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[thebruce]

[vidstudent]

And, in the same vein, it occured to me this morning that word X would likely be Isle/Aisle (ISLE Royale, ExILE).

This leaves us with the word or word part in the middle; no luck here so far.

[thebruce]

MAP/ISLE (ARC?)HIVE ?

could there be a castle name, or type of castle that contains "arc" or "ark", or a topic related to castles as such?
it doesn't quite explain the difference in bracket size, or relate to the number of hexes per 'word'... but archive sounds eerily like it might work...
I really wish we could see clearly what's in that first hex...

I wish there was a website already!

[Kender]

[Kender]

Did some more work...

Look what I found: http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US000312184
Yes, that is an Electric Arc Lamp

Have we given up on the codes that were included in the emails?
I compiled an overview of the codes, but cannot find any logic in it:

[Gwarg]

No, I don't but I'm researching into the black lion.

Query:
Keridwen >> http://exilearchive.com/books.php
exile arc hive >> http://www.exilearchive.com -Back to Main Page

[Kender]

Yup, that didn't work before. Looks like they're updating as we speak
http://www.exilearchive.com/blogs.php
I really need some sleep now though. Almost 4 in the morning..

[Gwarg]

Known so far:
http://exilearchive.com << Main Site
http://exilearchive.com/personnel.php
http://exilearchive.com/books.php
http://www.exilearchive.com/help.php
http://www.exilearchive.com/blogs.php

Outside Links:
http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/phidippu/adumb-ph.htm
http://www.irem.co.jp/official/rfinal/

[thebruce]

great work you guys... impressed
now just waiting for the last email..still. But I think we're on track. I doubt they wouldn't be ready for finding the website, since we've had the postcards over a week... those codes though, just bugging me!


ETA:... oh man... so stupid can't believe I didn't see this before

0EAV
1XRE
2ICC
3LHO
4EIM

EXILEARCHIVECOM

sheesh... haha

so two trailheads, of course - postcards, leading to the website, and emails leading to the website. d'oh!


ETA2: as for the name, I picked Randibone (for the wiki) because Zetria, while the first character we 'met', is part of book 1.. Minimer Randibone seems to be an overarching character, and even through interaction with Alvy and Jedd, I think Randibone will prove to play much more in this arg coming up... so my vote's for Book of Minimer Randibone (BoMR or Randibone for short). But that's just me Zetria Atrian has been tossed around more so it's more recognizable, so it's also a possible choice, as is now Exile Archive, for eg.

[Rekidk]

Awesome solves! I'm so glad there are puzzle-solvers here.

QUERIES:
Minimer Randibone >> http://exilearchive.com/books.php
Kallomar Ridditum >> http://exilearchive.com/books.php
Vandemar [a person mentioned in Alvyurin's blog] >> Nothing

I think it's safe to say that all of the characters that are in the book of Minimer Randibone lead to the books archive.

Direct link to Alvyurin's blog.

Direct link to Jedditor's blog.

Finally, did anyone else notice the quick message that appears before the numerical code on the 'Query' screen?

I took a screencap.

[Kender]

Yeah, the way that code flash works:
It fires off a request to timevar.php
It displays PLZWAITKTHX (Please wait okay, thanks)
Until it has received and parsed the response from timevar.php
Then it shows the numeric code it got from that php

Btw, good job on everything so far thebruce, could not have done it without you.
Felt dumb as well when I saw how to solve the 'code'

We still have a couple of mysteries to solve though:
- What does the Lions Head signify (xnbomb came up with http://www.5dollarcoatsofarms.com/samplechapter/samplch1.html in a few seconds, which has a *very* close match)
- How does R-Type Final tie in to any of this?
- Is staccatoseebackcabal coincidence?
- What does the sqrt(9) code from email8 mean?

[Twee]

I was just trying that as you posted the solve Kender.

I'm impressed by all the progress that's been made since yesterday, great work guys!

Oh, and the lions crest symbolizes: Dauntless courage. Bravery, strength, ferocity, and valour.

Take your pick
http://www.fleurdelis.com/lions.htm

ETA: trusty old wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_%28heraldry%29

ETA again: This is the one they used. Just inverted the colors and simplified the eye. It's a "Lion's head erased contourny sable."

[vidstudent]

[UPDATE] New blog posts

[sMooTH WuN]

wow guys here I am thinkin im doin pretty good in the other games im playin and I read the solves here and I feel like a noob all over again.

Great job anyways.. this is a really complicated game, glad we got the pros over here lol


so um, what can I do... coffee anyone? want me to order a pizza? Im good at that u know...


EDIT: I posed the same question to Alvyurin that I pose you guys... what do you think these "Exiles" are? I havent seen a post describing them so Im guessing all we know thus far is what the query results have spit back at us..

also, where are they right now? or when are they? Obviously not Earth.. unless they brought mages with them...

and for a future note: Dont try using "'s in the reply box... they dont show up when you post the comment on Alvy's and Jedd's blogs.

[chippy]

there are two codes on the postcode, by the way