Long Game 3: Blackwater Village

[Metacognition he/him]

Gamut definitely deserves the MVP slot here. I've never seen a game with so few Spiked kills, especially one with only one Lurcher. Let this be a lesson to everyone; Gamut isn't allowed to survive long! Just kidding, but really, I think he deserves to be the Official Lurcher for this portion of the forum, just as Herowannabe is our Official Tineye. All in favor?

 

Also, I was starting to worry if the Villagers were ever going to get a win! Well played, Spiked, but I gotta say, I'm happy we were able to take you out!

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

Well, let it not be said that Gamut isn't a man of his word, so here it is, straight from Joe.
 

Congratulations on the Win VIllage! Joe was the Last Spiked!

OOC:Wish I had a little bit of a more eloquent death, but alas, this is good enough for me.
(Although I am definitely putting it down on the Score Sheet as a Win & Survival

Now, that's just Joe's write-up of how this will go down. If Peng wants to post an official one where I live, and/or Joe gets keelhauled, I am perfectly okay with that.
 

Edit: removed since Joe posted his write-up himself.
 

Edited March 31, 2014 by Gamma Fiend

[el_warko he/him]

Wark sighed.

 

Balder's, 'ome boy.

 

Baldrick nuzzled Joes hand.  He'd been kind to him and left Blackwater.  Never to be seen again.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

UnOfficial Write Up

Joe sat at his table, Swirling his Soda. His attack on Dane hadn’t worked, He’d been sure he was the Coinshot, but it was Meta Apparently. He looked around the Room, there was still significant Suspicion on Mabi, and he could probably get her Lynched, thus removing that Problem. Though Gamma would also have to be dealt with soon. Where is he anyway? There he was, talking to Lents? What did he want with the Psychopath? Did he Suspect him? Maybe, Lents was Suspicious, Somehow being Here by Proxy when his body wasn’t here, but somewhere else. Gamma Stood up, shaking hands with Lents, then Strode over to the Corner Table where Joe Sat.

 

“Mind if I sit down?” Gamma didn’t seem to be at ease today. he seemed Angry, but Resolute.

 

“Sure, Do you want a Drink? I’, sure I could get one of the others to be Helpful enough to bring one over.” Joe was very good at Soothing, too good.

 

“No, I’m here on Buisness.” Gamma looked down at the table Bitterly. “Well, crap. Seeking results are in. I didn't expect that one. Good Job, Joe. I really didn't suspect you at all.”

 

Joe froze, “Why did they Seek me? They Trusted me, Now what, I can’t kill him in plain Sight!” Suddenly, Joe realized that he was talking out Loud. He stared at Gamma, who was staring back in Surprise.

 

“Wait, you are Spiked? The Plan worked? Huh, we never even suspected you, but you hadn’t been seeked. Well, Sorry Joe, but it hast to be this way.” Gamma stood up, and strode to the Center of the room. “Everyone! Listen Up! With unsuccessful results from last nights actions, we were left with only Joe, Mabi, and Lents as possible suspects. So, I talked to all three of you letting you know we successfully Seeked you as the Spiked last night. This was a lie. But we knew at least one of you would either straight up confess, or make it easier to determine who it was. Thank you, Joe, for confessing. You did have most of us convinced in the Trust you were clean, so good job on that. I apologize for all the innocents that were taken out by the Trusts actions, but Coinshooting suspects was another way we had to 'verify' peoples roles... just in a more permanent way. Your sacrifices were not in vain, and with everyone's help we were able to finally Find the Last Spiked.”

 

The Room silenced, then Everyone turned to Joe, who sat Scowling in the Corner. Then Chidden stood up. “Joe, I never suspected you to be the Last Spiked, But I am a Hero! I’m the Seeker of Blackwater, and I vote Gamma for Mayor!” The Crowd cheered this last bit, and Gamma stood up again.

 

“I, Gamma, first of my name, Ironborn Lurcher and Mayor Candidate of the Village of Blackwater, do sentence Joe the Soother to be keelhauled until death, as is the only punishment for a traitor so heinous."

 

Joe rose to his feet among the Throng. “Chidden, you little Runt, We knew you were a Seeker from Day one. Why did you think I made yo my Apprentice? If you hadn’t had your Friends to help you, I would have killed you after Dyrii died. And Now, I’m going to Kill you all.”

