Because much of the text is barely legible, I can’t guarantee this is 100% accurate.
Your pursuit of knowledge
it is meaningless!!!
Be a part of something far greater
I am at the precipice
I will shatter the foundations of everything you know!!!
Before I can complete my grand work I need capable talent
I need you…
Raise the pillars sun on the resting ones
receive gifts beyond your wildest imaginations
failure will not be tolerated
you will prevail I care not if in this life or the next
The only piece of evidence I can discern from this is “sun”, which might point to something to do with Stygia, since their symbol is that of a sun. What “pillars” are supposed to refer to in this context, I have no idea.
That word is the most questionable in the entire thing.
It only means “sun” if those annoying anime-emoticon-looking squiggles are “Uwq.” That last smear being a very lop-sided and loosely-formed q is pretty much the only thing I could come up with that makes sense though.
I see what you mean. The last character is questionable indeed. But if the first two characters are indeed S and U, what else could it be? Sub, suc, sud, suf, sug, suk, sul, sum, sup, sur, sut? However, if that last character is in fact two characters, that would change everything.
That sounds like a very plausible option. And just adds to my growing sense of something Lovecraftian in this.
It’s clearly sent out by some powerful individual. But is it something sent out to a specific individual (or group), intended for their eyes only (which certainly would appear the case on the surface - cypher and partially destroyed state)? Or is it intended to be found and decyphered as an initial test for some form of recruitment (as some of the parts hint - ‘I need capable talent’, ‘receive gifts beyond your wildest imaginations’ ). The opening two lines seem like they could be aimed at a known person (or perhaps the Relic Hunters in general, or some other group), but equally they could apply, Barnum-statement-like, to pretty much anyone that decyphers the text.
The bit about completing ‘my grand work’ makes me think of Thoth-Amon, but the overall tone seems out of character with what I’ve seen of him in the stories - the tone reminds me more of Raknys, of Raknys’ Journals ‘fame’
In the end, I think I have more questions than answers, the more I look at it, the more I can see different possibilities. I like it
The bit about completing ‘my grand work’ makes me think of Thoth-Amon, but the overall tone seems out of character with what I’ve seen of him in the stories - the tone reminds me more of Raknys, of Raknys’ Journals ‘fame’
Interesting, but I was actually looking through Siptah’s journal for some clues or links. If I remember correctly, Valeria at some point said that she thought that Siptah was dead. What if he isn’t?
Interesting. Siptah certainly has the bombastic nature that could fit - at least in his later journal entries. And he would seem a suitable candidate.
He’s dead by the time of the Gem in the Tower - but of course we don’t know exactly where we stand within Conan’s timeline in relation to that story - CE could easily be set before he visits the isle. And likewise, we don’t know in that story how long he has been dead - months, years, days… It’s certainly plausible that he could send out a message of this nature.
The events in Conan Exiles take place on Conan’s timeline between the stories Xuthal of the Dusk ( The Slithering Shadow ) and A Witch Shall be Born.
-Dev Blog #9
Apparently, Funcom is following the Dark Storm Conan Chronology by Dale Rippke, which does not include The Gem in the Tower.
The chronologies that include The Slithering Shadow, A Witch Shall be Born, and The Gem in the Tower are John D. Clark’s, Robert Jordan’s, and William Galen Gray’s.
All three of those place The Gem in the Tower after the other two. Case closed.
Case reopened. All three also place A Witch Shall be Born before The Slithering Shadow, which is reverse the order used by Dale Rippke, and the “canon” Conan Exiles order.
Book numbers according to the above four chronologies:
I don’t know. None of this is conclusive, obviously, but we are talking about sorcerery after all. What if he is just entombed somewhere, waiting for the right time to return? Who knows what’s in the tower? We’ve only seen the ground floor after all.
Wouldn’t be the first sorcerer to do that. Conan once faced a deathless priest from ancient eras before by literally just hurling a sword into his chest
Another easter egg published 1 minute ago on Twitter:
While scavenging for unlocked coffers to the east, you come across a hastily-abandoned encampment. You spot an odd scattering of what initially looks to be dried…leaves?
Day 13
A strange plum-colored mist surrounds
the area. Came from nowhere, limits
sight - but I can make out some sort
of shimmering dome surfacing from within.
The sound of hollow rattling seem to
echo from the area.
I cannot discern the cause nor source
of the phenomenon, nor does it bear any
signs of the Wolfmen or Snakemen.
Vantage points do not provide clear
vision, so I will path a way inside
the mist.
Plum colored mist is obviously corruption, like the clouds hanging around the obelisks in Exiled Lands.
Like the text in the tweet said: you are on the Eastern part of the island. Probably somewhere between the Sanctuary of the Snakemen and either the Den of the Wolfmen or Den of the Wolf Brothers.
The sound of hollow rattling and “death rises” suggests undead or skeletons. Perhaps this has something to do with New Luxur? This was a colony founded by Prince Amon-tet while the scholar Siptah was his advisor.
