lt ledford Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Possible Spoilers Below To Whom it may Concern, While doing the quest "What Lies Below" I took a look at the letter that Ratt Burgiss gave me and realized that it was not written in a language, but an actually easy to understand "Substitution Cipher". The contents are below, but to whom ever maybe interested, I found out the code by looking at the first two words in the letter. Realizing that it was a letter, and knowing that the letter was intended to "Surok Magis", I inferred that the first two words, or rather names, would most likely be "Surok Magis". By "substituting" the symbols with the letters that make up Surok Magis, I found out the first ten letters. I also recognized several symbols that closely appeared to be Germanic/Latin letters. By writing on a separate piece of paper all the 26 letters of the English Alphabet, and then under the letters, writing all the recognizable signs and the 10 symbols that i already got from the introduction, I could write out what I saw on another sheet of paper, and using "-" for unknown letters, I could look at words I didn't know, and plug in the missing letters to form words. When the words added up to understandable sentences, I would go back through and look at the symbols I substituted and used them for the other unknown words I couldn't find in the other sentences. However, there was one case where I couldn't figure out what it said, but I'm assuming it is an Acronym and and another case where what I put may be a typo on Jagex's part or I didn't do it right. The Letter Says Dear Surok Magis, Your actions are being hatched. We Know what you are trying to do and the --S- [(?)] [Possibly V-SL or VRSL] will stop you! Do not attempt to leave the palace or you will arrested on site. We will not hesitate to kill you if you disobey King Roald's orders. Ratt Burgis So there You have it, It would be great to put it up in the quest guide, but I'll leave that up to you, I only ask that you credit me as Lt. Ledford. thank you!! :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchainmail Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Is it "your actions are being hatched" or "your actions are being watched"? I think the VRSL is the Varrock something or other. I'll add it to the tips and tricks once you respond. [2nd crewbie edit: no offense to the poster but this translation was well-documented by many people when the quest first came out. A good place for it might be in the items database record http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?rs2item_id=6843 After adding it there, perhaps just insert into the quest guide a link to this item in the database? just my two cents] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt ledford Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Im sorry, It is your actions are being watched.....sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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