Curse

Arghore · Oct 29, 2010, 02:37 AM // 02:37

I'm wondering if this 'joke' can be turned into something we mortal Tyrian's can understand aswell, and perhaps laugh about ...

Quote:

"Lsf tqqt hsmm Emmmmx jswwemm wwrhmmx hsmm Mmqqtvvpvvg?

Ommjwwkkemm hqqumm Iwwe vvr hemm mmeemmgjmm!"

Then again, it could well be complete jibberish and the joke will be on us, for trying to translate it :P ...

Konig Des Todes · Oct 29, 2010, 03:02 AM // 03:02

It's a substitution cipher. The official wiki people have already deciphered it.

Translates into:
"Why did the Seer chase after the Eidolon?

Because time was of the essence!"

His name, however, is another story.

afmart · Oct 29, 2010, 03:58 PM // 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes

"Why did the Seer chase after the Eidolon?

Because time was of the essence!"

i like it rofl

Captain Bulldozer · Oct 29, 2010, 04:45 PM // 16:45

Its interesting to note that this cipher is different from that used in quests like "The Path to Revelations"

I'm curious if anyone knows which lore language this is, and if anyone has found a complete cipher for it. It might help with Konig's question about what the name actually means. Looking at the name though, I don't think its written in th same language. In the language Qwtzylkak speaks, a vowel is always represented by a double letter (a = ww, e = mm, i = qq, o = vv, u = kk) and there are no double letters in the name. The cipher has y=f as well, so the name is unlikely to be in the same language, as it would contain no vowels and no y's. Maybe we should assume that the name has already been translated into the standard tyria/english dialect.

The name is also possibly related to the Quetzal, which likely was an offshoot of Quetzalcoatl (due to the Aztec type theme of the Asuran areas), but as I said above, the cipher used is different from that used in the Path to Revelations. The difference of the cipher, to me, suggests that the two are not meant to be related.