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:We find out more details about the attire each wore when they woke up - various kinds of blindfolds, athletic clothing, shoes. They're having [[Meihui/Chat/20080303-3|dreams]], of [[Diego/Chat/20080303-3|curves]], lines, patterns. Ariadne is quite adept at learning T'ai Chi - surprisingly so. With a little research, it's thought that her skill can be attributed to 'kinesthetic memory' - muscle memory (she doesn't remember anything, but her body remembers what it's good at). | :We find out more details about the attire each wore when they woke up - various kinds of blindfolds, athletic clothing, shoes. They're having [[Meihui/Chat/20080303-3|dreams]], of [[Diego/Chat/20080303-3|curves]], lines, patterns. Ariadne is quite adept at learning T'ai Chi - surprisingly so. With a little research, it's thought that her skill can be attributed to 'kinesthetic memory' - muscle memory (she doesn't remember anything, but her body remembers what it's good at). | ||
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- | :Larissa is found, not being one of the amnesiacs herself, but knowing a person four years ago who was - [[Renata]]. But all she has of Renata's is [[Larissa/080306-id1099|a necklace she gave her]]. Renata has been missing since. | + | :[[Larissa]] is found, though not being one of the amnesiacs herself, she knew a person four years ago who was - [[Renata]]. All she has of Renata's is [[Larissa/080306-id1099|a necklace she gave her]]. Renata has been missing since. |
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Timeline
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(in chronological order)
Prologue
(February 29)
DancingKids' package
- Packages including memorabilia related to the 1920 Summer Olympics are delivered to a number of people around the world. Contained inside are postcards, a poster and a ball of yarn. Written on the backs of the postcards are the following messages:
- March 3, 2008
- Find her...
- March 4, 2008??
- Find the others...
- March 5, 2008??
- Find him...
- March 11, 2008??
- Find the secret...
- August 24, 2008
- Save the world.
- Inside the ball of yarn is a piece of paper that includes a reference to Findthelostring.com. All the website contains at this point, however, is a message to Ariadne explaining that the site is being worked on, and should be up first thing Monday morning... signed, "Kai"
Chapter 1: Find her...
(through March 3)
- Findthelostring.com goes live on the 3rd of March, to reveal the blog of a woman named Ariadne. Through a series of posts, she explains her unusal situation.
- On the 12th February, Ariadne awakes finding herself in the centre of a corn maze (labyrinth) near Johannesburg, South Africa. She's wearing blindfold-like goggles and stretchy workout clothes. On her arm is a tattoo which reads "trovu la ringon perditan", Esperanto for "find the lost ring". Discovered alone in the maze with no memory, she's taken to a hospital where she spends a week under watchful eyes. The doctors' analysis shows there's nothing wrong with her, other than having an extremely rare amnesia, and a body in excellent Olympic-caliber condition.
- While in the hospital, Ariadne meets Kai, a San Francisco based "technology whiz kid" on an adventure holiday. Fascinated with her story, he takes her under his wing. Before leaving Johannesburg, he sets her up with a month's rent and a laptop computer. He also sets up her blog and website, and suggests more features will be added.
- Since being found, the same recurring dreams plague her each night. In the first dream, she relives the moment she awoke in the labyrinth, but the second is something new. She finds herself surrounded by five other pairs of blindfold goggles, and picks them up one by one. By the time she has all six pairs she is finally calm again. She thinks this may be a message, maybe from her subconscious memory.
- Finally she shares a video blog, summing up the other entries. There have been absolutely no leads as to her identity or history, friends or family. She asks whether anyone recognises her, and if they have any ideas to let her know.
...( Read the detailed list of events )
Chapter 2: Find them...
(March 3 - March 5)
- People discover around the internet a number of others who are also seeking help about their situation - the tattoo in another language, their amnesia, and general disorientation. Homepages of Markus, Diego, MeiHui, and Noriko are found. They've all awoken in labyrinths, but of different sizes or styles. They're helped to get in contact with each other, but the language barrier is proving difficult.
- We find out more details about the attire each wore when they woke up - various kinds of blindfolds, athletic clothing, shoes. They're having dreams, of curves, lines, patterns. Ariadne is quite adept at learning T'ai Chi - surprisingly so. With a little research, it's thought that her skill can be attributed to 'kinesthetic memory' - muscle memory (she doesn't remember anything, but her body remembers what it's good at).
- Larissa is found, though not being one of the amnesiacs herself, she knew a person four years ago who was - Renata. All she has of Renata's is a necklace she gave her. Renata has been missing since.
...( Read the detailed list of events )
Chapter 3: Find him...
(March 5 - March 10)
- Ariadne suggests doing more research on the Olympic Games. So we look at the Official Olympic Games site. Mostly innocuous-looking... but what's that on the lower left-hand corner? A banner linking to a podcast series on "The Lost Games: Ancient Olympic Mysteries." Perhaps the Lost Games have something to do with the Lost Ring...
- The Lost Games site turns out to be full of intriguing ancient trivia. But what's even more intriguing is the FAQ with historian Eli Hunt, especially the last item:
- Q: How do I find the lost ring?
- A: For the last time, I have no idea what you're talking about.
- It is clear that this man knows more than he lets on. We plead with him to tell us more. At first he denies knowing anything about the matter, and even after we explain to him about the six amnesiacs he refuses to do more than hint that the mystery is too dangerous to look into.
- But he does let slip that he has an upcoming lecture in Cardiff. Ariadne jumps on this information as an opportunity to confront Mr. Hunt in person (see trailer III). She succeeds in persuading Mr. Hunt to share his secret-- which leads us to the omphaputer.
...( Read the detailed list of events )
Chapter 4: Find the secret...
(March 11 - March 12)
- summary
...( Read the detailed list of events )
Chapter 5: Recover the secret...
March 13
- The first Omphalos location was identified on 164.109.150.213 (the location of the green dot)
- rangerd identified the location along the coast of Newfoundland as STEPHENVILLE, a command recognized by the interface. The response was a navigation coordinate: 20478 Scorpio 24 degrees.
- Noriko: 歴史学者のハントさんと、秘密のサイト / Eli Hunt's secret site (link) (includes new video)
- She went to The secret and inputs Sophrosune696 and her biostats.
- She wonders about the purpose of the site, where it got her data and who runs this site.
- Larissa: A confissão de Eli (link) (includes new video)
- Larissa talks mainly about the [Secret Artifact].
- She wonders why it is in English and where are the ones who put it at the ancient Olympic site.
- She says she understands now, that the others have amnesia because of the water of Lethe.
- She also understands now, why Renata was not allowed to speak with her about all those things.
- Markus: Eli Hunt's Geheime Webseite (link) (includes new video)
- He went to The secret and inputs Thumos696 and his biostats.
- He wonders about the purpose of the site, where it got his data and who runs this site.
- Monica uploads a new 2 part video (1, 2) commenting about recent discoveries, and that Neptune's Fountain may hold some clues.
- The first Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213 following the instructions given by Omphalos #1
March 14
- Seems he's hoping he's harder to recognize by 'the people behind this thing'. And includes a small photo of his new hair.
- Ariadne: We have proof! But what does it mean?? (link) (includes new video)
- Ariadne: Look what I found: Weird hidden documents! (link) (includes images of 2 pages at the Cardiff artifact location)
- Ariadne has picked up artifact #1 from Cardiff, revealing a message from Jorge and his circle of six who suffered a similar set of circumstances long ago. We are charged to help find all 27 chapters of the Codex of the Lost Ring, in order to save help our six amnesiacs save the world. This is page 1 & 2, Ch. 1.
March 15
- Another Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213. Dongying became active as Omphalos #3
- A full high-quality document of the pages Ariadne found was discovered to be downloadable from 164.109.150.213 by entering its confirmation code.
- 164.109.150.213 provides a PDF download of the 2 pages by entering the confirmation codes found at the end of the 2nd page.
- Another Artifact location was discovered on 164.109.150.213. The Stephenville omphalos added a new vector.
- The STEPHENVILLE Omphalos was updated with a 2nd artifact vector. Approximately 20478 stadia Taurus 0 from Stephenville is Austin, TX.
- The second artifact was recovered from the Austin location.
- jasper has picked up artifact #2 from Austin, revealing two more pages (Ch. 2) of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- The full document of Austin's artifact is downloadable from 164.109.150.213 by entering its confirmation code (or use this link).
March 16
- Eli Hunt emailed several people about the origin of the secret (full text)
- Years ago Eli Hunt has found a book in the national library in Athens that led him to 164.109.150.213. People received images of different pages from this book with handwritten notes.
- Aridane posts the 2nd chapter of the codex of the lost ring and started a new forum thread. Ariadne calls the Omphalos location site the "ompha-puter"!
- Diego memory was triggered by several events and he will begin a "geographical journey".
- The third artifact was recovered from the Shanghai location. The code was relayed for direct download (link) from the Omphaputer.
- Mara and L'el coordinated a pick up of artifact #3 from Shanghai, providing Ch. 4 of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- Another Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213. Ribnitz-Damgarten became active as Omphalos #2, leading to Stockholm
March 17
- Ariadne posts the 3rd chapter of the codex of the lost ring and started a new forum thread.
- Ariadne posts the 4th chapter of the codex of the lost ring and started a new forum thread.
- Ariadne advises closer consideration of the notes Eli found, and what kind of connection there is to the New Atlantis.
- The 4th artifact was recovered from the Stockholm location. The code was relayed for direct download (link) from the Omphaputer.
- Jooon coordinated a pick up of artifact #4 from Stockholm, providing Ch. 3 of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- She wants us to build a Personality Test from the Codex ch.2 found in Cardiff.
March 18
- Lost Ring Trailer #3 is now available for watching and downloading on TheLostRing.com
- Eli Hunt emailed Lysithea about the meaning of Charis (full text)
- He confess that he has more information about the 6 strenghts.
- Lucie has not seen all Codex pages and wants French translations.
- Lucie talks about the Lost Ring Codex and provides links to the artefacts which have been found.
- Another Artifact location was discovered on 164.109.150.213. The Ribnitz-Damgarten omphalos added a new vector.
- The RIBNITZ/DAMGARTEN Omphalos was updated with a 2nd artifact vector. Approximately 3586 stadia Athena 22 from Ribnitz-Damgarten is Bruxelles, Belgium.
- Another Artifact location was identified on 164.109.150.213. Lunglei became active as Omphalos #4, leading to Sydney
- New command for the secret found: run graph
- A new interactive graph will show up. At the top the Schrödinger Equation is shown.
March 19
- He provides a new image of the book with additional questions for the Personality Test.
- The 5th artifact was recovered from the Sydney location. The code was relayed for direct download (link) from the Omphaputer.
- mr.judkins coordinated a pick up of artifact #5 from Sydney, Australia, providing Ch. 5 of the Codex of the Lost Ring.
- He wants German translations of the codex.
- Markus feels his courage coming back and he says he doesn't want to hide anymore.
- The Bruxelles artifact is reported as recovered by the Omphaputer
- But no one has actually posted the code!
- Ariadne posts the chapter 5 of the codex of the lost ring and started a forum thread. She also asks about the missing but recovered Bruxelles artifact.
- She gives a short summary of the story so far.
- She gives a long :-) summary of the story so far.
- summary
- Ariadne emailed Elizabeth123 her answers to the Personality Test (full text)
- She filled out the test.
March 20
- The collage of the site Thelostring.com has changed.
- Araidne is now in the middle and the other fives are around her. All are connected.
- She gives a short summary of the story so far.
March 21
- He posted the German translation of the first chapter of the Codex of the lost ring. Nothing more!
- He posted the German translation of the second chapter of the Codex of the lost ring. Nothing more!
- He posted the German translation of the third chapter of the Codex of the lost ring. Nothing more!
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- MeiHui: 你的古传天赋是什么? Discover your Ancient Strength! (link) (includes new video)
- summary
- Ariadne's and all other blogs are now updated with the Personality Test, which helps determine which Ancient Strength you possess, and what tasks you could focus on. (quiz)
- Those 6 'attributes' that were discovered a while back attributed to our amnesiatic six now have a broader purpose - people can take a quiz, generated by the players, to determine which path to take in the game; which mysteries to solve, what help they can offer.
- Are you Sofia, Thumos, Chariton, Dikaiosune, Sophrosune, or Mythopoeia? Take the test (link) and find out!
March 22
- The collage of the site Thelostring.com has changed again.
- Some new photos included and Ariadne is not linked anymore directly to the other fives.
- summary
- Noriko: 古代の強さ(Strength)を、あなたの中に見出すテスト! // Take a test to discover your ancient strength! (link) (includes new video)
- Introduction to the Personality Test.
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- Lucie: le lost ring codex et les forces anciennes (link) (includes new video)
- Lucie emphasizes the importance of everyone identifying which of the 6 ancient forces is their strength
- Larissa: Façam o Teste de Personalidade! (link) (includes new video)
- She explains how the Codex of the lost ring has been found so far and that there was a Personality Test.
- She encourages people to make the test and even to make a video about their strengths.
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- Diego: El Codex y las 6 antiguas fortalezas (link) (includes new video)
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March 23
- Ariadne: A weird dream about an earthquake (link) (includes new video)
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- She introduces the portuguese translation for the first chapter of the Codex, and briefly comments it.
