Update?

[sarcinelli]

Found it in Defense Grid: http://vimeo.com/22063401

The music from that page links to an album on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ladder/id335809684#

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1 - Homeworld (The Ladder)
2 - It Will Be a God Day (The River)
3 - Lightning Strikes
4 - Can I?
5 - Face to Face
6 - If Only You Knew
7 - To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)
8 - Finally
9 - The Messenger
10 - New Language
11 - Nine Voices (Longwalker)

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Maybe it has something to do with that cryptic message:

Attention: File the following under 'Random Arbitrary Ramblings”.

Inscriptions of the Nile, where the unspeakable eldrich horror hide:

-A simple man: hideous toad and hairy bat (1)
-Dweller of the sky: mother in sea (1)
-Give your eye and bowl: mass far below, creator of life (1)
-Fibonacci digger: at graveyard, in gallery (2+4)
-Temptations's tongue fell off at hole: plateau of the octo-leg (1)
-The weights are in equilibrium: the gate (1+6)
-Feather walker gaze at meal: unstoppable and shapeless (1)
-Dual hooks and beams: many forms seek followers (8+9)
-Two more remain in plain sight.

Remember,

A certain permutation can form something encapsulating all,
but is not the answer.
The numerical order, where hidden trumps shown, must be used!

Do not gaze at the face! It is not of here, but should reside elsewhere.

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I'll check the lyrics from the tracks and see if there is something of interest...

[scarecrow007]

So does someone know the code for the rar folders?

[Francis York Morgan]

So does someone know the code for the rar folders?

I have a new lead I'm checking out, I'll keep you updated.

[scarecrow007]

So does someone know the code for the rar folders?

I have a new lead I'm checking out, I'll keep you updated.

You talkin about dreamzzzz?

[Francis York Morgan]

I contacted our elusive Mr. Larsson:

Re: I wish to aid your escape, Mr. Larsson
To: Francis York Morgan

Hard to post any more since the bastards are after me now... learned to type by mashing by hand stumps though, pretty nifty right?

I digress. Need to be quick.

Poked around in the cellar and found more notes. I hope they can be of help.

Quote:
"Beneath stairs, the key to a rare tome can be found. Paired with ancient symbols, letters lurk inside names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams."

"Omen, placed as gift for god of tumbling perfect shapes. It is of no use in our realm, but very much so in its."

"The murderer's victim spoke of riddles, the answers forming a greater whole. It could perhaps unlock boiling layers inside forgotten memories?"

No idea what it means, but perhaps u will? I have no more time, they are onto me and the bear-trap around my ankle is slowing me down.

/Thomas

Francis York Morgan Wrote:
Mr. Larsson,
Allow me, if you will, to aid your escape from the terrors you have seen; to put your mind at ease in a sense. I wish for nothing more than to see you freed, able to do to your hearts content what you will.

I'm having some difficulty locating your clues, Mr. Larsson, and I was hoping you could assist our (those of us who share my vision of you freed) search for your clues. Any assistance you can lend us will aid our search and bring you one step closer to freedom.

Agent Francis York Morgan & Zach

[scarecrow007]

I contacted our elusive Mr. Larsson:

Re: I wish to aid your escape, Mr. Larsson
To: Francis York Morgan

Hard to post any more since the bastards are after me now... learned to type by mashing by hand stumps though, pretty nifty right?

I digress. Need to be quick.

Poked around in the cellar and found more notes. I hope they can be of help.

Quote:
"Beneath stairs, the key to a rare tome can be found. Paired with ancient symbols, letters lurk inside names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams."

"Omen, placed as gift for god of tumbling perfect shapes. It is of no use in our realm, but very much so in its."

"The murderer's victim spoke of riddles, the answers forming a greater whole. It could perhaps unlock boiling layers inside forgotten memories?"

No idea what it means, but perhaps u will? I have no more time, they are onto me and the bear-trap around my ankle is slowing me down.

/Thomas

Francis York Morgan Wrote:
Mr. Larsson,
Allow me, if you will, to aid your escape from the terrors you have seen; to put your mind at ease in a sense. I wish for nothing more than to see you freed, able to do to your hearts content what you will.

I'm having some difficulty locating your clues, Mr. Larsson, and I was hoping you could assist our (those of us who share my vision of you freed) search for your clues. Any assistance you can lend us will aid our search and bring you one step closer to freedom.

Agent Francis York Morgan & Zach

I think ur on to something!

[Francis York Morgan]

I did a quick runthrough of the cellar archives again and hunted around in the water level a bit. Didn't see much, unfortunately. I'm going to work backwards for now.

[jaivyn]

Free DLC start at stair text
Hint from the Monster Origins? thread

[Francis York Morgan]

Updated Compendium of Knowledge:
Attention: File the following under 'Random Arbitrary Ramblings”.

Inscriptions of the Nile, where the unspeakable eldrich horror hide:

-A simple man: hideous toad and hairy bat (1)
-Dweller of the sky: mother in sea (1)
-Give your eye and bowl: mass far below, creator of life (1)
-Fibonacci digger: at graveyard, in gallery (2+4)
-Temptation's tongue fell off at hole: plateau of the octo-leg (1)
-The weights are in equilibrium: the gate (1+6)
-Feather walker gaze at meal: unstoppable and shapeless (1)
-Dual hooks and beams: many forms seek followers (8+9)
-Two more remain in plain sight.

