The clues to the final GREAT HUNT code!

[Guest forsakethis]

I was just in Venice about a week ago and went through the S. Lucia train station. Wow, this is mildy frustrating XD

[Terez]

We're waiting on Brandon's brother to get home to unlock it.

[jemron]

Yeah, supposedly it will be unlocked some time tonight, when Brandon's brother gets to a computer with Internet access.

[DPT24]

#27 is unlocked. Just Italy left!

[Shmuel Goldberg]

#27 is unlocked. Just Italy left!

 

Yeah, and it's somewhat readable. Some sentences at least.

[maxofox]

Anyone know what time this train station opens? I have family in Venice, and if we can't find anyone to grab the code I'll ask my cousin to. He owes me several huge favors...

[Gavin Doyle]

Anyone know what time this train station opens? I have family in Venice, and if we can't find anyone to grab the code I'll ask my cousin to. He owes me several huge favors...

 

I see a trains online leaving for Milan (from S. Lucia) as early as 5am, so... since it's currently like 8am there now (right?), you can pretty much have your cousin stop by at any time now...

 

(great. now we have to wait up :) )

 

 

EDIT: BTW, is the time stamp of everyone else's posts showing up completely wrong, or is it just me? (mine is reading 6:30am, when it's closer to 10:30pm in my location).

[jemron]

Call in that favor man. We're all waiting. :-)

[s.matich.g]

The S isn't backwards though so it's not a flipped image anyways.

 

As for it being in english I didn't assume it was but being European I would bet that there are recognizble letters, as opposed to Hieroglyphs or Katagana. Also when I googled Spicker and got german references.

 

Edit: Brandon posted another image clue:

 

Second cropped image

 

Ok, compare the second cropped image with this one which is the S. Lucia train station. Look at the windows left and right. Same shape as the one in the second cropped image. The surveillance cameras also match (on the right side on my photo, below the windows). It's definitely the S. Lucia train station.

 

The two pictures do not match up. The layout of the windows is different, the surveillance camera is placed between two windows not below it like in your picture(the window frames are a different color too).

 

 

I believe it is in a older part of the station. The most important part of the second clue is the blue frame/background of a shop sign, I bet it is a gift shop. I've been googling some pictures of S Lucia train station and I havin't seen a picture that is even close to the two clues. I think that both clues are the same picture(taken by that Ryan guy). In the first clue you can see the windows up top (barely)and the blue frame/backgound of the sign. In the second clue you can just the top of the blue frame/background and just the slightest bit of red outline or background (for the letters) in the lower right hand corner. my questions are, what stores in this train station have a logo with a blue border red background and white letters?

 

second. is there any other train stations in Venice?

 

thirdly, how can reason out the name of this store or establishment?

 

and lastly, who wants to pay for my plane ticket to Venice?

 

 

 

ps. I'd like to say hello to you all

 

I never really posted here before just thought i'd put my theory out there see what happens hope this helps finding it

I can't wait to find out were the code actually is hidden! I only wish i could of found it :)

[maxofox]

Cool, I'll send him an e-mail now. If he doesn't reply back before I head off to work I'll call him. International calls are frikking expensive >.<

[s.matich.g]

so this store is below and alittle bit to the right of the surveillance camera that splits the two different colored windows(red windows to the left and blue to the right) with a blue red sign with white letters and the name has six letters (English or Italian)

[jemron]

Any word from the Italians yet?!

[Luckers]

Thanks maxofox!

[ed2funy]

Hi again...

A thought occured to me; if this is a sign in ITALY (Venice or Verona), who is to say that this word is written in English? Given our collective English language preferences, it makes sense we see something we appear to understand. So it may not be "smoker" or "sticker" or the other guesses.

 

But Im happy to hear its not a close up of pixels, as staring at the thing was making me rather pixellated <grins>

 

Sincerely, Wheel of Thyme

 

I thought of that already, I ran about 30 different things it could have been through the google italian to english translator. Didn't get any hits

 

I have no idea why, but it looked like "Spleher", so I looked for that and found this:

Spleher«o (La bataille de), envisagée au point de vue stnu^ique. Tn de l'allemand par Weil, — l'aris, fanera

 

As far as I could tell from translating it (From French to Eng), it says:

 

Spleher (the battle of), under consideration from the point of view stnuic. of German by Weil, - l' aris, will fade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a random thought...probably way off. (Still going to see what weird words I can come up with), and what google will find for me.

 

 

Go ahead and ignore this. lol

[Al Jenn Mael]

I think the entire internet owes me and Jason an apology. =)

 

On behalf of the entire internet I'd like to apologize for thinking that you were backstabbing sneaks who totally fooled Theoryland. (Although I can't say cheating Sanderson is much better than cheating Theoryland aside from gaining more from it >.<) Good job on the well played strategy, and good luck.

[Sid]

the only time Domon says "my aged grandmother!" with the exclamation point is just after mentioning the Horn of Valere. The clue could be near a horn or loudspeaker at the train station.

[Demiandre]

Maybe too much complicated, no?

 

Did anyone managed to contact someone in Italy? I'm in France but it is unfortunately too far away from where I live for me to go look for it. If you want to know, it is 13:24 afternoon here, so they are awaken in Italy too.

[Guest Axelk]

Hey guys, i regularly follow the WoT italian forum and a couple of hours ago they posted an announcement to see if there's anyone from Venice. Nobody found yet but they're trying to reach an old member who's from there, now we just have to wait if he's wanting to go there. I'll tell you if anything starts moving :)

[MikeRiley]

I'd look at the advertisement stands that would be set up on the floor at the station. If something was posted on one it wouldn't be in any real danger of being taken.

[Slick Mongoose]

I've been hunting for cheap flights to Venice but nothing doable, alas. :P

[Shard]

I'd look at the advertisement stands that would be set up on the floor at the station. If something was posted on one it wouldn't be in any real danger of being taken.

 

It's a person who has it.

 

Ryan Dreher, a friend of Brandon's (mentioned in the Elantris credits next to Micah Demoux) that is in Venice on vacation.]

 

Claireducky posted about it and said she was going to contact him.

[MikeRiley]

I'd look at the advertisement stands that would be set up on the floor at the station. If something was posted on one it wouldn't be in any real danger of being taken.

 

It's a person who has it. Ryan.

 

16) Is the code in a fixed location (e.g.: not in someone's possession)?

 

YES

 

 

 

 

Another thought is the front of that building on the outside is missing the rounded windows, so it could be the back side. The wood grain that's visible in the second cropped picture looks a lot like the shop fronts too.

[jemron]

Peter (Brandon's assistant) told us that Ryan put it somewhere. He doesn't have it there anymore afaik.

[Al Jenn Mael]

I'd look at the advertisement stands that would be set up on the floor at the station. If something was posted on one it wouldn't be in any real danger of being taken.

 

It's a person who has it. Ryan.

 

16) Is the code in a fixed location (e.g.: not in someone's possession)?

 

YES

 

 

 

 

Another thought is the front of that building on the outside is missing the rounded windows, so it could be the back side. The wood grain that's visible in the second cropped picture looks a lot like the shop fronts too.

 

 

10) When responding to these questions, will you provide us with the first name of the individual that possesses or oversees this code?

 

YES. His name is Ryan.

 

 

I am going to assume that Ryan doesn't physically have it, he is just overseeing it or rather he's the one who placed it and will make sure it's safe until someone nabs it.

[MikeRiley]

Yeah.. I was wrong about the windows in that quoted post, by the way. Those rounded ones are all along the front entrance. There's a bunch of videos on youtube of people walking through the station and it's definitely the place. Not that any more confirmation is needed.