 

With that, Joe Flared Brass, letting loose a massive sooth, targeting the whole area. The cheers stopped in their throats; No emotion meant no motivation to do anything, including protecting yourself.

“You thought you could kill me?” He Ripped open his Shirt, revealing not one, but four Spikes. “I was born a Soother, and was given the power of four more. I can Sooth greater the the Lord Ruler himself! I can make it so no one in this room does anything. I have you in my Mercy, but I have none.” Joe walked slowly towards the Men. “So now what? Oh wait, no emotion means no Talking. I Think I’ll start with Gamma first, once the Lurcher’s unable to Interfere, I’ll finish off my Apprentice.” Joe pulled an Obsidian Dagger from his Boot, and Thrust it into Gamma’s Throat. “I should have done this Days ago. “ Joe’s Eyes burned with Rage and Madness.

 

A pewter mug flew across the Room, Directly into Joe’s Throat. “Gah! Wha-” He fell to his knees, unable to breath or Talk.

 

Meta Walked out of the Crowd, and knelt next to Gamma’s Corpse. ”I’m sorry old Friend. Now Joe, you might be wondering How I escaped your Soothing, It’s Simple! I’ve been wearing an Aluminum Hat to keep Bad Ideas from entering My Brain! And getting killed by you Was a Bad Idea.” Joe glared at him, but then fell backwards, dead from lack of Air.

 

Chidden stared at the Corpses in Shock, now that the soothing had Worn off. “But, what do we do now? Gamma’s Dead, and so is most of everybody Else.”

 

Meta shook his head “We Mourn for the Dead, and Celebrate the Living. Come on, this Inn hast to have some drinks left somewhere.” The village murmured in agreement and carried the Bodies to the Grave yard.

 

Baldrick sat in the Middle of the Now empty Inn, staring Morosely at the Door, while two Ghosts argued above Him. “Da’ it Joe! I told ye te Sooth tha dog of ahl emo'shuns bu' ret'urn'in' 'ome. He know's tha way.” “And I told you, I didn’t know where his Home was, and He won’t Stop following me!”

 

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Gamma Fiend was the Village Lurcher!

The Only Joe was the Spiked Soother!

 

Congratulations on the Win Village! Joe was the Last Spiked!

 

And Here’s Joe Coinshot Death Scene: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EbWTMj6RaO7as3EAXUX7iceAgQc2hQrNSzXACercg4o/edit?usp=drive_web

EDIT: Wait what? I let Gamma read it, and He Posts it While I'm reading an Email?

          And I changed it To meta, not Mabi.


 

Edited March 31, 2014 by The Only Joe

[Swimmingly he/him]

"I, Gamut, first of my name, Ironborn Lurcher and Mayor Candidate of the Village of Blackwater, do sentence Joe the Soother to be keelhauled until death, as is the only punishment for a traitor so heinous."

If people wanted Gamut to act the Lord, he would do it. But he knew in his heart he wouldn't last long. He had too much blood on his own hands to be comfortable leading. He had condemned too many innocents to death in his reckless drive to save the town. And he couldn't even sure if there was another one out there or not!

But, for right now, he knew what he had to do. He looked over at Chidden, standing on top of tables and praising Gamut for his hard work, and smiled to himself. The little scamper was the true hero, despite what he said. Without him, none of the Villagers success would have been possible. Gamut looked down at the small object he had pulled out of his pocket. It was a tiny, empty vial. It was of course full when he had purchased it from Forage before the merchant had died. Gamut looked at the last few drops in the vial, tiny beads the color of molten gold. Maybe he was some sort of Worldhopper, afterall. I mean, who ever heard of some crazy potion that brought the drinker incredible luck?

If you've read Brent Weeks Night Angel trilogy, you'll know another substance that your little vial resembles exactly. The results... Would not have been pretty.

[Edgedancer he/him]

Seems like I missed the final. Anyway good game. And yes, Gamut for MVP!

I would also like to comment myself on this being the first game where I was neither lynched nor had my semmi planed RP derailed. Though thinking back on it, those were both caused by one of Meta´s writeups.... He was manipulation me all along!