Remember,

A certain permutation can form something encapsulating all,
but is not the answer.
The numerical order, where hidden trumps shown, must be used!

Do not gaze at the face! It is not of here, but should reside elsewhere.

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In the .dds files in amnesia, hidden in the alpha layers:


We must hurry it's not to late
What will that perfect Sphere bring
it will be the end of everything
the tattered yellow cane will be thrown
the pipers will call for us to dance
death shall move across the floor
they who borrow wait beneath
the skinless one is waking


Plummet though the ancient city


Note to HELPr:

Hard to post any more since the bastards are after me now... learned to type by mashing by hand stumps though, pretty nifty right?

I digress. Need to be quick.

Poked around in the cellar and found more notes. I hope they can be of help.
Quote:"Beneath stairs, the key to a rare tome can be found. Paired with ancient symbols, letters lurk inside names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams."

"Omen, placed as gift for god of tumbling perfect shapes. It is of no use in our realm, but very much so in its."

"The murderer's victim spoke of riddles, the answers forming a greater whole. It could perhaps unlock boiling layers inside forgotten memories?"

No idea what it means, but perhaps u will? I have no more time, they are onto me and the bear-trap around my ankle is slowing me down.

/Thomas
Francis York Morgan Wrote:Mr. Larsson,
Allow me, if you will, to aid your escape from the terrors you have seen; to put your mind at ease in a sense. I wish for nothing more than to see you freed, able to do to your hearts content what you will.

I'm having some difficulty locating your clues, Mr. Larsson, and I was hoping you could assist our (those of us who share my vision of you freed) search for your clues. Any assistance you can lend us will aid our search and bring you one step closer to freedom.

Agent Francis York Morgan & Zach

******
Message from Harold:
******
Freaky monster appears not out entirely of ordinary. Lately it is very calm at Alexander and I am unsure whatso? Anyway better organisms tough if durable, through circumstance many. Feeling good bout theoriesaccepted inside. What you consider worthwhile? Nothing is good but bad to me example so tell us so!

FREEDLCSTARTATSTAIRTEXT
Free DLC, start at stair text
(Credit to jaivyn)

[Macil]

I haven't had a chance to see any of this stuff or myself outside of this thread or think much about it (I'm at work), but I wanted to post a few thoughts:

• "Beneath stairs, the key to a rare tome can be found. Paired with ancient symbols, letters lurk inside names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams."
  

I think the "key/tome" part here has yet to be discovered (unless this is "Inscriptions of the Nile" thing -- was this found underneath some stairs in the game?)

The symbols (hieroglyphs) and letters (posted earlier), in conjunction with the tome, are most likely the cypher for the Omen letter or passwords for the RAR file(s). Nightmare-magician here probably means Frictional Games (and dreams being the games created by FG.) Alternatively, Daniel is a "nightmare-magician" in all the stuff he conjures out of his dreams. Either way, the sentiment is the same, I think.

• "Omen, placed as gift for god of tumbling perfect shapes. It is of no use in our realm, but very much so in its."
  

My guess is that the Omen letter posted earlier pertains to a different game in the Potato Sack and is pertinent to Valve's ARG thing for Portal 2 (no use in our realm, etc.).

• "The murderer's victim spoke of riddles, the answers forming a greater whole. It could perhaps unlock boiling layers inside forgotten memories?"
  

This is probably the sound file posted earlier. I'm guessing "boiling layers" and "forgotten memories" is important somehow -- or it could just mean the RARs are DLC. In regards to the soundfile, of particular note are the questions she asks (names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams):

• "The man who escaped death in Grenoble, who is he?"
  
• "Who is hunting me?"
  
• "And, who is the Banished One?"
  
• "I would call on Gabriel to help. You know him - where did you meet him?"
  
• "Where did you leave your sister?"
  

I haven't played the game in awhile, so I can't recall the answers to these off the top off my head. Someone else will have to look them up.

#1. Have to check game notes.
#2. Daniel
#3. Alexander
#4. Brennenburg ? (sp) / check notes
#5. Again, notes!

This is probably relevant in someway (once answered, a "name" may become apparent? which then may relate to the hieroglyphs & letters -- remember: "letters lurk inside names of my favorite nightmare-magican's dreams"):

• "answer my questions and let them make a name for yourself."
  

Cheers.

(p.s., have any of the Penumbra games received updates? I doubt it, just wondering.)
(p.p.s, the Inscriptions of the Nile sound like locations in Amnesia. I'm guessing the hieroglyphs/letters were found here?)
(p.p.p.s, I think it was already pointed out, but the initial letters of "Random Arbitrary Ramblings" are "RAR", heh.)
(p.p.p.p.s,

• "A certain permutation can form something encapsulating all, but is not the answer. The numerical order, where hidden trumps shown, must be used! Do not gaze at the face! It is not of here, but should reside elsewhere."
  

This may mean that not all the hieroglyphs / letters will be used. "Where hidden trumps shown" means that whatever is hidden overrides whatever is shown. "The numercial order must be used." Someone better at math than me might be able to see some patterns in the appended numbers, or perhaps it is the order in which they appear in the game--this doesn't "feel" right, though.

Also, the Omen probably forms some kind of image or piece of of an image file that looks like a face -- and is again for Valve's ARG and not pertinent for the RAR files.

edit: http://valvearg.com/w/images/1/15/Connection_invert.jpg

This looks like a face, doesn't it?)