The Ideogram Letter

Throughout the story John find's pages or letters written in custom symbols ("the ideogram"), they seem to represent a diary from a scout mission by Lawrence

## First Page (The coded letter)

* The coded letter is written in the same ideogram as featured on the Fire Map.

* Through a team effort by @WhippedPistol, @Violetfyre, @wormhole, and @Svanu, the ideogram was decoded and the letter translated to:

**2084-09-13Something was different today. I couldn't tell exactly what it was but a bad feeling accompanied our way since we started from the fortress. We, the three dusky figures in cowls and masks, were creeping along the old beaten path that hadn't seen a resident from the north for a long time. Or any human at all I guess. It's been a very cold dawn for a mid september day. The cold wind amplified my uncomfortable feeling. I remember the disturbing silence. Nothing but our (...)**

## Second Page (The Coded Diary page)

* The letter is written in the same ideogram as the other coded letter and continues the same diary entry. It is now suspected John is himself the author of these diary pages.

* The page was translated by @violetfyre into:

**…FOOTSTEPS AND THE UNSETTLING SOUND OF THE WIND CHIMES. WE SHOULD GO BACK THERE’S NOTHING LEFT OF THEM I URGED ANXIOUSLY. BUT THE LEADER OVERHEARD MY WARNINGS OR HE PRETENDED TO OVERHEAR IT, SO I CONTINUED. WE HAVEN’T SEEN A SIGN OF THEM FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS. I DON’T THINK WE WILL FIND THEM. I’LL HAVE TO ADD IM NOT A VERY BRAVE MAN I JUST JOINED THE SCOUTS EIGHT MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I HAD NO OTHER OPTION. ME AND MY FRIEND THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF CAPITOL CITY. I KNEW STAYING IN CAPITOL CITY WOULD HAVE COSTED…**

## Third Page

* Found beneath the floor of the shelter near Building 617
* The page was translated by @violetfyre into:

**... MY HEAD SOONER OR LATER. FOR TOO LONG I'VE BEEN A THORN IN THE SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT MUCH LONGER THEY WOULD HAVE REMAINEDSILENT. SO I WENT FOR THE OTHER LESS LIFE ENDING OPTION - AT LEAST SO I THOUGHT UNTIL TODAY**

**ARE YOU A SCAREDY CAT OR A GROWN UP MAN? A SOLDIER FLOM (FROM?) THE SCOUTS SHOULD BE NO WHINING CHILD. WE ARE THE LAST FORTRESS TO DEFEND THE REMNANTS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION OF WHOEVER IS ROAMING THE FORESTS AND WASTELANDS OF THE ZONE - THE LEADER REPLIED DIDACTICALLY (DISTRACTEDLY?)**

* This time there was also something written on the backside of the letter:

`~~48 41.19.7 11 28.21.9~~ ->` 617

`48 43.25.9 11 08.56.7`

`military base?`

`48 39 44.4 11 28 03.9`

`factory? patient 0 ?`

`~~48 43 13.6 11 19 45.6~~`

`trains?`

`protectedtext`

`01110000 00110000`

`01110000 00110001 00110111`

`password?`

* the binary numbers can be translated to p0p17 which is a protectedtext site: https://www.protectedtext.com/p0p17, see Patient Files
* the matrix painted at the bottom is also binary (white 1, black 0) and translates to 2021, which is the password for the protectedtext page

## Fourth Page

* Found by John in his backpack some time after exploring The Factory. He doesn't know how it got there
* The page was translated by @violetfyre into:

**THE LEADER SHOUTED YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THEM DONT TURN AROUND DONT LOOK BACK DONT HALT THEYRE GETTING CLOSER**

**WHAT ARE THESE CREATURES WHERE DID THEY COME FROM???**

**DONT LOOK BACK HE SAID BUT YOU CANNOT AVERT YOUR GAZE ONCE YOU LOOKED INTO THE ABYSS OF HELL**

**YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THEM YOU KNOW THESE STARRING BLUE AND RED EYES ARE WATCHING**

**THIS SIGHT IS BURNED INTO YOUR RETINA FOREVER - NOW WE KNOW THAT THE STORIES ARE TRUE BUT WHO WILL BELIEVE US WHEN WE'RE DEAD?**

On the Backside:

**YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THEM**

**YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE DEATH!!!**

## **Fifth Page**

Found within the Zion Suitcase

* @Dubdeeber decoded it using @Violetfyres key from previous , which translated to:

>           **I murmured that I**
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>  **wasn't afraid of whoever but whatever**
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>  **whas straying around**
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>  **the woods**
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>  **what were you saying?**
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>  **the leader asked**
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>  **nothing…..**
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>  **we continued our**
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>  **frivolous journey**
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>  **through the woods of**
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>  **this damned and dead**
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>  **land…**
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>  **a cold shiver ran**
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>  **down my spine as**
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>  **I caught  something**
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>  **moving in the shadows**
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>  **screams those horrible**
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>  **screams**
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>  **I still can hear them**
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>  **they haunt me at night**
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>  **run! you fools**
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## Combined

The 5 letters combined (order 1 -2 -3-5-4)

2084-09-13

Something was different today. I couldn't tell exactly what it was,but a bad feeling accompanied our way since we started from the fortress. We, the three dusky figures in cowls and masks, were creeping along the old beaten path that hadn't seen a resident from the north for a long time. Or any human at all I guess. It's been a very cold dawn for a mid-September day. The cold wind amplified my uncomfortable feeling. I remember the disturbing silence. Nothing but our footsteps and the unsettling sound of the wind chimes. We should go back there’s nothing left of them I urged anxiously. But the leader overheard my warnings or he pretended to overhear it, so I continued. We haven’t seen a sign of them for more than three days. I don’t think we will find them. I’ll have to add I’m not a very brave man. I just joined the scouts eight months ago because I had no other option. Me and my friend thought that this was the only way to get out of capitol city. I knew staying in capitol city would have costed my head sooner or later. For too long I've been a thorn in the side of the government and not much longer they would have remained silent. So, I went for the other less life ending option - at least so I thought until today

Are you a scaredy cat or a grown-up man? A soldier from the scouts should be no whining child. We are the last fortress to defend the remnants of human civilization of whoever is roaming the forests and wastelands of the zone - the leader replied didactically. I murmured that I wasn't afraid of whoever but whatever was straying around the woods. “what were you saying?” The leader asked.

“nothing…..”

we continued our frivolous journey through the woods of this damned and dead land… a cold shiver ran down my spine as I caught something moving in the shadows. Screams, those horrible screams. I still can hear them, they haunt me at night. run! you fools The leader shouted you cannot escape them dont turn around dont look back dont halt they’re getting closer. “What are these creatures where did they come from???“ “Dont look back” he said. But you cannot avert your gaze once you looked into the abyss of hell.

You know you cannot escape them you know these starring blue and red eyes are watching. This sight is burned into your retina forever - now we know that the stories are true but who will believe us when we're dead?

You cannot escape them

You cannot escape the death!!!