haunt me even now
I know the King in Yellow
And the Sign upon his brow
His Pallid Mask corrupts my dreams
And threatens to reveal
The tatters of his robe still flap
On secrets they conceal
The Lake of Hali stares at me
Since I have gazed on her
No ripples mar the surfaces;
The truth can never blur
My name is now an epitaph
I carry like a tomb
Around the King in Yellow's court
To meet my endless doom


now I can't help but think that low portion of the audio is something different, anyone want to confirm or deny this?


Second I noticed that the page titles form sentences in some of the strings of pages. If you follow the Dreams path and stick to the non-failing topics you get

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Search your Future Find Your Past and I can feel the knife getting...


Then it becomes Full sentences that don't link, but if you take the failing path you can get the words
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heavier in my pocket



Deeper into the site there is a huge directory of TS eliot poems, I mean man this guys is obsessed
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http://www.jjaro.net/eliot/


Anyways hope this helps ah and hello again Unfiction after a long break, here's hoping this ARG is legit and takes off.

Cheers


::UPDATE::

I did a little digging, http://sattre-press.com/kiy.html. King in Yellow is a legit book by Robert W. Chambers. It was later reused by HP Lovecraft, also since the original publication was of french origin and TS Eliot wrote many french poems I'm seeing a theme here, I say if we get an email out of this we start a french correspondance for more info.

::UPDATE (again)::
Crap this is really lovecraftian. Turns out the full version of the poem from the audio file can be found here
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http://www.shoggoth.net/article.php3?story_id=594&section=Poetry&slashSess=ae5b981ac33c3d51093270d8b5093f5f


we are digging pretty deep into the mythos with this one, I hope this is just a reference.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:18 am
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 		obligatory whois info:
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Registrant:
Aleaus Designs
108 Edward St.
O'Fallon, IL 62269
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Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: JJARO.NET
Created on: 15-AUG-04
Expires on: 15-AUG-06
Last Updated on: 15-AUG-04

Administrative, Technical Contact:
Peterson, Eric FreeZeR147SPLATcharter.net
Aleaus Designs
108 Edward St.
O'Fallon, IL 62269
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618 624 4317


Domain servers in listed order:
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OrthodoxParadox
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 		I dug this little bit up off of the topic on the Halo forums

http://www.xignablogs.com/blogs/ikwydatmml/

He talks about updating the7thwar.net I am hoping this isn't legit because it doesn't smell ARGish if it is.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:41 am
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DeathDefi
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 		Yeah I saw that, it makes me consider if it's fake or not. Plus, what is interesting to add is that VII Toast the guy that posted in that link is a moderator for Bungie.net

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OrthodoxParadox
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 		ok I sent toast an email on whether this was a fake or not and I got this bakck

Quote:
There are plenty of sites within the ring - I'd love to know which one is the truthful one of the bunch.
If I were you, I'd do something else and take them all.
But then again, since you are the first, I'll give you a little titbit for the next step.

[insert: peaceandharmony.gif]

Take care! And if the image doesn't appear, just change the U-

hehe.


for those of you who are lazy
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http://www.the7thwar.net/peaceandharmony.gif

still trying to figure out what he meant by changing the U-

UPDATE

he says that his handle is from another game, a little googling revealed it was Myth 2. Not sure if this helps us or not but yes this seems legit ARG especially with this in the source of cortana.net
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<!-- Hah! Bet you were expecting a hidden message here, weren't you? -->

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 		Hi ^^ I'm kinda new at this so...

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Take care! And if the image doesn't appear, just change the U-


The "U-" might mean username, or something along those lines.

also, the peaceandharmony.gif can also be found in a link in the TV on http://www.the7thwar.net/

and Is anyone well versed in their TS Eliot? You should e-mail or PM Toast.
His blog on the Halo forums mentions him building the7thwar.net site, so he mst be a webmaster, for atleast some of it.

I hope I was of some assistance ^^;;;;

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 		Link I overlooked in the7thwar.net :
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http://www.the7thwar.net/fragment.gif


Hard to see what it means, anyone got any ideas?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:53 pm
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 		Well, a member by the name of 'Toe Joe' on bungie.net seems to have the right idea -- I'll copy and paste his post.

Quote:
Posted by: Toe Joe
ok guys i think we're missing the big picture here. we've been analyzing the sites like mad but what about the new stuff we haven't realy looked at that much

ok the7thwar mentions three women: ellen beth and lauren in the background text, it talks a little bit about ellen http://www.the7thwar.net/peaceandharmony.gif as well and another girl appears, krystal whom soulblighter (?) doesn't remember much of and the man/women who wrote the letter appears to be dying or very old because he/she mentions their will - maybe the person is looking back on their life? and was interrupted because he was on a set (a play?) and maybe he/she works there

now http://www.the7thwar.net/fragment.gif looks like a piece of a broken ai called Lysithea (maybe after the events of halo 3) and maybe the UNsc is looking for all of them? oni maybe too

well tahts what i got out of it maybe we should try to follow the letters deeper


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 		Whoa, triple post my bad. Embarassed

deleted the two dup posts ~ varin

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Jalathas
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 		It would be cool if this was real, but I don't believe it. It's probably just a fan tribute, albeit a pretty cool one.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:32 am
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 		And if it is real.. I gotta say.. another one? Enough with Halo ARGS people! Be creative and come up with your own material... jeez...
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 		Just pointing out that the "Where Giants have Fallen" story has been around for a *long* time. It was done by the guy who runs the Marathon's Story page.

Although, the version on the jjaro.net page is slightly different, in that it has the link to that Wiki, Project Traxus.

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