The Codex of Forgotten Virtue

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>Edited to remove a dead link</p>

[valkry]

<p>Be careful if you don't really 'want assistance.' My runic while extremely rusty, is at least functional enough to allow the most basic translation of the Common. I'd hate to provide an unwanted translation of something. <img src="/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p> Please write more, scholarly text, mysterys, cryptic languages....I'm hooked! (Darn not being able to float threads to top of the page anymore.)</p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>There are wheels within wheels here.</p><p>"It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."</p>

[valkry]

Slightly hidden under the ink-stained and rumbled scribe asleep on  the desk, a piece of parchment is visable. "Scroll 1. Stanza 1. Language ??? <i>camocst  mo  a<strike>n</strike>ing <rest of line is scribbled out></i> Stanza 2. Acient Common <i>Know honors bane is hidden still. And guard well by force of will: It doth not sleep It doth not eat. It cannae be harmed by cold or heat: What doth not live ye cannae kill. by words alone ye must defeat:</i> Stanza 3. Acient Common <i>To free the land ye must now go. And walk amidst the stars below:                    of cold to lands of fire.                             to funeral pyre"                                                                            shire: </i>

[valkry]

/ooc Ok, everyone I am going to need a lot of help as I attempt the EQ version of the DaVinci Code. The second language is <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Anglosaxonrunes.JPG/300px-Anglosaxonrunes.JPG&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_alphabet&h=282&w=300&sz=19&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=jfvSfOGsxzJ6GM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drunic%2Balphabet%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3D en%26sa%3DX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Elder Futhark</a> runes and almost a direct letter for letter translation. The first language appears to be <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Anglosaxonrunes.JPG/300px-Anglosaxonrunes.JPG&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_alphabet&h=282&w=300&sz=19&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=jfvSfOGsxzJ6GM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drunic%2Balphabet%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3D en%26sa%3DX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AngloSaxon</a> runes. With a partial translation of the first phrase, I can tell that it is not a direct letter for letter, but seem to use fewer letters. I am going to really need help as I never learned much EQ planar lore. I took a long EQ-maternity leave and when I do play, I am a glacially slow leveler...so I had no need to worry about the <a href="http://everquest.station.sony.com/power/planes.jsp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">planes.</a> <span style="color: #ff0033">KODEKS DE AN-RE-SKI-DE BEN-TAS. SOL LEM AD OM-DE VEST-TAS TRAK BEN-TAS CAN-LE LEG KODEKS. KODEKS <u>UL</u>: </span> (KODEK = Codex. Possible a veriant of <a href="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s98/valkry18/Stuff/EQ2_Halasian.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Halasian</a>?)   <span style="color: #009900">Know Honor's Bane is hidden still, And guarded well by force of will. It doth not sleep it doth not eat, Cannae be harmed by cold or heat. What doth not live ye cannae kill, By words alone ye must defeat.   To free the land ye must now go, And walk amidst the stars below. From lands of cold, to lands of fire, From river's birth to funeral pyre. Along a path from long ago, Where once there was a peaceful shire. On past a shrine of blood once clean. And to a cave that’s seldom seen: A riddle solved will be the price. To free the land through sacrifice: The words are on a staff of green.</span> <span style="color: #009900">Across the sea to isles of ice: Beyond the gate beneath the falls. Then go ye there e er eving calls: Through the tunnel under the lake. The sleeper there ye must not wake: Up to a room with only walls. A darkened thorn his soul to take: And now the way ahead is barred. The door ye seek is burnt and charred: Chipped and broken at the seams. Though nothing here is as it seems: The key ye seek comes from the bard. Near justice court the entrance cleams: </span> ****** <span style="color: #ff0033">KODEKS DE AN-RE-SKI-DE BEN-TAS. SOL LEM AD OM-DE VEST-TAS TRAK BEN-TAS CAN-LE LEG KODEKS. KODEKS  <u>SE DE</u>:</span>  (Only the underlined is changed from the first scroll, a title and page number?) <span style="color: #ff0033">(Untranslated)</span> <span style="color: #009900">Near peaceful river without flaw, Far from the Fens where Ravens caw. The words of old above will be, There written down below for thee. The Seventh time by Rule of Law, Now heed the words of Wisdom’s plea:</span> <span style="color: #660099"><span style="color: #0066ff">(Untranslated)</span><span style="color: #ffffcc"> </span><span style="color: #ffffcc">/ooc Third language doesn’t look visually like either modern <a href="ttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s98/valkry18/Stuff/EQ2_Euridian.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Euridian</a> [ very linear shapped letters] or <a href="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s98/valkry18/Stuff/EQ2_HalfElf.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Half</a> or <a href="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s98/valkry18/Stuff/EQ2_HighElf.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">High</a> veriants of modern Elvish [ very curly and ornate letters]</span><span style="color: #ffffcc">.</span></span><span style="color: #ffffcc"> </span>

[Mary the Prophetess]

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[Mary the Prophetess]

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[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>Edited to remove a dead link.</p>

[Eriol]

Was this total fanfiction or an anonymous dev posting of real Lore?  A LOT of work either way.  Quite amazing.

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>To answer your question, it is both official lore and fan fiction.  It did have official blessings as a quest however.</p><p>It is based solidly on official lore as to people and places.  Outcomes, however, were a different story.</p><p>If you like riddles, you might want to wrap you brain about this one.</p>

[SilverclawII]

<p>Very interesting.  Just got a glimpse of it, but I'm enjoying the look.</p><p>It may be due to the fact that I learned how to put the Kerra alphabet into my Word Processor.  <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Can't read anything, and I don't plan on learning it, but seeing things like my main's name in his native tongue have been fun.</p>