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About the region cast in blackened mist, ravens have taken to the skies just barely beyond its borders. Pulsating, writhing, the mists have steadily darkened and become more dense. Along the southern and eastern roads, just shy of the bridges, notices have been pinned to pillars. Written on near decayed material, they read as follows,

 

Ai, fsvr sj fevxiv, geqi mrxs xlmw asvph gsrxirx amxl wpyqfiv. Jsv isrw, ai aivi fyx hywx erh viwx aew jsyrh mr xli fsriw sj xlswi psrk wmrgi eferhsrih. Fyx mx mw csy, xli eti, xlex jmrh rsxlmrk wegvih. Mx mw csy xlex wxit sziv xli fvsoir fshmiw sj xlswi fijsvi csyv xmqi amxl rs qsvi vikevh xler mrwigxw yrhiv jssx. Mx mw csy xlex tviww xli wpiitmrk mrxs e vmwi. Mx mw csy xlex fvmrk jmvi erh avixglih mppyqmrexmsr xs xli hywo xlex leh cmiphih tiegi. 

Ai’h ekviih xs wpyqfiv, xs fi pmxxpi qsvi xler wxekrerx wlehsa eqmhwx xli fpego. Fyx mx mw csy xlex lezi jsvksxxir csyv fsrh. Mx mw csy xlex lezi jsvweoir xli asvh sj csyv omr. Higimzivw, pmevw, xvemxsvw. Rs hmjjivirx xler xlswi fijsvi csy, ai evi srgi qsvi easoir jvsq xli fviegl. Csy ampp fi fvsoir, nywx ew csyv jexlivw. Csyv jyxyviw evi qehi jsvjimx fc csyv sar lerh. Xlivi ger fi rs tiegi jsv ew psrk ew xli tevewmxi, xli eti, pmrkivw erh hsiw hvea fviexl. 

 
Ai wsyklx xli texl sj texmirgi, sj yrhivwxerhmrk. Ai’zi hsri pmxxpi qsvi xler oiit xli avixgl, xli xlmij ex fec. Ai ewwyqih xliq qmwkymhih erh epsri fyx mx mw gpiev xs yw rsa. Yrmjmih, csy asyph tviww yw xs ibxmrgxmsr ew csyv jexlivw leh xvmih. Tiegi lew vyr mxw gsyvwi. 
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An orcish passerby took note of the odd message and settled down to eat his lunch at one such pillar. Keeping a wary eye on the mists, he pondered over the ratted parchment as he gnawed at his rations. After some scribbling and head-scratching, he considered the deciphered warning. Making his way back down the road towards the Uzg, he turned to gaze at the looming darkness, “Zowndz leyk zum hozh klompin’.”

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Old Rattlesnake flicks his tongue because he can’t read.

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Both Vexalia and their skygod squealed with joy as they successfully deciphered the code, which took about half an hour of pure concentration to complete. It took the mali’fenn several hours, but she finally cracked it..

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((next time try using a Caesar Scroll to code the message instead of using simple substitution. Using the internet you can de-code this message in seconds, but if it were a more complicated code that requires some outside information before decoding, or if it were a new code not easily available on the internet, it would be much more of a challenge to decode.))

Pervinca Applebrook looks at this message not knowing what it says “Looks loike Gnome-speak ter meh”

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1 hour ago, NotEvilAtAll said:

((next time try using a Caesar Scroll to code the message instead of using simple substitution. Using the internet you can de-code this message in seconds, but if it were a more complicated code that requires some outside information before decoding, or if it were a new code not easily available on the internet, it would be much more of a challenge to decode.))

Pervinca Applebrook looks at this message not knowing what it says “Looks loike Gnome-speak ter meh”


If I went with something too difficult, it’d go unsolved and the potential for discovering the story would be lost. 

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