IANVS

*IANVS* is the ninth public video to be uploaded to the Komplot Group Band's YouTube channel.

## IANVS

### Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKAjzQQ19PU

### Description

The beginning and the end reveals the hidden which is equal to the 22nd letter of SPQR.

### Tags

masquerade, of, IANVS, obey, patient, eleven, is, near, peril, stay safe

## Transcription

[0:00]: Picture 1

[0:05]: Video 1: Mountain hike

[0:21]: City pics

[1:11]: Picture 2: Statue ’‘The Gigantic Turnip’’.

[1:42]: End

## Details

The first part of the descriptions reads: "The beginning and the end reveals the hidden, which is equal to the 22nd letter of SPQR."

SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, an acronym used in Ancient Rome meaning "The Roman senate and the people". The 22nd character of SPQR is M. The 22nd letter of SPQR is N. SPQR fits in the theme with the video title, IANVS, which is Roman spelling for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, referenced in the description.

When the PGP message is decrypted using the key found in the subtitles of *The Voice of Σ*, the following string is given:

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“Count the number of circles in the 6th pictogram and multiply it by £. The result is a representation of a sum of 3 squares. Use the numbers and add to the end the roman numerals of the original number. You will need this code for the next step. Be patient. You are close to the revelation of the ultimate question of the 6th pictogram. Get ready to dive. We are leaving the public space. Ω”

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The pictogram is assumed to be the 6th picture in *Ω is One of Them*. In it there are 4 circles, which have to be multiplied by the number of £, which is 163.

4 x 163 = 652.

This number can be represented as the sum of the numbers 324, 324, and 4, which are all square numbers:

652 = 324 + 324 + 4

652 = 18^2 + 18^2 + 2^2

Ordering these numbers by size starting with smallest and putting the roman numerals of 652 at the end results in 21818DCLII. This code is used in *The Door & Locks*.

The symbol of the SPQR sports the Roman Aquila, the Roman Imperial Eagle, which was a prominent symbol standard of a Roman legion. Each legion carried one of these eagles. The eagle was of quasi-religious importance as losing one of the standards was a grave loss. The Roman military would go to extreme lengths at times to protect and retrieve these eagles - so much so they even spent decades trying to recover just three of them following the battle of Teutoburg Forest. On the 5 December 1804, Napoleon gave eagles inspired from the standards of the Roman legions to his troops. The aigles were mounted at the top of staves that were carried into battle throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Upon Napoleon's fall, the restored monarchy of King Louis XVIII ordered all eagles to be destroyed; only a very small number were preserved. More eagles were made when the former emperor returned to power in 1815.

The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 111 days). The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085. The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked 1 March 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932 and meanders from the French Riviera north-northwest along the foothills of the Alps. It is marked along the way by statues of the French Imperial Eagle.

The pictures from *~ (Silence)* originate from areas of France with the prominent one being the picture of the Napoleon memorial in Cannes, France.

Janus, denoted as IANVS, is also prominently seen mentioned in the Silent Moth post, The Garden of IANVS. Janus is also referenced in Two-Faced Recollection.

## Theories

Interestingly, the picture of the Gigantic Carrot what appears to have an alpha layer:

The second image comes from the very last frame of the Gigantic Carrot. By boosting some levels something looking like a grid becomes visible. The grid is looks similar to an alpha layer, proposing the image of the Gigantic Carrot was modified via layer mask. Either the KGB masked over something key with the carrot or if the grid is masked over the carrot. The addition of the background layer creates depth, suggesting something might be hidden behind the layer of the statue. Given the carrot is the last scene in the video, it’s possible this ties into the “The beginning and the end reveal the hidden” from the description. If the first image is the *IANVS* mask and the last image is the carrot, then it’s possible the image of the mask refers to the layer mask, in that the mask might be part of the mask.

## Gallery

Picture 1: Mountain hike.Picture 2: Cameraman pans down. The road at the base of the mountain is seen.Picture 3: Downtown picture showing the Westin Hotel and Yaohua Science & Education Hall Heping, Tianjin, China.Picture 4: Restaurant & shopping complex in Binhai New District, Tianjin, China. The Chinese seen in the image can be translated using https://translateimages.site/. A beauty spa - 身私弟医美中心 / Body and Child Medical Beauty Center - and a Chongqing restaurant - 重庆老火 / Chongqing old fire - are seen on the right and left respectively. Searching in Google Maps shows results for a Chongqing Hot Pot, 3 Street, Binhai New District, Tianjin, China.Picture 5: Road in China.Picture 6: Same location seen in picture 3 but from a slightly different view. Picture was taken with a different device than the one seen in picture 1. It is suggested picture 6 was from security camera footage.Picture 7: A gate somewhere in China.Picture 8: "The Gigantic Turnip", statue seen in Tianjin, China.Edit of Picture 3 to show landmarks.Edit of Picture 6 to show landmarks.Google maps view of the landmarks seen in pictures 3 and 6.An alpha layer seen in the last frames of the Gigantic Turnip in picture 8.A picture showing the location of the 2015 Port Binhai explosion with the blue marker being the Chongqing Hot Pot and red being the blast zone.Picture showing the Chongqing Hot Pot shown in picture 4.Across from the shopping complex in picture 4 is the Tianjin Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute in Binhai district.