From "Artemis Fowl" (Eoin Colfer) --------------------------------- Old language deciphered; now I am deciphering the symbols at the bottom of every page. =) This is Hazirah M (hazirah@hotmail.com) and I'm not saying I wrote the book, I'm merely translating the symbols you see in the book, for the fun of deciphering, to prove my insanity as well as patience in going through the whole book again (after reading it) to see what secrets the author has put in. For your information, I love these things. =) To an extent, of course. This, however, is within the limit of my patience and interest. ^_^ Thanks very much to Raihan for lending me the book. ^_^ Oh yeah, I've edited this so that it can be seen in a typical Internet browser, I hope it's all right on yours. =) Also, it's the first time I've done this kind of thing, translating the symbols, and putting it together into a file then putting it on the Net. I don't know if anyone else has done this because I haven't looked, for this little project of mine started originally for fun, and still is for fun. Oh well, best to let you get on with it. It's very interesting. ^_^ NOTES: (1) The Chapter markings merely show where the symbols are located, in case anyone is looking for them. =P (2) I filled in the punctuation myself by using my English skills, so if there are any errors you know who to blame. =) FIRST: 21 Sep 2001 LATEST: 12 Oct 2001 ============================================================= The Prophecies of Ohm, Phlegm Pot Cleaner to Frond Elfen King ============================================================= [CHAPTER 1] I am Ohm, Phlegm Pot Cleaner to the King. But I am much more than that for I see the future written in the phlegm. For centuries we pixies have read the phlegm but I am the best there has bever been. My visions are generally of little importance. I foretell outbreaks of troll pox or gas spasms among [CHAPTER 2] elderly dwarfs. But sometimes even a poor pot cleaner can see wondrous things. A vision came to me two moons ago when I was gazing deep into his Majesty's own phlegm pot. I was heating the pot over a flame when the sign appeared. This vision was more vivid and detailed than any I had previously seen. [CHAPTER 3] Because of its importance I decided to write it down for posterity. And so I can say I told you so. I saw an age when the People have been driven underground by the Mud Men. This is what the phlegm told me: In this time one shall come among us. Fowl by name and foul by nature. A Mud Man unlike any other. He shall learn our secrets and use this against us. I see him now as plain as day. His face is pal, he has dark eyes and raven hair. Yet it must be a mistake for he seems a mere youth. Surely no Mud Boy could outwit the People. But now I see that the boy is not alone. He is aided by a formidable warrior scarred from a thousand barrels. This Fowl shall hold the people to ransom for their most precious possession. [CHAPTER 4] Gold. And in spite of all our magic there is a chance he will prevail. For he has discovered how to escape the time field. Unfortunately how the story ends I cannot say. But there was more to see. There is another story to come. Someone will bring the People and Mud Men together. The worst of both races. This fairy's goal is to grind all the [CHAPTER 5] creatures of the earth beneath his boot. And who is this traitor? It is not clear. But he shall start a war unlike anything the People have ever seen. Those who were enemies shall be united against him. And for the frst time there will be Mud Men below ground. I have one clue to his identity, a riddle: Goblins shall rise and Haven shall fall/a villainous elf is behind it all/To find the one who so disappointed/look ye to where the finger points/ Instead of one face this elf has two/Both speak false and none speak true/While publicly he lends a helping hand/his true aim is to seize command. I know. It's not very plain is it? I don't understand it either. But perhaps in the future all will become clear. Look for a power hungry-elf who has a finger pointed to him during our tale. And so this is Ohm's legacy. A warning that [CHAPTER 6] may save the world from total destruction. There's not much to work with, I know. The details are a bit sketchy. My advice to you is to consult the phlegm. It may be that you are sensitive. I have buried this prophecy with my mhlegm pot. If you are not fortunate enough to work as a pot cleaner then there is usually a supply of phlegm every time you have a cold. Here endeth the first prophecies of Ohm. But because of the importance of my visions I shall repeat the prophecies once more. If you have just begun to understand the text then read on. If you have worked out the entire message then congratulations. Now go and save the world. There the whole thing, even the title, is repeated until the end of the book. I haven't actually checked to see that it's exactly the same, but I don't want to try. ^^;; Wasn't that interesting? =) And here it ends. Go and save the world. Haha. If you haven't read the book you probably won't get it, but if you have read it you may not get it either, or you may get it whether you've read it or not. Whatever. You've read the thing and my work is done. =) Here's my contact information if you'd like to contact me (in case you aren't reading this from any of my sites... the horror!): NAME: Hazirah M E-MAIL: hazirah@hotmail.com WEBSITES: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/saya238/ http://zir.tripod.com/