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Wulf74
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Triple post? Or does it count if the post was from the day before?

Anyway, beckett 4 is up. With another code.
Although, as far as I've been able to tell from quick look I gave it - it doesn't give a hint as to the password to use.

It's been fun to see it move so quick again tho. Cool

Also saw Shrecknet online, and I get the impression he's not liking anyone anymore. I sent a quick IM - and he immediately disconnected. Should I feel hurt? Confused

=edit=
@jslice - what did you mean by the "Beauty" picture that you posted on the blog comments?

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What was the password for the second post?

Who linked to a jpg about Beauty, in his response to your question.

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jslice1001 wrote:
What was the password for the second post?

Who linked to a jpg about Beauty, in his response to your question.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):

i-j was "netchurch"
beckett 3 was "avalanche" - from the "can have la" in the blog


And I haven't figured out the last one yet.

Also, I missed the picture. Interesting, may give a clue to solve the last one.

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bleh, I knew that "can have la" had something to do with it, but I was looking it up thinking it was a term for some form of poetry or something. ><

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jslice1001 wrote:
bleh, I knew that "can have la" had something to do with it, but I was looking it up thinking it was a term for some form of poetry or something. ><


I did the same thing at first lol.

I realize that they probably meant for the picture to tie Consort and Grand Lady together - but frankly, it doesn't. And near as I can tell so far, the picture (love those demotivators btw), doesn't offer much of a clue towards solving the last code.

I've tried numerous different "keywords" but obviously with no luck.


=edit=
New post beckett 5 is up. And gives a hint to the solution for beckett 4.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Sara had Jonah sired
By the Ventrue lord
But she could not have him

She slew his wife
Whose servants
Ran with the child

For a century
The bereft one wept
And mourned his loss


Frankly beckett 5 introduces a whole slew of questions for me.... ARG

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You're really rocking these encryptions Wulf, I didn't even see them come up and you had them solved. ^^

Here's what I think is happening in the story, based on all the little tidbits we've gotten so far:

Sara saw a mortal man (Jonah) whom she wanted for herself. She wanted him to be immortal and be with her forever. She had the Ventrue lord Embrace him, so that they would be at a similar power level. It's also possible that she had the Ventrue lord change both Jonah and Sara at the same time.

Jonah was already married, so he didn't want to be with Sara. Sara got pissed and killed his wife. His son was saved by the servant. I think the son was Jonathan's father, based on a code solved a little while back, about "Sara's lover had killed by his grandson".

100 years after Jonah was sired, Jonathan came along and ate him (diablerie). Why he did this... Who? knows? My current guess is that Sara had something to do with it, and is currently trying to "Rewrite" history and turn Jonathan into Jonah so that she can get her lover back.

EDIT

Just a side note, I found out today that there are Paladins in the Sabbat, so the emails that were posted from E.M. Rathe may be from Sabbat and not a human group like originally thought. That would make sense with what's going on with Jon.

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Wulf74 wrote:

New post beckett 5 is up. And gives a hint to the solution for beckett 4.


I don't see it.

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jslice1001 wrote:
EDIT

Just a side note, I found out today that there are Paladins in the Sabbat, so the emails that were posted from E.M. Rathe may be from Sabbat and not a human group like originally thought. That would make sense with what's going on with Jon.


I would guess that the "Paladin's" in the Sabbat have a different ideology, than the Society. I would guess that it might be possible for them to have similiar interests/goals at some point - but not likely. Mostly, as my understanding of the Society goes - they want to wipe out all vampires, end of story.
The Sabbat wish to do away with the Masquerade, and simply enslave the human race, do what they want.. etc etc.

Also - in one of the earlier blogs, it was confirmed as the Society. It was the part of the story where Jon had just met Beckett on the train - and they had to end up scattering and running.

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@Wulf
Oh well, I think I might have missed that section. I didn't remember where Beckett had come from either. Dunno

@Jonah
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Read the first letter of each line going down.


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Re Sabbat Paladins:

Here's the deal. The Sabbat use the Church's hierarchy so you have titles like Bishops and Cardinals and so forth. Their protectors were called Paladins sometimes due to that. It was certainly never meant as a reference to the Society of Leopold which was an entirely different thing as mentioned before.

Re Sabbat ideals:

The Sabbat believe in Caine. Camarilla always had an interesting way of thinking about Caine and the Antediluvians. While everyone would trace their lineage back to Caine (and more specifically the Ventrue always took pride in their Generational stats), the Camarilla did not believe in Caine's return and the Elders of the sect kept to themselves whatever information they had about the end of days. Ironically, while they publicly disregarded most speculations they still allowed the stories to spread as a way to keep the Neonates in check.

Now the Sabbat always believed that Caine was disgusted of his Childer living in secrecy (ie Masquerade) and believed that only when vampires rise and become once again the top of the evolutionary ladder as it was long time ago, would Caine be pleased and reward everyone. So that's what they strived for. The Sabbat always knew Caine would eventually return and, if still displeased, would reclaim all his Sons. They believed that if they rose to the occasion they would be spared while the Camarilla would be destroyed.

Of course when the Time of Judgement happened...err..let's leave that until after the conclusion of the game. Wink
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ndemeter wrote:
Re Sabbat Paladins:


Heh - I forget until you pop in every once in awhile, that we have our own Kindred "historian". Thanks much for the clarification.

@all you code solvers - When the code for beckett 4 came up, I wasn't able to identify any way to solve it - until beckett 5.

I've been looking over beckett 4 and the few preceeding codes, to see if there was a way to get the keyword, without the PM's giving the assistance they did. However, I haven't found anything. Have you seen anything that would've made the solution possible without the PM's intervention?

I also have quite a few questions that came up with the statement by Beckett "Time is not linear" - but I think I'm going to wait for a few additional posts before I go AWOL with 'em.. Censored

=edit=
Heh - patience
isn't a virtue that I get along with very well.

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There is a new post up. The message decodes as:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Italy is where answers lie
The following time he sleeps
Tell him to go to Italy


Do we post this? Email it? Not sure what to do next.

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yochanan wrote:
There is a new post up. The message decodes as:
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Italy is where answers lie
The following time he sleeps
Tell him to go to Italy


Do we post this? Email it? Not sure what to do next.


Good question - we've never actually had direct contact with Beckett - but then he seems to be able to decipher this code by simply looking at it.

I would say do both, post it and email it. because either Porter or Netchurch can probably get it to him, or it may get to Swift directly, like some of them have done in the past.
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Ok, done. Let's see what happens.

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Whew!! I missed a couple of days & there seems to be a lot I missed.
Nice job on all those encryptions Wolf! See, I knew you were just modest... Wink

I have a couple of stupid questions I hope someone can help with -
1. What is Beckett - Gangrel? I remember him shapeshifting into a wolf when he & Jonanthan were trying to escape the Society...
2. In the line "the castle was beautiful in its day"; is that a reference to that castle in Germany?
3. If Sara is trying to resurrect "an old flame", why choose the grandson(Jonathan)? Where is Jonathan's father, Jonah's son in all of this?
4. Italy??? Is that new or has it come up b4?
*still a little confused* Confused

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