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[PaleFigure]

at the time of this post, the symbol is "Active" again and giving the "who are you?" screen for those of you wanting to try stuff.

[Kender]

Okay, i've identified two trails now:

[Flidget Jerome]

On the twisted path, the symbol by itself in the middle of the blank boxes might be the Japanese katakana for 'ki'.

The string of symbols on the lower right are alchemy symbols. The third from the left is platinum, the fifth from the left is mercury. (I think the one between them is gold, and the others will probably turn out to be silver, iron, nickle and copper, since there's seven symbols and those were the seven elements we got off the Gold Mine Hotel rooms).

[White_Knight]

Hi i've been working on the Hyroglyphs But i think i've almost got something

For ease of referance we'll refere to them as:

[Jets Connor]

Hmm.

[Kender]

turns.html

[konamouse]

[Eolirin]

Nm

[Zi]

More twisted path stuff

[eMouse]

Twisted path looks like a crossword puzzle, doesn't it? You start at the right arrow, and work your way around it to the left arrow.

[PsychoticKitten]

indeed. That is the symbol for 'ki' in katakana. The funny thing is, in katakana, ki means nothing alone. Why not hirugana when it stands for something. Ki means tree in japanese when in hirugana. : P

[Dead-Eyes]

Yeah, technically "ki" written in katakana OR hirgana could have no meaning or 130, since that's about how many kanji could be read that way with the onyomi or kunyomi, though there are only a few "ki" that are usually used as stand alone words such as "tree" or "spirit" (though there are many others).

So yeah it's a pretty ambiguous clue without more context, though I think "spirit" is a likely candidate in all this mysticism.

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(even though katakana is used for foreign words, it can also be used to give some kind of emphasis to a word, and even if it's written in hiragana it has just as much meaning as it would in katakana because they're just sounds) I also realize it's probably not Japanese, just wanted to elaborate.

[Jhrayvin]

seventhsons.com has gone back to the glaring red background (same color as on dreadhouse.com, by the way) and linkless logo--looks like it's open for a 24-hour stretch starting at 7pm Eastern on Sundays.

For reference during the rest of the week, here are the twistedpath.html puzzle and the background image (in case it's significant). The caption on the page is: "You are seeking knowledge. You must learn the value of secrecy."

[Flidget Jerome]

[tiercel]

"ki"