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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7636650" data-attributes="member: 6790669">Another Puzzle Has Arrived!Respen, you get the feeling that these runes do indeed correspond to letters in the Common tongue, but there's something amiss, because you can't QUITE make the translation work. You are becoming quite frustrated, because you know, in the back of your mind, that it must be something very simple that you're overlooking.Dewydd, these runes make no sense to you AT ALL. You are not sure WHY Respen seems to think that they correspond to letters, because nothing in their pattern indicates this. You wonder at the quality of the pipe weed that Respen must be smoking.Sylvar, you suddenly have an epiphany. Sylvar says, &quot;Hey Respen, would it affect the translation if some of the runes were upside down, or flipped horizontally? Not literally, I just mean in your mind's eye... imagine that some of the runes are either backwards or upside down... see how that one rune almost looks like an &quot;K&quot; if you were to turn it over?&quot;As Sylvar is saying this, everything clicks into place for Respen, and the translation becomes crystal clear! Respen smiles and winks at Sylvar, saying, &quot;Thank you, my friend.&quot;[spoiler=Transliteration of the runes to letters in the common tongue.]
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[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 7636650, member: 6790669"] [b]Another Puzzle Has Arrived![/b] Respen, you get the feeling that these runes do indeed correspond to letters in the Common tongue, but there's something amiss, because you can't QUITE make the translation work. You are becoming quite frustrated, because you know, in the back of your mind, that it must be something very simple that you're overlooking. Dewydd, these runes make no sense to you AT ALL. You are not sure WHY Respen seems to think that they correspond to letters, because nothing in their pattern indicates this. You wonder at the quality of the pipe weed that Respen must be smoking. Sylvar, you suddenly have an epiphany. [B]Sylvar says,[/B][COLOR=blue] "Hey Respen, would it affect the translation if some of the runes were upside down, or flipped horizontally? Not literally, I just mean in your mind's eye... imagine that some of the runes are either backwards or upside down... see how that one rune almost looks like an "K" if you were to turn it over?"[/COLOR] As Sylvar is saying this, everything clicks into place for Respen, and the translation becomes crystal clear! Respen smiles and winks at Sylvar, saying, [COLOR=purple]"Thank you, my friend."[/COLOR] [spoiler=Transliteration of the runes to letters in the common tongue.] [CENTER] [ATTACH]107590._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [/spoiler] [B][I]EVERYONE: What do you want to do now?[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]

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