[Claincy he/him]

Ok. Tineye solutions time!

 

I am going to split these across two posts as the first two messages are isolated, though detailed and the latter messages all work together in a sequence that will become clear when you read the solutions

 

Night 1

I must go out in the mists again, to the .swirling .mists go I,

And all I ask is to glimps.e the stars as the ash falls through the sky,

To taste the chill air and hear the wind's song and see the .lantern .lights glowing,

And feel the wet cobbles beneath my feet, as .through the mists I'm roaming.

I must go out in t.he mist again, for the call of the misty tide,

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be d.enied;

And all I ask is a calm night, while conspirators convene,

An.d the fallen ash lies unbroken, not a footprint to be seen.

I must go out in the mist again, to my lon.ely mist-wrapped vigil,

.As the red sun dips, the voices fade and the light begins to dwindle;

For the night is dark and full of .terrors, far too many to list,

As night falls, my watc.h begins, under cover of the mist.

 

Let the games begin!

And may the odds be ever in your favour.

 

Solutions

 

The message is based off the poem “Sea Fever” by John Masefield. Appropriately modified for the tineye. There is a totally non-subtle game of thrones reference at the end and a marginally more subtle Frozen reference in the middle, because I just couldn’t resist having something from Frozen in there

 

There is also a reference to every sense except for smell….or is there?

The hidden message (which was discovered) is revealed by the small-font fullstops. Taking each letter that is preceded by one of these in order reveals the sentence “Smell the death”. I didn't actually intend this to be creepy. I intended it more as a warning or omen and really I just wanted to include all five sentences and I couldn't find a good spot to put a reference to smell without removing a line I liked.

 

I must go out in the mists again, to the .swirling .mists go I,

And all I ask is to glimps.e the stars as the ash falls through the sky,

To taste the chill air and hear the wind's song and see the .lantern .lights glowing,

And feel the wet cobbles beneath my feet, as .through the mists I'm roaming.

 

I must go out in t.he mist again, for the call of the misty tide,

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be d.enied;

And all I ask is a calm night, while conspirators convene,

An.d the fallen ash lies unbroken, not a footprint to be seen.

I must go out in the mist again, to my lon.ely mist-wrapped vigil,

.As the red sun dips, the voices fade and the light begins to dwindle;

For the night is dark and full of .terrors, far too many to list,

As night falls, my watc.h begins, under cover of the mist.

 

Let the games begin!

And may the odds be ever in your favour.

 

The fullstops and their letters are highlighted above. I used a small font to make them more discrete and intentionally put some inside words to make a few slightly more obvious, also because finding words starting with each letter was not a simple task.

 

The final part of the message is an obvious hunger games reference. I put that there in case there wasn't another tineye, hopefully leaving me the option of pretending to be two different tineyes, one good, one spiked. As there was another tineye it was obvious in the writeups where the boundaries between the tineye messages lay and the idea couldn't work. *shrug* It would have increased the workload for me anyway creating dual messages so I think it is just as well that that particular idea couldn't go ahead.

 

Night 2

 

…......................................................_____.....................................................................

.....................,................................../.….......\..................................................................

.......................................................|.….........|..................................................................

....................................................... \______/..................................................................

.................Some of you are privately considering leaving the village? Why, Friends...!

...........................................___________________........................................................

..............................................---___ Tineye_know_|..............’........................................

........................................................|s_best_Liste|...........................................................

........................................................|n_to_your_t|...........................................................

....................................................__|ineye_It's_a|__.......................................................

............................................__---scary_world_out_---__...............................................

....................................__--- there_Tineye_knows_best_---__.......................................

.............................._---One_way_or_another_something_will---_,...............................

........................._---go_wrong_I____swear_Coin____shots_thugs--_...........................

...................._--mistwraiths__--.......|obligators_-|.......--_noblemen__--_......................

................._-and_soldiers_--............,|Inquisitors|.............--_!_Oh_yes!__-_.................

............._-|lso_koloss-_--................_|Thieves_w|_................--_ith_pointy-|-_..............

............|teeth_and__--.................._-stop_no_more--_................--_you'll_just|..............

............|upset_m-_-|................_--e_Tineye's_right_h--_.................|-_ere_Tin-|.............

...........|eye_will_|..............._--protec_t_you_Fr_iends_--_.................|here's-w|.............

..........|hat_I_Sug|,..........._-|gest_d_-..|on't_be_|..-_a_ninn|-_..............|y_stay_|.............

...........|with_Tin|............|ny!__-_--.....|*sigh*_|.......--_Tiney|..............|e_know|.............

............|s_best_T-|..........|ineye_|.........|underst|..........|ands_-|............|Tineye's|..............

............|_here_to-|..........|help_-|..........|you__|............|All_I_|.............|Have-_|...............

..............-|is_one_|.........|reques|...........|t!_Fr-|.............|iends|............|?_Don'|- ...............

...............-_t_ever-|..........|try_t|............|o_lea|.............|ve_th|............|is_vill_-................

.................-_age_a-_........-_gai-_....X..|n!_D|...X...._-on't__-.........._-forg_-..................

...................-_et_it_--_.........-_Yo-_X....|u'll|....X._-regr_--..........._-et_i_-.....................

......................-_t!_Tin-_.........--_e--_......|y-|......_-e-_--............._-_Kn_-........................

.........................--_ows--_............----_......|-|...._-----.............._-_B--_--...........................

..............................--_es---_.X..............,....|...................X..._--t!--_--.............................

...................................--_4..-_.X...............................X.._-C..._--....................................

........................................---__-_...X...X...X...X...X.._-.__---..........

 

 

Solutions

 

Night 2, man. I should have listened to Hero when he said his Aon took ages. This took so long, but it was worth it. When Peng initially posted it there was a problem with formatting due to text size or font or something that made it a little wonky, but Peng fixed that shortly after. (Thanks Peng!)

 

Unfortunately when copying it into the pm it either automatically removed the bottom row, or I simply missed the bottom row when I copied it in. The symbol above lacks this extra row but the coloured solution symbol below has it.

 

-So, first up the obvious. The interior text is “Mother knows best” from Tangled, converted to a more appropriate “Tineye knows best”. The symbol is appropriate to it being a tineye message, naturally.

 

-The X’s among the dots make a smiley face, just cos.

 

-There are 6 comma’s in among the periods, highlighted in red here. The 6th post in the Blackwater thread was me. So this is a very subtle reference to myself that I can now use to prove my role if I have a need to. Unfortunately one of these was cut off with the bottom row as mentioned above. All the same I had no difficulty convincing Gamma that I was the tineye

 

-There are several letters that are in bold (in magenta here). Most notably the 4 and C at the bottom of the symbol. They form the later part of a goo.gl link, “hywH4C”. So if you add that to the goo.gl/ you get a link to a video of mother knows best. goo.gl/hywH4C

 

-Finally there are a number of letters in italics (in orange here), all together they spell “There’s always another secret” (the apostrophe is outside the tin symbol.) I intentionally put multiple letters together in places because I wanted people to find this one.

 

If you noticed all the secrets without reading this. WELL DONE.

 

That will do for this post, the next lot are all connected and hint at Clan's backstory so get there own post.

 

I've been looking forward to revealing these for some time =D

Edited March 31, 2014 by lord Claincy Ffnord

[Claincy he/him]

Ok, now onto the sequence of messages. These messages really work together as a group, I was glad I had the opportunity to get them all up even though the last had to be as Clan died

 

Night 3

 

Solutions

 

Despite promising myself that I wouldn't spend that much time on a message again after night 2 I made this. I did, unfortunately, make a fair number of mistakes in the Alethi due to my rustiness with it, the translation here is what it is supposed to say. Each line is a quote and i have put the names of the characters that the quote comes from in front of each line:

 

Steel Alphabet

Alethi Script

Morse Code

Artisnan's Script

 

Legolas: They're taking the hobbits to Isengard

Ishikk: Airsick lowlanders

Ferson: i nominate Elend Venture

Elsa: Let it go

 

Boromir: One does not simply

Elend: Do you think you could go put your clothes on? This is...kind of distracting.

Fafen (warbreaker): After all, you no longer have to marry a tyrant.

Obiwan kenobi: these aren't the droids you're looking for

Ranette: I'll blow off the offending fingers

Enjolras: Do you hear the people sing

 

Denth: Unfortunately princess, we're here to kill you
Eugenedies: “I can steal anything”
Arya: Stick them with the pointy end
Tillaume: Tea, my lord?
Human: We are human

 

Reading down the first letters of each name spells out the true message “Life Before Death”.

