My Observations

The Mountain

Episode 2

Physical Items

  • Exegesis of Elucidation
  • Handwritten Note
  • Labyrinth Weaver
  • Letter from Frederick
  • Meditation Card with Pin
  • Patterned Print
  • Secrets of the Labyrinth Weaver
  • Veridical Codex Lux

Websites

  • Radiant Mountain
  • Radiant Mountain Survivors

Physical Items

Exegesis of Elucidation

Observation

The design I created with the green "wheel" using the labyrinth weaver doesn't match any of the designs on the Elucidation, but it is closest to the second one.


See Figure 1

Figure 1
Figure 1

Handwritten Note

Observation #1

This was stuck into the Veridical Codex Lux book.

Observation #2

The key to solving this puzzle is "six senses forward". Shift all letters forward by 6.

Observation #3

The resulting message reads:

  • "Upon this foundation we grow to the soaring sweet song from the harp of the dawn as an endless bright lightning burns sky to the earth while the fauna and ferns wish their true names be hidden to all but the raven."

Labyrinth Weaver

Observation #1

Wow, I haven't seen one of these things since I was a kid!

Observation #2

Use any size "wheel" you wish. Place it in one of the bigger openings, flush with the edge. Place the tip of a pen or pencil in any hole and push the "wheel" in a circular motion around the edge of the hole to create a pattern.

  • Compare your patterns to the ones provided in the "Exegesis of Elucidation".

Letter from Frederick

Observation #1

According to this letter, we are now officially a Deer and part of the cult!

Observation #2

What are the consequences of accessing information above our status?

Meditation Card with Pin

Observation #1

This includes the Deer pin referenced in Frederick's letter.

Observation #2

The card directs us to a website, and instructs us to enter the code "ANTLER".

Observation #3

Going to this website leads us to an audio file.

Patterned Print

Observation #1

MY EYES! MY EYES!

Observation #2

In the Deer Meditation, Rachel instructs us to look at this pattern.

Observation #3

Scanning the barcode on the back with an app on my phone came up with:

  • "Unmake the world"

Secrets of the Labyrinth Weaver

Observation

This explains how to use the labyrinth weaver.

Veridical Codex Lux

Observation #1

I hope this isn't meant for a book cipher...

Observation #2

This book references the tree and True Name concept from the "Lost in the Labyrinth" page from The Woods Episode 5.

Observation #3

On page 19, what kind of dates are those?

  • Are the other dates codes as well?

Observation #4

The clue to what we can unlock on the Radiant Mountain Survivors blog can be found in this book.

Observation #5

So... this is a book cipher... Great...

Observation #6

The "dates" on pages 18 and 19 represent the page number (first number) and a word on that page (second number).

  • 3/2 = The
  • 11/4 = Raven
  • 9/30 = is
  • 9/31 = not
  • 3/22 = eternal
  • 7/13 = and
  • 11/105 = will
  • 11/144 = be
  • 11/145 = unmade
  • 9/48 = without
  • 3/36 = face

Observation #7

The message reads:

  • "The Raven is not eternal and will be unmade without face."

Websites

Radiant Mountain

Observation #1 - Deer Meditation

Password:

  • ANTLER

Observation #2 - Deer Meditation

Rachel instructs us to look at the patterned print while listening. (BRAINWASHING!)

  • At the 4:03 marker, the ominous voice says, "Listen."
  • At 5:21, the voice says something indecipherable.
  • At 6:57, the voice says, "I will walk the path."
  • At 7:33, the voice says, "Welcome."

Observation #3 - Deer Meditation

Throughout this audio, Rachel's voice becomes strained.

  • What's going on?
  • Wouldn't it be something if this was Rachel Scalione from Hunt a Killer's Awakening Episode 1 and the reason Jacob Nilson took over as inspector is because Rachel joined Radiant Mountain?

Observation #4 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey)  Question 1. What is your purpose as a Deer?

Correct Answer: B - To obey and serve as the Family's foundation

Observation #5 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey)  Question 2. What will be your purpose as a Sparrow?

Correct Answer: D - To recruit and help the Family grow

Observation #6 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey)  Question 3. What action best describes your Soul?

Correct Answer: A - Soaring

Observation #7 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey)  Question 4. What Divine instrument helps the Sparrow sing?

Correct Answer: B - The Harp of Dawn

Observation #8 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 5. When did the Gilded Oak first come to be?

Correct Answer: C - The Era of Endless Lightning

Observation #9 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 6. Who is the Glorious Paragon who made an engine of the light?

Correct Answer: B - William, called by the name of the fern

Observation #10 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 7. Who can control the Divine Power?

Correct Answer: A - No one

Observation #11 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 8. What will grant you power and dominion over a creature?

Correct Answer: C - The creature's True Name

Observation #12 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 9. What is your True Name?

Correct Answer: B - My True name is still hidden to me

Observation #13 - Gealog (Sparrow Survey) → Question 10. Who is the one True guide you must obey above all others?

Correct Answer: D - The Raven

Radiant Mountain Survivors

Observation #1

Password:

  • DT8996

Observation #2 - News and Media → Starting to Gain Some Traction

The first poster mentions "Thomas, who lit the world".

Observation #3 - News and Media → Starting to Gain Some Traction

On page 16 of the Veridical Codex Lux, Thomas's True name was heath. This is the password needed to gain access to the documentary video.

Observation #4 - News and Media → RM Documentary Video

Password:

  • heath

Observation #5 - News and Media → RM Documentary Video

Clicking on the link below the video (posted by our friend) leads us to the Sparrow Survey.