Ghyll:Clamorxian Decoding Method

The Clamorxian Decoding Method was most famously used on the epic poem Bordingbras his hatt!, which contained the encoded AuroAlchemical and TheoAlchemical secrets given to the Looliers by their goddess Kiluma. In an interesting twist of fate, the Clamorxian Decoding Method was itself part of the alchemical processes, and is itself encoded in Bordingbras his hatt!. It is unclear how anyone knew about the Decoding Method in the first place, since it is needed to decode the text where it can be found, although the paradoxically reciprocal nature of the dilemma is characteristic of many of the things Kiluma has created. Sugar Beet!

However it was first discovered, the Clamorxian Decoding Method was rediscovered by Ibaan Malmiz in –119EC, exactly 20 years – to the day – before his disappearance and presumed death in –99EC. Ser Malmiz studied Bordingbras his hatt!, the only known surviving Loolier text, as part of his Hive-Lord Question, and being absolutely certain that there was some sort of message hidden in it, he began applying various decoding procedures to it until some sort of sense came out of them. The strategies he employed became more and more complex until, in desperation, he attempted what would later turn out to be the Clamorxian Decoding Method. The Method is quite complex, and includes a set of spoken incantations and a small dance routine in it's processes as well as the letter substitution and rearrangement techniques that are part of most conventional decoding methods, so it is unclear exactly how Malmiz stumbled upon it by chance, but stumble upon it he did. The very first thing he successfully decoded with the Clamorxian Decoding Method was the instructions for the Clamorxian Decoding Method, which left him slightly paranoid in his later years.

Upon discovering the Method, Ser Malmiz immediately tried to market it for all its worth. Clamorxian Decoding rings, however, did not sell well at all, and the dance routine that makes up part of the method failed miserably when performed artistically in front of an audience - almost none of the audience members could sit still long enough. While the Method was not a financial success, it was a great academic success, but Ser Malmiz was unable to successfully patent the Method, and soon moved on to other things.

Since its discovery, the Clamorxian Decoding Method has been used to decode millions of ancient texts of various sorts, although since none of these texts were written by the Looliers, none of the decoded texts - save one - have contained anything but gibbrish. Still, it is considered standard academic practice for the Clamorxian Decoding Method to be used on any new manuscripts that turn up on the off chance that something unexpected will happen. There is once case in which the application of the Method did prove valid: in -10EC, in one of the most controversial finds in the history of science, the only known bit of lucidity in a non-Loolier Clamorxian Decoded text was discovered. The “Djiknax Creation Manuscripts”, found near the source of the Qestarius River, were decoded via the Clamorxian Method as per procedure, which resulted in a long string of random letters and numbers EXCEPT for a small segment near the middle of the text that rather ominously read “Teh huor of dooom is upon us all! Sargewoold Pedresq, yor mothre is s a nincomppoop!” along with the number 4274049, which is believed to indicate the exact “huor” that “dooom” will be upon us all. Some scholars believe that this whole phrase appearing in the text is nothing more than a coincidence, and point to the spelling mistakes and the fact that the rest of the text only turns up gibberish as usual. Some scholars (and some random wackos) point out that a Richard Pedresq was present at the decoding, and that his daughter is due to have a baby very soon, although she doesn’t intend to name it Sargewoold. These scholars suggest that the message is a genuine warning of some cataclysmic event. Then there are those, such as myself, who believe that the whole thing is an elaborate hoax. In any case, the manuscripts are now locked in a vault at the Bureau of Regained Knowledge, which is a shame since the non-decoded, surface content of the manuscripts is rich and fascinating in detail, and could provide a wealth of information if any scholars were actually able to read and study it.

Citations: Bordingbras his hatt!, Ibaan Malmiz, Djiknax Creation Manuscripts --Dfaran L'Eniarc 13:57, 31 May 2005 (EDT)

My fellow Scholar, hoax could not be farther from the truth! That's right, I said it! Shall I remind you that far too many linguists cut up letters and cyphers like popped feffercandy?!? I have seen a copy of that inscription (never mind you how) and it plainly says: tehouro fdooome - that's correct, the very name of a dark god inhabiting the great Out There. As for the rest of that sentence, I'm still working on it. --Nikos of Ant 15:30, 31 May 2005 (EDT)

Of course, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but it seems evident to me that the dark gods inhabiting the great "Out There" are perfectly capable of spelling Nincompoop the way it is meant to be spelled. Of course, I am not a dark god myself, so it is hard for me to say. Perhaps none of them can spell worth a packet of peeved pyxies. --Dfaran L'Eniarc 17:42, 2 Jun 2005 (EDT)