 

The hardest and most time consuming part of this message was developing the artisan's script. I cannot take credit for the artistic design as the strokes with the upticks for vowels, downticks for consonants and double-ticks for capitols was originally Aspren's idea. He made a sample image that frankly looks cooler than mine. You can see it in the Spiked Spreadsheet.

 

Aspren was sadly departed by the time I started working on this message so beyond the initial concept the script was developed by me. It took some time to select colours for each letter such that all the colours were readily distinguishable. As I was writing the actual message I always used the same 2 lines so that aside from colour the lines are identical. Partway through I started creating a more convenient key so that I could simply copy the line I wanted rather than recolouring it then copying it. So for anyone who is interested, here is the key:

 

 

I added the 4 lines at the top so that anyone like Mailliw73 who was crazy enough to try to decode it actually had something to work from. See? I'm a little crazy, but not cruel

 

I was actually quite pleased with myself that I avoided using the steel alphabet till this point. My mastery of it would have easily given me away if I used it too often, even as it was Mailliw figured that it was me

 

Night 4

 

Solutions

 

Night 4 I finally did take the break I had been planning to take. I had thought of the simple rhyme while working on the massive-task messages of the past two nights. The usage of wit is a kinda very mild Hoid reference but it was mostly chance that the entirety of the word ended up black as the secret on that line finished just before it.

 

There is only 1 real secret in this message, the colouring of the letters matches up to the colouring in the artisan's script with the black letters representing spaces instead of 'z's.

The first line says “strength before weakness” and the second says “journey before destination” continuing with the ideals of the knights radiant.

 

In an unintended but entertaining coincidence leaving the last few letters of the first line black ("wits,") in a direct translation to the artisan's script results in an ironically appropriate “zzzz”. I was somewhat tired at this juncture.

 

Night 5

 

Solutions

 

This is, indeed, a modified version of Stars from Les Miserables. An excellent song in my opinion but also very very appropriate to the hidden message in this message and the next and to Clan. A select few words in the lyrics have been changed, in green below. I intentionally placed them such that they almost make sense and so were harder to pick out.

 

There, out I the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from god
Fallen from grace
God be my witness
I never will yield
Till we come face to face
Till we come face to face

He knows his way in the dark
Mine is the way of the Lord
And those who uphold the path of the righteous
Shall have their reward
And if they fall
As Lucifer fell
The flame
The sword!

Stars
In the multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With law and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night

You know your place in the sky
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season

Without and returns
And is always the exception
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flame!

And so it has been and so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price!

Lord let me find him
That I may see him
Safe behind bars
I will never rest
Till then
This I swear
This I swear by the stars!

 

Put together they form the ideal “I will uphold the law without exception” which was my guess as to the second Ideal of the skybreakers. I made this before Brandon gave the second Skybreaker ideal in a signing though this wasn't posted till afterwoulds. I hold some degree of pride that my guess had the same intent as the ideal he stated and we already have confirmation that the specific words don't matter. =D

 

Death Message

 

Solutions

 

So we all knew Clan would die at this point, but I had one more message I wanted to post to complete the sequence. The message is relatively simple aside from being in 5 different scripts/codes and reads: “I will bring judgement to those who deserve it” which is my guess as to the 3^rd ideal of the Skybreakers. I am not as confident on this ideal but I think I am on the right track, regardless: the steel alphabet, alethi script and Artisan's Script components are nothing new. The final part is in Thaylen and translated literally is actually “dsrv t” as Thaylen script does not contain vowels.

 

The sequence of numbers, as most of you probably guessed, is in Taravangians code. The only difference is that the key to the code is my previous message, the Night 5 message. For quick reference here are some of the number-letter assignments from it.

t = 1

h = 2

e = 3

r = 4

o = 6

u = 7

i = 9

d = 13

a = 14

k = 16

n = 17

s = 19

w = 72

 

The villagers finding Clan dead by his own hand with that message left behind is a very fitting ending for the character.

 

 

So to summarise: Clan was once a skybreaker. He was influenced by Ruin but was also killing the villagers in obedience to the skybreaker ideals as the village's very existence is defying the lord Ruler's law and by that law every villager deserves death.

 

Some WoR spoilers follow, you have been warned.

Clan broke his oaths many years ago now and in doing so he of course "killed" his spren. He spent the next few decades regretting that decision and he moved to Scadrial largely to try to get away from it as every spren he saw reminded him of her. Ruin managed to spike Clan with a steel spike granting him tin. Ruin then subtly nudged Clan into reaffirming his oaths using her voice to make use of Clans conscience and grief to twist him to Ruin's purposes.

 

So twisted by decades of grief and by Ruin Clan joined the other spiked in attempting to purge the village. He would, however, not be unhappy with how things turned out. For all that he had decided to follow his oaths he took no joy in the deaths of the villagers and his own death was a sweet release from the pain he had suffered for so long.

 

 

I hope some of you got some enjoyment from these, I had a lot of fun making them.

 

But if I do something like this again it will be a long time from now : P

Edited March 31, 2014 by lord Claincy Ffnord

[Peng the Just he/him]

One week later:
 
Mabi scrubbed hard at the walls and floors of the Lurcher. The town had decided that she should inherit it, as it would finally give her a permanent place to live. The tineye messages there left a lot of work to be done, but she was looking forward to the opportunity to  get it going again. A knock came at the door, and Meta the new mayor, walked in. He had been elected to the position the night before.
"It's coming along well" Meta said "it looks like things can finally return to normal."
------------------------------------------
congratulations to the villagers on the win!
the google docs:
spiked
heaven
spreadsheet
the spreadsheet is not complete, or terribly organized. sorry.

Edited March 31, 2014 by jasonpenguin

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

@Peng, Sorry for Ending it for you, But I wanted to Post my Write up. Cool ending Though.

 

I just Realized that Gamma's Name was Gamut, Not Gamma.

[Chid he/him]

A year had passed, but the pain remained.

"It's not fair," Chidden grumbled. "Gamut didn't deserve to die. Those rusting Spiked had to ruin everything."

Chidden lifted his pack onto his shoulders. It was heavy, but he was stronger now. A year of training with the dueling cane had paid off. The young man walked into the Lurcher's Inn to say his last goodbyes.

"Meta, Selvar, Dane, and Maw, I'd like to thank you. The Trust will live on forever. Mabi and Lents, you guys kind of freak me out, but I'm glad you survived. I promised that I would save the world, and I plan to make good on that promise. I'm leaving Blackwater now, and I don't think I'll ever come back."

Chidden walked out of the inn and into the mists. As he walked along, his pack clinked. It had food and vials and the necessities for travel, but most of it's weight came from several metal spikes, carefully harvested from bodies a year ago.

"There are more spiked out there," Chidden spoke to the mists. "I have to save the world. I have to kill them all. I am going to ruin all of the spiked. No matter the cost."

[Metacognition he/him]

I don't have very long, but I want to thank the Spiked for not killing me, even though I was on the chopping block for practically every night! Also, that was an especially devious trick by getting Asp to leave the PM group. I seriously thought it was just a mistake, so to find out that it was intentional was amazing. That was a move of pure brilliance. Bravo.

 

I'll check everything else out later, but as promised, here's the link to the Doc where I copied down The Trust's PMs. I figured it would make a neat counter point to the Spiked Doc, since we actually had the chance to have a large conversation!

 

The Trust

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Well, Clan, I'm glad I figured out most of that stuff. I have to say, the Artisan Script was probably the most fun for me because all I had was context and the Rosetta Stone type thing at the beginning.

"Chidden, I wish you the best of luck. I used to think you were just an annoying kid who liked to bother people, but I've grown to respect you. What would you say to me joining you? I wasn't always a farmer, you know. Gamut was my friend too," Maw said as he sat in the Lurcher. He past year had been awful. Trying to rebuild trust and the city in general after the devastation the Spiked had caused was terribly difficult. There had been much to do.