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March 24
- It has begun - the Olympic flame has been lit, and begins its 130 day tour around the world.
- "The Olympic flame lighting ceremony on Monday at the birthplace of Ancient Olympics launched the Olympic torch relay for the Beijing Games, which will last 130 days and cover 137,000 kilometers worldwide." (link)
- Noriko: イーライさんが見つけた不思議な走り書き // Eli has found a strange note (link)
- summary
- Larissa: Segundo Capítulo do "Lost Ring Codex" // Second chapter of the "Lost Ring Codex" (link)
- summary
- Larissa: Os documentos achados em Austin, TX // The documents found in Austin, TX (link)
- summary
- Someone named Theo broke into her room, stole the Cardiff artifact and left a warning note on a postcard. Ariadne ironically says she'll leave Cardiff, but then makes clear she's going to stay true to her destiny, although she says she'll understand if people don't help her anymore.
March 25
- Markus: Was Momentan Los Ist // What's currently lost (link) (includes video)
- He gives a short summary about the story so far and the personality test. He encourages people to make the test.
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 4 // The Codex: Chapter 4 (link)
- He posted the German translation of the fourth chapter of the Codex of the lost ring. Nothing more!
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 5 // The Codex: Chapter 5 (link)
- He posted the German translation of the fifth chapter of the Codex of the lost ring. Nothing more!
- Noriko: アリアドネのところに泥棒が。。。 // Ariadne was robbed...(link)
- summary
- Help!!!! I want to read it too!!!
- The Bruxelles Artifact has been finally found.
- Chid12 contacted Miguel Angel via facebook. Miguel went to the place and found the following message (original was in French):
- DOCUMENT RECOVERED
- I'll communicate the recovery code to Lucie and Ariadne.
- If you need it before, here it is
- JKC7/C8JB/5ARH/MBM2/3ITE
- The 6th chaper of the Codex of the lost ring could be directly downloaded (link) from the Omphaputer.
- Chid12 contacted Miguel Angel via facebook. Miguel went to the place and found the following message (original was in French):
- She posted the Chapter 6 of the Codex of the lost ring.
- She also requests a English-Mandarin translator for MeiHui - our Sofia!
- Larissa: Os Mestres Secretos do Anel // The Secret Ring Masters (link)
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March 26
- The Omphaloi in Lunglei, New Delhi, and Boise each had a pending vector activated - leading to 3 new Artifact locations on 164.109.150.213.
- New Delhi #1 - Navigate 31639 Scorpio 22 degrees
- Boise #1 - Navigate 4473 Hermes 25 degrees
- Lunglei #2 - Navigate 47847 Athena degrees 18
- Noriko: ブリュッセルの史書が見つかった! // Brussels artifact found! (link)
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- Diego: Codex del Anillo Perdido: Capítulo 6 // Codex of the Lost Ring: Chapter 6 (link)
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- Larissa: A viagem de Diego // Diego's trip (link)
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- Larissa: Outra página do "Lost Ring Codex" achada em Shangai // Another page of "Lost Ring Codex" found in Shanghai (link)
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- Boise/Vancouver and New Delhi/Tokyo Artifacts have been recovered, leading to Codex chapters seven and eight.
March 27
- The Lunglei/Johannesburg Artifact has been recovered, leading to Codex chapter eleven page one and two.
- Monica@Twitter: Intentando convencer a mi tía para que me deje entrar en la antigua casa de Alfredo. Misión 1: comprar una planta y una tarjeta de gatitos
- Trying to convince my aunt to let me go into the former home of Alfredo. Mission 1: buy a plant and a card kittens
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- Lucie: Le Codex de Bruxelles! // The Bruseels Codex! (link)
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- Larissa: Alguém roubou o artefato do quarto da Ariadne! // Someone stole the 4th Artifact from Ariadne! (link)
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- Diego: Codex del Anillo Perdido: ¡3 nuevos capítulos! // Codex of the Lost Ring: 3 new chapters! (link)
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March 28
- Larissa: Cap. 5 - Sidney - Preparando o Labirinto Humano // Chapter 5 - Sydney - Preparing the human labyrinth (link)
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- Markus@Twitter: markusmystery is learning english! it all coming back to me, like i knew it before
- Monica tells us about her visit to her aunt, posted on the findthelostring.com forums (link)
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- Eli Hunt's 4th podcast "The Labyrinth" is made available at TheLostGames.com
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- Ariadne: Let's play the Lost Sport (link) (includes new video)
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