Merit's Second Encoded Message

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Obtained by Li Merit in an old assaying office in Iron Mountain.

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Contents

How to Play

Successes with Int and Cryptography + Intelligence Analysis can be used to

  1. guess one word, which will be filled in everywhere it appears.
  2. guess a particular set of words, which will be filled in or not where you specified, but the GMs may not be able to track that very easily.
  3. ask for a hint about a particular word

Words

Though every thing may be possible, every possible thing is bound by its own rules. In the World Below, if there is a place, then there is a path to that place. If something or somewhere has been moved from the Material World to the World Below, then there is a path that can be followed from the place where it once was, to the place where it now is.

To trace the path from the grove which was to the grove which is, from the place between to the place below, you must follow the path of the sigil of the demon through the realm of the Forest.

Begin your steps at the northern water beyond the forest, walking south and south only until you reach the first of the great white ash trees, trunk larger than can be circled by five men touching fingertips together. Climb the tree until you can climb no higher, and listen until you hear the song of a bird you have never heard before. Take careful note from whence it sings, and when you climb back down, walk in that same direction until the sun sets.

Make camp at the base of the oak you find, but guard your camp well, for a wild forest is not a tame park. When dawn finds you, if it finds you, watch carefully to see which tree to the south catches the dawn's light first with its tips. Walk to that tree, and around it from north to west to south to east. With your eyes closed, walk around it again, and again a third time. When your circuit is interrupted, take hold of what interrupted you and follow it until it ends.

Then, follow in that direction until the sun is directly overhead, and while the trees have fallen behind, the Forest still surrounds you. Dig a hole until you have found worms and beetles, then place them out in an offering dish and wait quietly until something comes to snatch them up. Follow it until it alights, and mark the tree it lands in with blood from your left thumb. Mark the next nearest tree with blood from your right thumb, and walk between them before the blood dries.

Guesses

Old Guesses

After Card Games

Merit

26 successes
wild traverse house hunt surrounded ardor image beetles spiders leaves interrupted heed ironwood
13 clues, as many as possible on each remaining WORD starting from the end.

Master Zhou

1 uses one of the 8 bonus successes on the pretentious latin word
2, 3, 4 of the bonus 8: Trace, Park, Steps,
5: A clue on "Five letter One syllable place type noun from old english"

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After Traps Within Traps

Merit

23 successes
grove, offering

Words Already Guessed

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In Message

a again alights an and around around ash at at back base be been beetles before begin behind below between beyond bird blood bound but by camp can careful carefully catches circuit climb closed comes dawn dawn's demon dig direction directly dish down dries east ends every eyes fallen find finds fingertips first five follow followed for forest found from great guard has have hear heard higher hole if in interrupted is it its lands larger left light listen make mark material may men moved must nearest never next no north northern not note now oak of once only or out overhead own park path place possible quietly reach realm right rules same see sets sings snatch something somewhere song south steps still sun surrounds take than that the them then there thing third though through thumb time to together touching trace tree trees trunk until up wait walk walking was watch water well west what when whence where which while white wild with worms you your

Not In Message

I about across after against albeit all alone along also altho' although anima another ants any ardor are arm arms as as ashen bearing beast because being beneath beware big black blocks blue boughs bowl branches break bugs call called came cannot care careless carried castle central chests chirp circle come complete complete completed concluded confronted connect contains convenient could cover covers created cross cry dangerous dark day dead deeper demesne demons describe described destroyed discover do done dragon dream earth earthen eat either else emblematic embraced empire empty encircled encompassed end even except falling fate finable fingers finished fire flame flew follows foot forge forgotten fork fortress four fourth garden get giant gigantic give go goes gold golden good green grows grubs grubs had hand hand hands he healthy hears heart heed her here hidden hide hides hill him his hoard holds hound house how however hunt hunts image insects inside into iron ironwood journey journeys just key kingdom know large largest last leads lean leans leaves leg lest like linked location lock look loop lose lost me metal middle might mine monkey moon more most mountain much my name near need neither new night nor northernmost nothing notice oaken old on one onto onward open opposite other our over pagoda palm past patiently people pick pit point pools power proper pursue pursuers quest questings red remain reveal ringed risen river roots safe safe safe said sang say search second seek seen sees seven shadow shall she shifted shortest should side since single six small smallest so some someone someplace space spiders spirit spoor sprang standing stands step stock stolen stops surrounded swallow swim taken taller tallest tangible tears temple their theirs these they think this those three times toward towards tower travel traveled travels traverse tread trek turns twigs two uncover under underneath unique unless upon us use valley visit voyage wake wander wanderings want waterfall way we were whenever whereas wherefore whether whilst whilst who why wider will within without wood word words world would wrist year yet