Three Years Ago

After again slaving for Nahn, Maw was done. Again. Last time, he had said he was done, but his resolve had been weak. This time, he was done forever. After getting more instruction from Nan, Maw followed him back to his home. Or whatever he'd call it. It was more an alley where his gang congregated. Maw raised the knife he had stolen from the market and a broken scythe he had found. Sneaking up behind the man, he misstep and made a noise. The dark man spun and Maw lunged forward. The knife slipped and grazed the man's side, but the fragmented scythe hit it's mark. It slipped right between Nahn's ribs, stabbing his heart. The man yelled one last cry, alerting his associates who had just walked into the alley. They recognized Maw and ran away. "I told you I was done. You should've listened," Maw hissed at the dead body. Maw realized that the other men had run in the direction of his house. Burning tin, which he did often after Snapping a year prior, he started pounding down the streets towards his home. The smell hit his nostrils before he was even on the street. The men had burned his house. As Maw turned the corner, he saw his small home on fire and heard his wife's screams. "No!" Maw shouted. He ran to the house, not able to get close enough, the heat was scorching his skin. He collapsed to his knees, sobbing. After mourning for he rest of the day, Maw made a decision. The things he had learned from his books and the skills theiving had taught him, with the addition of his tin, would make him powerful. He decided to hunt down those killers and make sure they never again saw the red sun. The nights are mine. The mists do not exist to my eyes and they shall never more strike fear into my heart. Maw spent the whole night searching for the murderers of his family. Just before sunrise, he found them. With his broken scythe, he sliced both their throats unfeelingly. He felt no remorse. There were strange spikes sticking out of their chests when he searched them for useful items. Later that day, Maw found Cyrus and decided to join with him and, because of his scythe, it seemed fitting for him to become a farmer.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

First: (in Alethi:)Trust? There must be none. Death is certain, how certain is death. None must be there. Trust. (End of Alethi. Jason changed it to Alethi for me, so I can't put it in here) Short and simple, I know. And it's not quite perfect, either. Seriously, though? Trust? In a game like this? The person writing this must be Smoking. But that's impossible, as ze's the Tineye.[/white]

My main purpose, especially with these first messages was to build in a way to prove my identity. Almost all of them have the word Maw hidden in them. In the ketek, the first, middle, and last letters respectively spell maw. I have bolded that above. The white text was just for fun.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Second:

Suspicionform to us was given,

Making us, sadly, without thought, kill

Those whom we have, from us, driven.

After death, all is clear, yet kill we will.

--Song of Listing,

wUnknown Stanza

This one was a version of the Listener songs in WoR adapted to Suspicionform. If you take the first letter of every other row, you spell Maw. There is a white w hidden before the word Unknown.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Third:

mAnd who are you the proud Asp said

That I must bow so low?

Only a spook in a Lurchers cloak

That's all the truth I know

With spikes of gold and spikes of lead

An Inquisitor still has claws

And mine are long and sharp, Gamut

As long as sharp as yours

And so he spoke, and so he spoke

As Ruin whispered in his ear

And now the mists sweep o'er his hall

With not a soul to hearExcept Tineyes

Yes now the mists sweep o'er his halls

And the spiked are left to fear

This I posted to prove to Gamma that I was the Tineye. I added a white m before the beginning so that the first letter of the first three words spell Maw. I italicized Asp spikes you, for fun. And there's a hide white "except tineye's" after the line, 'with not a soul to hear'

Edited March 31, 2014 by Mailliw73

[Mailliw73 he/him]

(Oh, P.S., going through my PM's with Gamma, I just found where I totally called Chid on being the Seeker. Gamma told me he wasn't though, because I wasn't completely trustworthy yet. But I was totally right on him and Clan)

Fourth:

43141491814181487762529114592618918

7518143283431814187153943918141428918

18143918744218914378443957945301539

18283751618715394344321515311918151814331539

Dad-a-chum, dad-a-chee?Not to worry, you've got the key!

-Taken from Gamut's journal, top of page is missing

and on the back it had more strange symbols and numbers

42128412312411143124915144916712251011124912512

1011141011

me. I will give

.

will be served.

to the Spiked.

to the end. Aon Ate

only evil.

~ , your friendly Tineye.

The beginning part, from Gamut's journal, was also a way to prove my identity to him. The code spells out this, if I'm not mistaken :

See the hero of ancient birth

On his arms he holds the earth

His thought is just not unkind

Harmony holds us all within his mind

It was coded the same way T's Diagram was. If you take the first time each letter appears in the message from Clan which has the too of Gamut's journal page, and assign the corresponding number, my section spells this out.

The numbers on the back:

42128412312411143124915144916712251011124912512

1011141011

Were my addition. They follow T's code and spell,

"I believe I have cracked the code.

Thath"

The Thath was just a fun way to sign my name as Justice.

The Aons have white text after them, which if you look at each aon's meaning, makes a paragraph: Trust me. I will give aid. Justice will be served. Death to the Spiked. Endure to the end. Aon Ate, (which means silence), aids only evil.

~Honor, your friendly Tineye.

The Aon for Honor is Mai, which is the first three letters of my username, which is how I integrated my identity into this one. This was definitely my most extensive one.

Edited April 1, 2014 by Mailliw73

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Fifth:

149|9|15|12|14|7|1|34|55|4|10|11|

10|11|12|7|12|149|12|7|7|14|83|12|7|4|7|10|1|

14|4|25|

9|1|6|

55|4|10|11|9|1|6|15|171|4|8|8|4|34|83|55|4|7|11|12|7|

10|11|4|7|55|14|9|25|12|14|10|11|11|14|149|12|14|34|4|34|83|

The Alethi spells what I correctly translated. This is what I put in the thread: "Alethi: Tineye decoder you have not decided all of my last message. There is more. Aluays another secret. (Again, the problem with the sh and th)" that is all correct. The font I used has a problem with the sh and th, and I didn't have time to fix it.

The Thaylen: Trst s nssr. Thaylen omits vowels and this says, "Trust is necessary"

Taravangian's code:

My reson with

These messages is to

Aid

You

With your killing

This way death ha meaning.

I forgot to put an s at the end of the word has, but otherwise, I put the correct translation in the thread. Again, every other line starts with the letters that spell maw.

Edited March 31, 2014 by Mailliw73

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Sixth:

My message was supposed to be the Shash glyph which didn't really look that cool. I hid the following words in it: Merem Aan (w)Aeo

The first letters spell Maw. It means Honor Truth Bravery. The next part was Selvar's request. Which I translated later and he posted so I'm not going to post it again.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Seventh:

http://coppermind.ne...Surge-glyph.svg is everywhere.

~http://coppermind.ne...ge4_Tattoos.svg

I was going to attach these images, but in the Coppermind, they're svgs which apparently won't attach automatically.

The first image is the tension surge followed by white text, "is everywhere."

So it says, "Tension is everywhere. With a Bridge Four tattoo because it's sweet. this one, I didn't put anything to prove my identity.

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

Peace had come upon the small village of Blackwater, it had been over a year since the bloodshed had torn the town apart, and almost everything was back to normal, the mists weren't acting strangely and the day and nights were regular length. Gamut's spirit looked out over the town, now silent after Chidden, the young hero's, departure for grand adventures.

He tried to move on, to into the Realm of Spirits he had gotten glimpses of in his death, but there was some sort of force preventing him from going forward. Some sort of force preserving him in this form. So Gamut's spirit did what it knew best, instinctively, it watched after the Villagers, keeping them safe in the night. A wind seemed to sigh through the night, carrying with it a faint whisper.

What is dead may never die....

Edited March 31, 2014 by Gamma Fiend

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Hey, Gamma, whatever happened to the story you said you were putting together from the first game? Did that ever get finished?

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

O.o
Wow I totally forgot about that, lol!

Um. Looking at it, I had about 12kish words worked up and was about through the middle of the second day, but then I started getting stuck on things.
Because I was going to show it to a few friends who weren't familiar with the Mistborn world, I started having to take him and explain the Allomantic powers and give some exposition for the world of Scadrial... and yeah. So I got stuck. Then the second game started.

If you guys want I could go and post what I did have done in the Creative Writing section. Note: It is obviously a super rough draft and all that jazz.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Oh i was just wondering. I think that'd be great. I also think this game would be a great, but complex one to compile as a story, what with all the back stories and such.

[SirVarrock he/him]

Maw, I got this out of the fourth message:

 

See the hero of ancient birth
On his arms he holds the earth
His thought is just not unkind
Harmony holds us all within his mind

 

If it has the jabberwocky poem hidden in it as well, I would be very impressed.