GLRP:EMs:Royal Spies:2009:CoS:Cult of Styx Code Key
Title: Cult of Styx Code Key
Author: Ra'Dian Fl'Gith
The code of Styx is one
part ritual, one part
spell, as revealed by the
late Dexter, Royal Spy,
and as unearthed upon
ziggurats within the
Underworld. Each reagent
used in the code matches
to two standard
characters of the common
alphabet, so the decode
process happens in two
steps -- first you must
decode the coded message
to match the two
characters that belong to
that reagent, and then
you must determine via
context which character
is the correct character
for each reagent. The
code follows, with an
example following that.
CODE OF STYX
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Batwing.........................C M
Black Pearl.................A J
Bloodmoss.....................T X
Daemon Blood..............L W
Garlic.............................O V
Ginseng..........................I Q
Grave Dust.....................R G
Mandrake Root...............E Z
Nightshade.......................S B
Nox Crystal....................U F
Pig Iron...........................D Y
Spider's Silk..................N K
Sulfurous Ash...............H P
EXAMPLE
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If you happened upon the
following:
Sulfurous Ash, Garlic, Nox
Crystal, Nightshade,
Mandrake Root
lying on the ground in
that order (left to
right), then you would
have:
H/P, O/V, U/F, S/B, and E/Z.
There may sometimes be a couple of solutions, but usually one will present itself either through context or through the obvious nature of the code. In this example, HOUSE would be the correct decode.
However, in studying this code, I have sometimes mistaken MAN as CAN instead because M and C both code to Batwing. However, after thinking about the context of the situation (involving Imperus Noxum), I came to realize that since the preceding word was POISON that the correct following word was MAN and not CAN as I had first figured. Of course, I'm old, and I have made that mistake several times, which is why context is very important to consider when decoding any of the spell code of the Cult of Styx.
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