The Secret
From LostRing
164.109.150.213
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Is this "the secret"?
(lovingly coined the 'omphaputer' by Weezel)
- Revealed by Eli Hunt on March 11th by email
- Located at: http://164.109.150.213
- The site was found by Eli Hunt with the help of a code in a book. See origin.
- The site is multi-lingual
- The longer the page is viewed, the more dots appear to fly in and land at various places (populated areas?) on earth's continents, forming a transparent rotating world.
- The look of the earth after some time seems similar to the satellite image of the earth at night (lights showing populated areas).
- Occasionally, red, green, yellow dots can be seen on the map.
- For WhoIs information about the website/IP and its mirror site, see the discussion page
Command Reference
- For an exhaustive list of commands, please see the Omphaputer command reference
Omphalos commands
- red and green dots are occasionally seen flying in to land at points on the globe.
- The locations have some significance.
- Red dots are inactive omphaloi
- Green dots are apparently locations of omphaloi that have been activated.
- Green dots turn yellow after an artifact is recovered.
- Unidentified red/green dot locations (very rough approximations):
- none at the moment (Mar 16)
The Omphaloi have been determined to give vectos to the locations of special artifacts (see Artifacts for contents of each location)
Omphalos procedure
- (SITE) a red dot flies into the rotating world map
- (PLAYERS) somehow we identify the location (city or place) of that dot
- (PLAYERS) that placename is entered into the command prompt (e.g. DONGYING)
- (SITE) if the location has a red dot, the system returns Pending artifact confirmation
- (SITE) if the location has a green dot, the system returns a confirmation and an omphalos-code direction (e.g. Navigate 3969 Hera 8 degrees.)
- (SITE) if the location has a red dot, the system returns Pending artifact confirmation
- (PLAYERS) we use the omphalos-code direction to identify another location (city or place)
- (PLAYERS) that second placename is combined with the first and entered at the command prompt (e.g. STEPHENVILLE/AUSTIN)
- (SITE) the system returns Artifact location identified. and three lines that specify the location of the artifact
- (PLAYERS) we recover the artifact, we get a code, which, when input to the command line unlocks a PDF of the chapter of Codex of the Lost Ring
- (SITE) the system makes a second artifact location available, as in step 3
- (PLAYERS) rinse and repeat from step 4
- (SITE) the dot changes to yellow, presumably when both artifacts are recovered
(from http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24732&start=300)
Omphalos 1 - Stephenville, Newfoundland
- rangerd discovered the first location, for the green dot: Stephenville, Newfoundland.
- Command: STEPHENVILLE
Omphalos 1 identified. Navigate 20478 Scorpio 24 degrees.
- This leads to #1A, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
- Command: STEPHENVILLE vector updated to read:
Navigate 20478 Taurus 0.
- This leads to #1B, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
Artifact 1A
- Approx. 3890km (20478 stadia) from Stephenville, NL is Cardiff. Ariock determined the format for entering the result
- Command: STEPHENVILLE/CARDIFF
Artifact location identified. City Hall Entrance Hall Bureau Affixed underside top drawer
Artifact 1B
- paulpark03 identified Austin, TX as another location approx. 3890km (20478 stadia) from Stephenville, NL
- Command: STEPHENVILLE/AUSTIN
Artifact location identified. History Center Reading Room "Life of Sam Houston" Reference Shelf 4th Row 2nd Shelf From Top
- Artifact 1B was recovered on March 15 by jasper
Omphalos 2 - Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
- Command: RIBNITZ/DAMGARTEN
Omphalos 2 identified. Navigate 3586 Hephaestus 2 degrees
- This leads to #2A, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
- Command: RIBNITZ/DAMGARTEN vector updated to read:
Navigate 3586 Athena 22.
- This leads to #2B, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
Artifact 2A
- dante identified Stockholm as another location approx. 681km (3586 stadia) from Ribnitz-Damgarten
- Command: RIBNITZ/DAMGARTEN/STOCKHOLM
Artifact location identified. City Mission Bread Store "Brave and Bold" Above Cakes Empty Shelf
- Artifact 2A was recovered on March 17 by Jooon
Artifact 2B
- Bruxelles, Belgium was identified as the location approx. 681km (3586 stadia) from Ribnitz-Damgarten
- Command: RIBNITZ/DAMGARTEN/BRUXELLES
Casa Manuel Main room Brick Wall Righthand side of bar Behind ink etching
- Artifact 2B was recovered by an unknown person, who left a note allowing its contents to be recovered on March 25 by Chid12
Omphalos 3 - Dongying, China
- sapagoo identified Dongying, China as a location, now known as Omphalos #3.
