This is, I believe, a new idea. It combines riddles and stories in a way that I hope will prove challenging and fun. The object is simple, your given a riddle and you'll have to solve it in order to continue on with the story which will lead to more riddles. Besides that you'll win the gratitude of a job well done, and I'll put your name on the riddle in bright, bold colors to let people that, you, are ever so wise.
All you have to do is post the answer and how you got it(optional) and I'll give you credit and move on to the next one, simple, no?
I don't think this has been done before so feedback is appreciated.
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-Cryptic I-
Spoiler
Dear Arch-Archaeologist,
I've sent to you a document that I've found incredibly interesting, I've uncovered it from an ancient ruin of what appears to an old Yokuda tribe. The walls were inscribed with chilling rituals of blood and sacrifice and with strange chants and rites carved into the walls. The ruins themselves are extremely interesting, the very stone they are made, I've never seen before.
It's a blue-black substance that is slightly soft and seems to...pulsate. It appears that this was some kind of ancient temple before it was sunk into the ground by a cataclysm(tremors?). There is is only one entrance and exit, I've confirmed that as the building as a whole seems remarkably intact. Yet my guards are convinced that the hear some kind of chanting from below us...
At any rate, here is a passage I found that was completely intact, my you have better luck than me in solving it and perhaps it shall shed light on the situation (the last three words appear to be gibberish)
Va Dun Fell av Molag, Dun Daedra joran Ald Acharyai. Sunnabe Dun Daedra Irgola av loria. Rantha! Rantha! Rantha!
Sincerely,
Your Closet Friend
Note: It may not make that much sense when you solve it, but I believe you'll know when your onto something and yes, the last three words are indeed gibberish.
Solved: Mony
The Answer:
I've sent to you a document that I've found incredibly interesting, I've uncovered it from an ancient ruin of what appears to an old Yokuda tribe. The walls were inscribed with chilling rituals of blood and sacrifice and with strange chants and rites carved into the walls. The ruins themselves are extremely interesting, the very stone they are made, I've never seen before.
It's a blue-black substance that is slightly soft and seems to...pulsate. It appears that this was some kind of ancient temple before it was sunk into the ground by a cataclysm(tremors?). There is is only one entrance and exit, I've confirmed that as the building as a whole seems remarkably intact. Yet my guards are convinced that the hear some kind of chanting from below us...
At any rate, here is a passage I found that was completely intact, my you have better luck than me in solving it and perhaps it shall shed light on the situation (the last three words appear to be gibberish)
Va Dun Fell av Molag, Dun Daedra joran Ald Acharyai. Sunnabe Dun Daedra Irgola av loria. Rantha! Rantha! Rantha!
Sincerely,
Your Closet Friend
Note: It may not make that much sense when you solve it, but I believe you'll know when your onto something and yes, the last three words are indeed gibberish.
Solved: Mony
The Answer:
Spoiler
In cursed city of fire, dark Daedra betrayed old people of Nirn. Blessed be curse Daedra master of darkness. Rantha! Rantha! Rantha!
How: Using http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ehlnofex_Languages as a key helps and then just translation. A little hard because even when you translate it, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
In cursed city of fire, dark Daedra betrayed old people of Nirn. Blessed be curse Daedra master of darkness. Rantha! Rantha! Rantha!
How: Using http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ehlnofex_Languages as a key helps and then just translation. A little hard because even when you translate it, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
-Cryptic II-
Spoiler
Dear Arch-Archaeologist,
Thank you Sir Mony for your wonderfully insight of the previous mentioned task, I knew you could solve it. My exploration of the temple has continued I am glad to tell you, yet I have hit another barrier I am afraid, but let my back up a bit.
While waiting for your response I continued to sift around the ruins, on about the third day after the letter was sent, a section of wall crumbled, revealing a narrow passageway. The stone of this passageway is different, it is a polished white, I believe a marble of some sort. Also, the passageway is incredibly smooth and straight, it is as if someone has made it out of magic. Or some huge tunneling beast, but that's just ridiculous.
At any rate at the end of this tunnel is a large stone door of the same type of the temple. It is locked but by no means that I can see, for there is no lock or knob. It has a strange inscription on it that reads:
Vs lbh jvfu gb orpbzr bar, whfg tvir hi jung gurl inyhr zbfg naq znl gurve yvsr oybbq eha va eviref!
Sincerely,
Your Closest Friend
Solved: DarthRavanger
The Answer:
Thank you Sir Mony for your wonderfully insight of the previous mentioned task, I knew you could solve it. My exploration of the temple has continued I am glad to tell you, yet I have hit another barrier I am afraid, but let my back up a bit.
While waiting for your response I continued to sift around the ruins, on about the third day after the letter was sent, a section of wall crumbled, revealing a narrow passageway. The stone of this passageway is different, it is a polished white, I believe a marble of some sort. Also, the passageway is incredibly smooth and straight, it is as if someone has made it out of magic. Or some huge tunneling beast, but that's just ridiculous.
At any rate at the end of this tunnel is a large stone door of the same type of the temple. It is locked but by no means that I can see, for there is no lock or knob. It has a strange inscription on it that reads:
Vs lbh jvfu gb orpbzr bar, whfg tvir hi jung gurl inyhr zbfg naq znl gurve yvsr oybbq eha va eviref!
Sincerely,
Your Closest Friend
Solved: DarthRavanger
The Answer:
Spoiler
IF YOU WISH TO BECOME ONE, JUST GIVE US WHAT THEY VALUE MOST AND MAY THEIR LIFE BLOOD RUN IN RIVERS!
How: It's actually a special type of a substitution cipher called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT13
IF YOU WISH TO BECOME ONE, JUST GIVE US WHAT THEY VALUE MOST AND MAY THEIR LIFE BLOOD RUN IN RIVERS!
How: It's actually a special type of a substitution cipher called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT13