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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)
- Scouring the internet, from youtube to social networking sites for non-English speakers, we found others who were also seeking help figuring out who they are and why they woke up with tattoos they do not understand. We find the homepages of Markus, Diego, MeiHui, Lucie, and Noriko. They've all awoken in labyrinths of different sizes or styles. We help them get in contact with each other, but the language barrier proves difficult.
- We dig deeper into the circumstances of their awakenings, and 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 discovers she is quite adept at learning T'ai Chi - surprisingly so; mastering over a hundred poses in less than a week. Doing a little research reveals 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).
- Someone named Larissa leaves a message on Ariadne's blog, saying she knew a person four years ago, Renata, who was also an amnesiac on a strange mission. Renata went missing, and now all Larissa has of Renata's is a necklace.
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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.
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Chapter 4: Find the secret...
(March 11 - March 12)
- Having convinced Eli to share his research with Ariadne, he comes to acknowledge that there is a growing community of people who are fervently dedicated to helping Ariadne. After completing his lecture in Cardiff and releasing his third podcast about "The Omphalos Code", he releases a hidden podcast, a confession entitled "The Secret Artifact". In it, he describes a small bronze statue he discovered in his research - but shares for the first time that it wasn't just a statue.
- Inside was a piece of paper on which was written a message, in English. He kept this paper to himself. "When the time comes, there will be no more time..." it started. "As you wait for the six, " it later said, "you can build a House of Salomon." This is what Eli has been doing with his years of research. He sent an email to those he'd conversed with including a link to the "omphaputer" - a secret website located at 164.109.150.213.
- The secret website is analyzed to pieces. It contains a rotating globe of dots of varying shades from blue to white. A prompt appears if a key is pressed, and soon a list of possible commands is made. The command "Agonothetai" indicates that a code needs to be entered with a biostat to 'authenticate'. Using information Monica shared about her uncle's findings, the number 696 was found to be important - this year being the 696th 4-year olympiad period since the first Greek olympics. Using the attributes the six saw in their visions with the suffix "696" indicates that a biostat is still required - the ring finger length and the resting heart rate. After asking the six for these stats, each were authenticated and became 'active'.
- Monica's story about her uncle' grandfather, and the postcard left behind for her appears to Larissa very similar to what she knows of Renata, having also written on the backs of postcards with numbers and words. She shares her feeling that Renata may be, or may have been, attempting to retrieve a "codex" of the lost ring.
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Chapter 5: Recover the Codex...
(March 13 - March 17)
- summary
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Chapter 6: Discover your strength...
(March 18 - March 24)
- summary
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Chapter 7: We're not alone...
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)
- summary
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)
- summary
- Diego: Codex del Anillo Perdido: Capítulo 6 // Codex of the Lost Ring: Chapter 6 (link)
- summary
- Larissa: A viagem de Diego // Diego's trip (link)
- summary
- Larissa: Outra página do "Lost Ring Codex" achada em Shangai // Another page of "Lost Ring Codex" found in Shanghai (link)
- summary
- Boise/Vancouver and New Delhi/Tokyo Artifacts have been recovered, leading to Codex chapters seven and eight.
- Both were found inside a Western Maryland Railway Company envelope.
- Both were found inside a Western Maryland Railway Company envelope.
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
- She describes this chapter as providing the rules of the Sport.
- Interestingly, she also includes a photo of the Western Maryland Railway Co. envelope, and wonders what its significance is...
- Lucie: Le Codex de Bruxelles! // The Brusells Codex! (link)
- summary
- Larissa: Alguém roubou o artefato do quarto da Ariadne! // Someone stole the 4th Artifact from Ariadne! (link)
- summary
- summary
- Diego: Codex del Anillo Perdido: ¡3 nuevos capítulos! // Codex of the Lost Ring: 3 new chapters! (link)
- summary
March 28
- Larissa: Cap. 5 - Sidney - Preparando o Labirinto Humano // Chapter 5 - Sydney - Preparing the human labyrinth (link)
- summary
- Thanks are given to the team who recovered the Tokyo artifact.
- She points out how the chapter discusses traveling between parallel worlds through the labyrinths.
- She comments on the sheer size of the illustrations, and their capacity to help us understand why the Lost Sport was played.
- She also wonders what has happened to Chapters 9 and 10.
- 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)
- With a lot of uncertainty, she was eventually able to get in to her uncle's grandfather Alfredo's house and examine some of his nothing.
- Nothing stood out however, and wants to know if we have any idea of what she should be looking for.
- Eli Hunt's 4th podcast "The Labyrinth" is made available at TheLostGames.com
- summary
- Ariadne: Let's play the Lost Sport (link) (includes new video)
- summary
Chapter 8: Uniting for a common goal...
March 29
- Markus is now in Cardiff together with Ariadne. He is learning English.
- MeiHui: 又有部份的遗失圆环经典被找到了!!!三章喔!!! // Part of the lost ring have been found! three chapters! (link)
- She announces the discovery of three more chapters of the Codex (7, 8 and 11), and wonders why 9 and 10 seem to have been skipped over.
- Blog readers are invited to discuss the chapters in the forum, and download the high-res versions.
- Larissa: Capítulo 6 - O Labirinto Humano // The Human Labyrinth (link)
- summary
- Larissa: Achado em Vancouver o Capítulo 7 // Chapter 7 found in Vancouver (link)
- She suggests this seventh chapter is the end of our instructions in running labyrinth.
- Larissa: Os labirintos podem nos conectar com outras dimensões!?! // Can we connect the labyrinths with other dimensions?! (link)
- An introduction of Chapter 8 of the codex, about the multiverse.
