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Blixxt
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Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 9
[SOLVED] #0171 Purple - Witch Script This one looks interesting, though I've got no idea how to solve it yet. The text reads:
I was in the Academy library recently researching the ancient scripts and languages of Perplex city. One of the many wonderful books I stumbled across appeared to be written in a rare language use primarily by witches. I believe the text is part of a long spell that you might recognize from your world. What does it say?
What follows is an odd-looking scrawl.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:49 am
firefox
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Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 333
I'd hazard a guess that its just text the copied from the:
namely this: picture
In that case nobody knows what it means, as that book was never cracked/deciphered (althought some claim they have). Without a clearer image of the actual text itself I can't really say much more. Have a good browse around grimoires and wiccanism on wikipedia, or maybe someone else recognises it, could be a form of encoded latin, or something else entirely.
Coincidentally I was expecting it to pop up at some point. Although I could be mistaken.
edit: could also have something to do with the Key of Solomon (another famous/infamous "spell" book), I doubt that its the Necronomicon because thats really just a ph-ake homage by Lovecraft/Crowley. Personally I'm stumped.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:57 am
tanner
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just a guess as i cant read or even see the script clearly --
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:06 am
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firefox
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ahh, looking into it a big deeper. the language of witches is:
well now we just need a bigger image of the actual symbols to decode it.
edit: it looks to be no more than say 12 words, so tanner couldve have been right.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:30 am
KSG
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Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Location: WA, USA
Since you aren't allowed to do detail scans, could you please re-scan it as a .png or something? The .jpg compression is not making it easier to read.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:50 am
jerryt
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Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 5
The text is writen in theban by downloading a theban font it was possible to compare the text on the card with characters and with the correct starting point a match could be made
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Adders fork and blindworms sting
Lizards leg and owlets wing
from macbeth as expected
Woo
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:06 am
tanner
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hey --- my guess was correct ))
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:12 am
firefox
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nicely done. i was working towards the same goal but in the end the text was just too small
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:17 am
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Boot
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Solved [SOLVED] would be apropriate now, wouldn't it? : D
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:59 pm
GuyP
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We aren't really planning on marking cards [SOLVED] until the answers have been confirmed on the Perplex City website. Even then, it's still a tag I'm loathe to add, as who knows what extra secrets each card may hold?
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:21 pm
Da Tee In TeeS of doom
Boot
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Denmark
It's just that i've seen lot's of other cards with a [solved] mark on them. the red card Milo for instance. Of course it holds many other secrets, but when we are almost sure the main secret is solved, it's nice for others to know that.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:25 am
Atrophied
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Lower level (i.e. easier) cards are marked [SOLVED] because they are unlikely to have a more complex answer. Cards such as this one have a range of possible answers and until we know which one is correct, it cannot be said to be solved.
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fro example the answer to this card could possibly be "Macbeth", but then again it might be "Lizards leg and Howlets wing" (as in the next line of the play)
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:30 am
lauriek
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Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Kent, UK
jerryt wrote:
The text is writen in theban by downloading a theban font it was possible to compare the text on the card with characters and with the correct starting point a match could be made
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Adders fork and blindworms sting
Lizards leg and owlets wing
from macbeth as expected
Woo
This is exactly the answer I got but when I entered this on the solve site it said it was wrong... Anyone entered this solution succesfully?
should the w's be v's?
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:33 pm
BrianEnigma
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lauriek wrote:
This is exactly the answer I got but when I entered this on the solve site it said it was wrong... Anyone entered this solution succesfully?
Yes--that is the same as the answer I used to receive points.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:44 pm
lauriek
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Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Kent, UK
Ahh you have to have the carriage return in between the two lines... thanks!
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:50 pm
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