- Command: DONGYING
Omphalos 3 identified. Navigate 3969 Hera 8 degrees.
- This lead to #3A, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
- Command: DONGYING vector updated to read:
Pending...
- This will lead to #3B
Artifact 3A
- Approx. 754km (3969 stadia) from Dongying is Shanghai
- Command: DONGYING/SHANGHAI
Cottons Bar Patio Stone Lion Octagon Empty Rock
- Artifact 3A was recovered on March 16 by Mara and L'el
Artifact 3B
- N/A ("pending" message appears under the 3A "recovered" message)
Omphalos 4 - Lunglei, India
- [M] discovered a red location: Lunglei, India.
- Command: LUNGLEI
Omphalos #4 identified. Navigate 47847 Hestia 14 degrees.
- This leads to #4A, and now labeled as "RECOVERED"
- Command: LUNGLEI was update with a new vector
Navigate 47847 Athena degrees 18.
- This leads to #4B
Artifact 4A
- Approx. 9043km (47847 stadia) from Lunglei is Sydney
- Command: LUNGLEI/SYDNEY
AMP Lobby Olympic Torches Inside tubular support
- Artifact 4A was recovered on March 17 by a friend of mr.judkins'.
Artifact 4B
- Approx. 9043km (47847 stadia) from Lunglei is Johannesburg
- Command: LUNGLEI/JOHANNESBURG
Aukland Park Boekehuis Behind lecturn Inside fireplace (G)reen porcelain tiles Cast iron cover, inside an envelope
- Artifact 4B is as yet unrecovered.
Omphalos 5 - Boise, USA
- j5 discovered a red location: Boise, USA.
- Command: BOISE
Omphalos identified. Navigate 4473 Hermes 25 degrees
- This leads to #5A
Artifact 5A
- Approx. 845km (4473 stadia) from Boise is Vancouver
- Command: BOISE/VANCOUVER
Segal Vault Level #125 30 15 28 Ceiling, in an envelope
- Artifact 5A is as yet unrecovered.
Artifact 5B
- N/A
Omphalos 6 - New Delhi, India
- Command: NEW/DELHI (India)
Omphalos identified. Navigate 31639 Scorpio 22 degrees
- This leads to #6A
Artifact 6A
- Approx. 5853km (31639 stadia) from New Delhi is Tokyo
- Command: NEW/DELHI/TOKYO
Hibi Building 3-20 Ogawa-machi Kanda Bottom left mailbox Ceiling
- Artifact 6A was recovered on March 26 by unagi, Lunch, and QED
Artifact 6B
- N/A
Omphalos 7 pending - Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Command: PORTO/ALEGRE
Pending artifact confirmation
Artifact document commands
- Entering a valid code gives the response
Key confirmed. Transfer initiated.
- The first part of the retrival command is esperanto "PRUVODEREHAVIGO" - proof of reception.
- As per the code found on the Cardiff artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO AI7P/I5DB/J2L4/N2IR/I80T - gives the link to Artifact document 1A
- As per the code found on the Austin artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO JR01/SPL7/AG2I/JR28/1FB7 - gives the link to Artifact document 1B
- As per the code found on the Stockholm artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO 25MC/I2YJ/LAH5/I8MR/R72S - gives the link to Artifact document 2A
- As per the code found on the Shanghai artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO MB53/24NK/33A4/Z472/KAV3 - gives the link to Artifact document 3A
- As per the code found on the Sydney artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO 9JRL/ADIM/I0OC/JMC2/KMHI - gives the link to Artifact document 4A
- As per the code found on the Bruxelles artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO JKC7/C8JB/5ARH/MBM2/3ITE - gives the link to Artifact document 2B
- As per the code found on the Bruxelles artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO R8KP/HJD2/BN2M/EWV3/7JAA - will give the link to Artifact document 5A
- As per the code found on the Tokyo artifact, entering
- PRUVODEREHAVIGO C6FB/C7ER/333G/8R2A/XV7Q - will give the link to Artifact document 6A