Athos

I can't believe no one has done this scene as a vignette yet. Its the the prime archtype of Castle: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...tle/dragon1.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...tle/dragon2.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...tle/dragon3.jpg The whole castle gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=119056 Steve

Here's another thought. What if we took the scrabble point values for the letters? Maybe that might give us the combination? What do you think? Too far fetched? Also, once we get done with the poem book, lets retrace our steps and make sure we haven't missed anything. Also lets try the key in the basement gate too. Steve

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...h/gunfight1.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...h/gunfight2.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...h/gunfight3.jpg The whole "shootin' gallery": http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=136072 Steve

"...a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other's arms. Any attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless, and there, deep down in that dreadful cauldron of swirling water and seething foam, will lie for all time the most dangerous criminal and the foremost champion of the law of their generation." http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...nalproblem2.jpg Yes, I've started another vignette series. This time it comes from one of my favorite story series ever: Sherlock Holmes. Strangely enough, my first vignette comes from the story "The Final Problem." The whole gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=143660 The game is afoot! Steve

Where is the rest of our party? Did the killer get them too? Steve

Chair 1: Quail/Bird = O, U, W Chair 2: Feather = I Chair 3: no symbol = ____ Chair 4: Cup = C, K, Q, X Chair 5: Lion = L Chair 6: no symbol = ____ Hmmmm.... I got nothing. Damn stupid hieroglyphics >:( Steve

I'm pretty sure KALI is not the right word. Pete has been pretty adament about the word not being KALI. I'm going to theorize again that it might be ALKALI, if we double up some of the letters. Though it is not an easy word. Steve

I don't believe the word is KALI either, I just thought they might be the proper letters. It is, however, interesting to know that we might be wrong about the letters. I wonder if maybe the word is mispelled? The chalk board said he could not spell it, after all. Perhaps the word is KILA (Killer) or CILA (Cellar)? My other thought, was maybe the R and C are our missing letters? Finally, on the word subject, can anyone tell me what order the letters were in when they were presented to us? Lets take Pharoah's clothes off... no I'm not a pervert, there was just what seemed to be some unusual care in describing his clothes. Did Egyptians wear kilts? Steve

Blast! >:( I had an idea about the Pharoah, this weekend, but I was away from my computer, so I couldn't post it. Now I've forgotten it... Steve

KALI. I'm sure those letters are right. They added up to 33. Lets go back to the mural and see if the missing yellow paint went there too? I want to go back and scrape that paint off the extra island part too. We kind of forgot about that discrepancy after we found the key. Maybe the backwards eagle too... Steve

How about a closer inspection of the items in the drawer? Anyone remember anywhere we could use the spyglass? Steve

Well lets open that drawer then. Steve

Yes! I'd forgotten about that. Or maybe it opens the front door? Steve

My thoughts precisely... I wonder what everyone else's character is doing now. Standing around in comas? Steve

Excellent! Lets open that bedroom or maybe that locked gate. Steve

This has got to be the most action this game has seen in weeks :D What kind of material is it painted on? Steve

Lets scrape off the paint where the star should be? Or perhaps less drastically, can we take the painting off the wall? Steve

Well the only word I can come up with is from those four letters is Kail. Its an archaic name for a kind of cabbage. And I also note that Pete hasn't ruled on "Alkali" being the wrong word the way he did with other words. Steve

I wonder if there is an island or something attached to this mansion? The ships are reversed too... Steve

The missing one should be at the point of the shield. Is there any marking there? Steve

You're right. There are only 32 stars on there. It was xwingyoda who suggested there were 33 stars... maybe we could ask him. Steve

Yes. I'd expect that, since the poem was by EAR, not EAP. Could we check out the EAR books? Steve

It refers to a word which he couldn't spell. I wonder if it could be "union." That is the only word I see on the seal. Steve

I'd do it, but I doubt I'll be able to get my hands on any Viking sets before then. Steve

B-V-12D & B-V-12E Heres a vig to celebrate freak's new profession: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...tes/tattoo1.jpg Joe Vig has a bad reaction to a candy bar: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Athos/Vi...oeVig/skin1.jpg My entire vignette gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103910 Steve