Mystery Monday - The Caesar Cipher

 I'm writing a short story for this year's Winter Anthology sponsored by the First Coast Romance Writers (FCRW) group. The anthology is called For the Love of Winter and will feature love stories set during all of the Winter Holidays.

My story is called Love Under the Cold Moon. It's set in the year 194 in the Alps, on the border between Raetia and Noricum in a mountain valley. More later as we get closer to the release date.

The Roman Emporer at this point in history was Septimus Severus, the survivor of the Year of the Five Emperors. This was the year after Commodus was assasinated.

So, the first puzzle will be a quote by Septimus Severus turned into a puzzle using the Caesar cipher.

Can you decipher these words of wisdom?

CONTEST - drink the wild wind

 

*** see edits and updates at the end of the post as they occur ***

 

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"Cornered" (c) vanessa v kilmer 20120120

acrylic paint on my desk

 

 

"Cornered" (c) vanessa v kilmer 20120120

 

The border around the dragon's space is made up of runic stones I created. If you are the first to EMAIL [vanessavkilmer at gmail dot com] me with the deciphered saying encrypted here, you will win the dragon egg pictured at the end of this post.

 

Each picture shows the sequence of the stones. Each picture is not neccessarily a seperate word.

The saying is in English. Each stone represents 1 letter. No more hints for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be the first to

EMAIL [vanessavkilmer at gmail dot com]

me with the deciphered saying

to win this dragon egg.

 

 

20130120 16:09 - BRIAN MILLER asks each is a seperate letter as well? no multiple pics for the same letter?

ANSWER ~ Each symbol is unique to a particular letter. The pictograms are a second way of writing of representing letters  for a different reason.

 

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