IANVS

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## Video Information

### 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.[PGP MESSAGE]

### Tags

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

## Video Guide

### Next

Hear the word of £

**IANVS** is the 9th **listed** YouTube video uploaded on the Komplot Group Band channel. It was uploaded on the 9th of April, 2020.

## PGP Message

This message was provided in the video's description (for the sake of aesthetics it has been kept out of the info box):

`-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----`

`hQIMA7poRjRpOEFXAQ//TUGvwMhi/Z9WIHH3XQae3cKd2a6sGbji/HVPnraMdWJh 54ucCC5G0Ma3LRnu0GzsP3XZmIhprp5DuAoRCfA2t9herIQTusBXhqqQMqHQx/WX iziPPGr90j5gWnrI2kHVlCwbZKIqXPk0X05GxnpkuCeMjsjcnR0hdff9fIv3qIq/ 69g6KWGDLA5DK/+602a/jDjNwlhN4yC8EzUtzVKXt4mzebI/qLczfDCawhVenCaP WDh1Rh0IfG0Po6gNNGrZ0Ogfuil+LseFLI0t/aX4q2Os+Jpj7mg2AS5waT000Ufe RUqrLHp5vmuIuNsFQ9febi4zz5CcY4uCIO26dwtkMFSb9FmI0y0ydGKdL8EeAFXa oECWoitJPj5paP43aTnXs3upqVb97uYOWiTeBUjVfikMht1rvT6dFsX+Euc58tHU IqYMFyImYBlPwrUrWysLzStbW+cWg8wMLxqn2fSaHCuggMxm5cqh9V72wA8tJKGh QWxofZVxF69wz22YeIgnHXosRPavKEMKW6ZO2pxgfTCfYrOVltHRaMHRP64+0/16 R+PxIU8mZupeogOHZIbZwUmMruEHwVlQ1uTUsInC7OLNVvtPjb7Ob6e5gZm0oPbv gq91hhCY45HjVMj2cmkuIbokKNrSH6hfpN0qD8zpYjbQ71B8uPLVwHy287IY/dLS wHIBAsR7zxGkwWNOX4Qm0hpaFvHHHFMVePAtjmzKs+4suzg2oEmEi27IzhAoq3Gz Mk08p+LG3Vex9Q8bAy1razTMwhOrQDBPXo+T+1slvr1YELBDEbbT0r51u3kRiCob xy+mW8vgA7QwgiXRE8XO9jztPM0RtIc5QNZDwnqFEoZ0cmrPVsTjthPGBoSVygMw f0hVJT7l9AAuqfWJGmqxIJ+fmIQ95fwsaOi404/xAK1GDOSC+KHItYK664d9+vBX 5Lwq7r0CXQtya+JbPI35wArJb5X6hK/RXIycqPz346mZEb8bRku1TNcmuj+6zZN4 yXY5ejsWkxORz3i1VrIL1z+a7VEntlRH14IFtqo85zJbDBBfeaSPtyDT8Z+gjchv FNVChjMDQhkwOJ+vZBMG+TG3RE8= =fQIt`

`-----END PGP MESSAGE-----`

## Info and notes

* 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". Therefore the 22nd letter of SPQR is the letter **N**.
* SPQR fits in 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:

> *"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"*
>
>

* When following the steps of the decrypted PGP message, a code is found, which can presumably be used on The door and locks.
* To start, the "pictogram" is assumed to be the 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. This is known since page 163 is proven to be the "page of £" in the video of the same name.
* 4

×

163

=

652

{\displaystyle {4 ~ \times ~ 163 ~ = ~ 652}}
* This number can be represented as the sum of the numbers

324

{\displaystyle {324}}

,

324

{\displaystyle {324}}

, and

4

{\displaystyle {4}}

, which are all square numbers:
* 652

=

324

324

4

{\displaystyle {652 ~ = ~ 324 ~ + ~ 324 ~ + ~ 4}}
* 652

=

18
2

18
2

2
2

{\displaystyle {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

21818
D
C
L
I
I

{\displaystyle 21818DCLII}

. The use of this code is currently unknown.

## Visual Transcription

**[0:00-0:03]:** Pic 1 - The video's thumbnail

**[0:06-0:20]:** Video Clip - A video taken from a mountain hiking trail, showing a steep decline with no fencing protecting the hiker from falling down.

**[0:21]:** Pic 2 - Image only appears on screen for a couple frames

**[0:21]:** Pic 3 - Image only appears on screen for a couple frames

**[0:22]:** Pic 4 - Image only appears on screen for a couple frames

**[0:23 - 0:42]:** Video Clip 1 - Video of mountain hiking trail continues. The camera zooms in and out of cars on the road below them.

**[0:42 - 0:45]:** Black screen

**[0:45]:** Pic 5 - Image only appears on screen for a couple frames

**[0:45]:** Pic 6 - Image only appears on screen for a couple frames

**[0:45 - 1:08]:** Video Clip 1 - The mountain video continues again with the vlogger walking along the mountain

**[1:09 - 1:11]:** Black screen

**[1:11 - 1:41]:** Pic 7 - A slowly zoomed-in image of a statue of children playing in a back garden

**[1:41 - 1:44]:** Video ends on a 1-second Black screen