Ankh wedia seneb.

I am Meretseger.

You wish to receive a gift. You shall. There are trials ahead, and the worthy Ba shall overcome.

First, find the necropolis of the kings' rens. There I will wait, inside the city walls, in the edifice to Seti I, beneath the list, to gift you the number 2 (I also gift you the following numbers to aid you on your search for me: 26 11 6 - 31 55 8).
Secondly I shall send you off to the father of terror(I speak not greek and yet I call his name). In the end, you will receive yet another part of your reward.
Behind him, you will find your third challenge. Enter the burial chamber. Follow the way. You will arrive in the largest city. Traverse it, and at the end, take one more piece.
Your journey nears it's completion now, and yet the most dangerous tasks lie still ahead. The opener awaits, who dreamt all creation and rules it (he may wait in his incarnation as renewal of the life). You must take his head.
Lastly, bring this head to me. I will wait for you in the land where the three roads meet and the people fight with god (Where we meet, I am not the one mainly worshipped by those who struggle with god - I don't think we're in egypt anymore). It is here that the head shall cause the final capitalization.

Your quest begins now, but make haste, for it must find its end next saturday, or all shall have been for naught!

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Seems to be your toughest puzzle yet, OGrady. Thanks for doing these.

13 years ago
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This is some Dan Brown shit.

13 years ago
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So what game is this for?

13 years ago
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You have it.

13 years ago
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That doesn't answer my question, but okay.

13 years ago
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I walked out of my room then walked in again then guess what i got! Nothing D:

13 years ago
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I am late to the party, but fashionably of course. I have yet many clues, but remain clueless. Alas, I will venture forth and either conquer this beast, or watch a brother do as I fall in battle.

13 years ago
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I am so close I can taste it. I know I got this.

13 years ago
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Well. I am fairly certain I am on the right track, but I thought I solved it, but am still failing... I hope this doesn't get solved by morning.

13 years ago
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I though i solved it, but did i not D: Lets cooperate to get back on track :D

13 years ago
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I've got all the letters, just no numbers.. HMMMMMM

13 years ago
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There don't have to be numbers, you know?

13 years ago
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Nope but i've just worked it out xD.
OGrady, thanks for the giveaway, it's a game i've always wanted!!

13 years ago
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DID YOU FIND IT?!? Great job if you did >.<

13 years ago
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Thanks, I had to guess on the third character, I really struggled

13 years ago
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Thx, now i know what it is :D

13 years ago
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I had to be close... I really struggled

13 years ago
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Stay true to your quest. There is time yet to solve it.

13 years ago
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Sir Grady, I must ask. Are the clues in order or not so much :)

13 years ago
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Follow your quest in order of your challenges and you will surely prevail, yes.

13 years ago
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Each day goes by, yet the treasure seems to get further and further away.

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Do not despair, for a sign from the gods has been sent! Reread your quest and you may well be helped.

13 years ago
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Just removed my entry, altough i solved it without Yahoo i dont like the way people just join without making it an effort.

13 years ago
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In return, one last clue was granted to the seekers.

13 years ago
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I'm sorry, I'm new to this. Is the contest over? Where can I apply a code/answer?

13 years ago
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There should be at least 2 days remaining.

If you pass all five obstacles on your journey, you will receive a five-character code (it may or may not include lowercase letters, uppercase letters, or digits). If you put that code instead of in http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/, you will get a link to the private giveaway.

Be careful, never post a solution on the forums. This can result in a ban from the site. Also, be honest and don't think you can let others solve puzzles for you. This applies to all puzzle giveaways on SteamGifts.

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Also, be honest and don't think you can let others solve puzzles for you.

I would like to reiterate this. I've said it once and I've said it again: Please do NOT use Yahoo! Answers. Solve the puzzle yourself. I know it's the easy way, but the rewards of seeing the fruit of your (mental) labor come forth in the form of a correct URL are far more..... um.... rewarding.

The giveaway ends on saturday, so you have another day to solve the puzzle.

13 years ago
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made it :D (wrote down my reasoning) i did guess the second and fourth a bit though

13 years ago
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There's roughly one day left.

13 years ago
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The giveaway is nearly over, but you still have time to solve it! I am available on Steam if you want more hints.

13 years ago
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Did the giveaway disappear? What happened?

13 years ago
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Anyone??

13 years ago
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I don't think so. Maybe the problem is on your end... did you solve the puzzle? I don't recall you as having entered or written a comment.

13 years ago
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Sure did, man. And commented "You OGrady, are awesome."

Kept the giveaway open since then, just refreshing it from time to time. And now I only get "Invalid giveaway code."

=/

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Brilliant. I kind of suspect what you did there.

13 years ago
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Care to explain?

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I may be totally wrong but... Imagine he created a second "fake" giveaway and "leaked" its code to the Yahoo Answers himself. (At least this explains why all my variants for the letters were completely different from the leaked one.) Then this fake giveaway could be deleted anytime and the real one stays open only to those who really solve the puzzle. If so, I can only bow down before OGrady.

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Still a waste of time and effort for those who came up with a plausible logic, ended up in the fake giveaway and stopped searching. But whatever, just give me more puzzles and I'll be happy lol

13 years ago
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The giveaway is over, and it seems I was too obscure with my puzzle. Nobody seems to have solved it... I'll open a new thread with a new chance to win the game.

13 years ago
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Awesome XD

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I promised the solution after the giveaway is over. Here it is.

1. First, find the necropolis of the kings' rens. There I will wait, inside the city walls, in the edifice to Seti I, beneath the list, to gift you the number 2 (I also gift you the following numbers to aid you on your search for me: 26 11 6 - 31 55 8).
In egyptian mythology, the ren was the name (NOT the body). That means the necropolis is not an actual graveyard, but a site that lists the names of dead kings ("beneath the list"). A short google- oder wikipedia check confirms that Abydos contains the temple of Seti I., which in turn contains the Abydos king list. The numbers help with the location - it's the geolocation of Abydos. The second letter of Abydos is "b". Many people got that one right.

2. Secondly I shall send you off to the father of terror(I speak not greek and yet I call his name). In the end, you will receive yet another part of your reward.
The father of terror is, as most of you found out, the great sphinx of Giza. However, where does "father of terrors" actually come from? The arabian name of course - Abu al Hul. The next letter is "l".

3. Behind him, you will find your third challenge. Enter the burial chamber. Follow the way. You will arrive in the largest city. Traverse it, and at the end, take one more piece.
I think everybody got that one right. It's of course the Duat, so we get a "t".

4. Your journey nears it's completion now, and yet the most dangerous tasks lie still ahead. The opener awaits, who dreamt all creation and rules it (he may wait in his incarnation as renewal of the life). You must take his head."
Anubis did not dream creation. In fact, it was Ptah who dreamt all of creation in his heart. He is also known as the opener and has been worshipped as "the renewal of the life". His head would be the first letter - "P".

5. Lastly, bring this head to me. I will wait for you in the land where the three roads meet and the people fight with god (Where we meet, I am not the one mainly worshipped by those who struggle with god - I don't think we're in egypt anymore). It is here that the head shall cause the final capitalization."
This one was the killer. Sakura understood it just fine, but it threw nearly all you for a loop.
It's Israel.
It's where three roads meet (Christendom, Judaeism and Islam) and where the people "struggle with god" (the English translation of Israel). The final capitalization changes the lower-case "l" to an upper-case "L".

I admit it was a hard puzzle. Obviously too hard, or somebody would have entered... or maybe people worked from the wrong angle. Who knows?

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Noo, I had everything except number four.

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Closed 13 years ago by OGrady.