March 30
- Noriko: イーライ ハント氏のポッドキャスト5 // Eli's 5th podcast (link)
- An introduction to Eli's fifth podcast - The Labyrinth, and considers Japanese translations of the correct term for them.
- She feels this chapter is the last to explain how to play the Lost Sport. She suggests it's now time to learn the rules and start training.
- She suggests this chapter shows how the labyrinths can connect us to the various "dimensions" of our reality... the "multiverse".
- She introduces chapter 11, says Ariadne believes it will help us understand why the ancient Greeks practiced the Lost Sport, and asks for someone to translate it into French.
- summary
- summary
- MeiHui: 全新的我?The whole new me? (link) (new video)
- summary
- summary
March 31
- summary
- Markus: updated Mein Tagebuch // My Diary (link)
- The Omphaloi in Dongying and Porto Alegre each had a pending vector activated - leading to 2 new Artifact locations on 164.109.150.213.
- Porto Alegre #1 - Navigate 4596 Athena 23 degrees.
- Dongying #2 - Navigate 3969 Ares 29 degrees.
- Dongying/Seoul and Porto Alegre/Buenos Aires Artifacts have been identified, with their pickup instructions
- Ariadne: We found a new artifact in Buenos Aires! (And welcome to our mission!) (link)
- summary
- Lucie: Un rêve étrange!! besoin de vous! // Strange dream!! I need you! (link)
- summary
- The Buenos Aires artifact has been retrieved, giving us chapter 10 of the Codex
- Larissa: O novo podcast de Eli Hunt sobre os labirintos // New podcast from Eli Hunt on labyrinths (link) (new video)
- summary
- MeiHui: 我们布宜诺斯艾利斯找到新的文件囉!(欢迎你加入我们的行列!) // We found a new document in Buenos Aires! (Welcome if you're joining us!) (link)
- summary
April 1
- Ariadne's strength changed to Dikaiosune (exact DATE unknown!)
- Noriko: 最初のビデオから約1ヶ月。。。ですね。 // The first video for a month... (link) (new video)
- summary
- Noriko: 約1ヵ月。。。パート2 // About a month... Part 2 (link) (new video)
- summary
- Diego: Codex del Anillo Perdido: Capítulo 10 // Chapter 10 (link)
- summary
- Markus: Wir Müssen Lernen // We must learn (link) (new video)
- He talks about that they now have a mission
- He also encourage us to train and to learn the rules of the lost sport
- He is worried about MeiHui, because she only speaks Chinese.
- Additionally he hopes, that Theo will not pop up again (Theo was the reason why he joined Ariadne)
- Larissa: O capítulo 10 foi encontrado em Buenos Aires. // Chapter 10 found in Buenos Aires (link)
- summary
April 2
- summary
- Diego: El viaje a Brasil // The trip to Brazil (link)
- summary
- Sofia: New Mission. Investigate the "run graph"
- Thumos: New Mission. Practice running the labyrinth pattern!
- Thumos: New Mission. Practice running the labyrinth pattern!
- Chariton: New Mission. Find the Seoul artifact!
- Dikaiosune: New Mission. Organize lost sport training events!
- Sophrosune: New Mission. Help Diego, Lucie, and Meihui on their missions!
- Mythopoeia: New Mission. Create a labyrinth "cheat sheet"!
April 3
- The Omphaloi in Boise, Porto Alegre, and New Delhi each had a pending vector activated - leading to 3 new Artifact locations on 164.109.150.213.
- Boise #2 - Navigate 4473 Athena 10 degrees
- Porto Alegre #2 - Navigate 4596 Hephaestus 2 degrees
- New Delhi #2 - Navigate 31639 Apollo 29 degrees
- Boise/San Francisco, Porto Alegre/Sao Paolo, and New Delhi/Copenhagen Artifacts have been identified, with their pickup instructions
- The Seoul, Sao Paolo, and San Francisco artifacts have been retrieved, giving us chapter 9, chapter 12 and chapter 14 of the Codex
- Diego: Las Visiones // The Visions (link)
- summary
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 6 // Codex: Chapter 6 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Die Anderen Kapitel // The other chapters (link)
- Asks for people translating the found chapters
- ThaJinx learned in school about the Delphi Omphalos, and at the behest of Ariadne, shared about the omphalos and its history
April 4
- The Copenhagen artifact has been retrieved, giving us chapter 13 of the Codex (direct link)
- chapter 13 summary
- chapter 13 summary
- summary
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- Diego: 3 nuevos capítulos del Codex // 3 new chapters of the Codex (link)
- summary
- Diego: Geografía Paralela // Parallel geography (link)
- summary
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 7 // Codex: Chapter 7 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 8 // Codex: Chapter 8 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 9 // Codex: Chapter 9 (link)
- The German translation and the wish people would use more his forum.
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 10 // Codex: Chapter 10 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 11 // Codex: Chapter 11 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Der Codex: Kapitel 12 // Codex: Chapter 12 (link)
- Just the German translation
- Markus: Wie Man Das Labyrinth Bildet // How to build the labyrinth (link)
- posts a link to the video how the walls should move.
- summary
April 5
- Monica's second visit to her aunt , posted on the findthelostring.com forums (link)
- Monica's photos are attached to the message.
- Monica's photos are attached to the message.
- Monica emailed Tenchizard Monica's photos in better quality (full text)
- Larissa: Não sei o que pensar.... // (link)
- Markus: Haben Wir Vielleicht Etwas Wichtiges Verpasst?! // Have we perhaps missed something important?! (link)
- Markus found an additional hint at the Cardiff pick-up loacation. A painting of "Hercules and Omphale".
- He assumes that on all pick-up locations such a second hint could be found.
- He suggests to go back to the locations again.