Mission #15

Use this thread to discuss theories and keep track of clues and hints.
Also, please post here the link to any document (or similar) created to cooperate on the mission.
Meanwhile I'll try to keep this post updated with useful info and hints.

IRC Logs
Part 1:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0p3OKmNILYUNH4emBepZeV3y0MXw-y48LmW5BSGHTk/edit
Part 2:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0tkB6be58iVFRiOWI_vsQLdgPGhlbMhutCT_n6VoI8/edit
Part 3:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12RSUx3tS61sDmplBmQsJibeuUNkb1MySVPEvjJiVVkI/edit

Agent @Aquilas (aka jkkennedy) stream of the mission
http://forums.blackwatchmen.com/index.php?threads/mission-15.671/#post-9164

Hints from other agents
http://forums.blackwatchmen.com/index.php?threads/mission-15.671/#post-9145

Hints
Part 1

Spoiler: Hint 1

The Order of the Friars of St Francis of Wycombe

Spoiler: Hint 2

Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer

Spoiler: Hint 3

Medmenham Abbey

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cross-eyed

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The North Briton

Spoiler: Hint 6

issue No. 45

Part 2
Warning! Spoliers of part 1 ahead

Spoiler: Hint 1

14 years old

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coffin

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pox

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The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty

Spoiler: Hint 5

Chapter 1

Part 3
Phase 1

Spoiler: Hint 1

http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

Spoiler: Hint 2

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/reverse.html

Spoiler: Hint 3

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ag_of_Quebec.svg/600px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png

Phase 2

Spoiler: Hint 1

The solution is a date

Spoiler: Hint 2

The format is: Month DD YYYY

Spoiler: Hint 3

http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/House_Stark?file=House-Stark-heraldry.jpg

Spoiler: Hint 4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice

 

Spoiler

The voice speaks in French, I transcribed it for you :


En cette nuit du solstice 1760, nous sommes fébriles. Puisque la nourriture et le vin salissent la bouche des infidèles, les hommes, dont les épouses ont veillé toute la nuit., comblent ces courtisanes de plaisirs charnels.
Conquis par la femme, et comblés, nous avons invoqué une maladie démoniaque.
La peste s'est propagée et s'est rapidement prise aux hommes, leurs entrailles pourrissent et leur souffle expire enfin.
Je vais abandonner, encerclé, brûlé par le feu, la voix démoniaque a rugit sans que j'ai vu clair, par notre faute, nos corps sont prisonniers de la malédiction. Depuis ce jour la bête rôde.

 

These missions rocked.

 

WARNING! THIS CONTAINS THE ANSWER!

Per usual, I live streamed solving the answers with members of the community in my chat. I talk through my thought process. If you want to watch it then do so. The answer is near the end, so if you want to watch early parts to see my process for hints...or wrong direction then do so.

Mission 15 Live Stream - 1 Hour 35 Minutes

 

Not sure if this is related to the answer but I found some cool websites that seems to be focused on Hermeticism, like the organization we are investigating.

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http://hermetic.com/pestilence/scarlet-comment.html
http://wanderer-exile.angelfire.com/beast-scarlet-woman-together.html

Many references to the Beast and the Scarlet Women.

 

OP Updated

 

Spoiler: French text "100% accurate"

En cette nuit du Solstice 1760, nous sommes fébriles.
Oh! Puisque la nourriture et le vin assouvissent la bouche des infidèles, des hommes dont les épouses ont veillé toute la nuit,
comblent ces courtisanes de plaisirs charnelles.

Conquis par la femme, et comblés, nous avons évoqué une maladie démoniaque.
La peste s'est propagée, et s'en est rapidement prise aux hommes. Leurs entrailles pourrissent, et leur souffle expire enfin.

Je fus abandonné, encerclé, brûlé par le feu. La voix démoniaque a rugi sur le bûcher funéraire.
Par notre faute, nos corps sont prisonniers de la malédiction, Depuis ce jour, la bête rôde.

 

Nonessential to mission
Medmenham Abbey is really a beautiful place. Check out the photos in this article if you hadn't come across it already:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...10million-house-entertainment-spa-cinema.html

Notice the Fay ce que voudras (Do what thou wilt) over the fireplace, the motto of the hellfire club and later, the famous Mr. Crowley.

 

Was it in french for everybody ?

 

Yes the audio file is the same for everyone, in french.

 

Also full English translation by Google Translate

Spoiler: English Text

On this night of Solstice 1760, we are excited.
Oh! Because food and wine sate the mouth of infidels, men whose wives stayed up all night,
fill these courtesans of carnal pleasures.

Conquered by the woman, and met, we talked a demonic disease.
The plague has spread, and is quickly taken by men. Their insides are rotting, and their breath finally expires.

I was abandoned, surrounded and burned by fire. The demonic voices roared on the funeral pyre.
Our fault, our bodies are prisoners of the curse this day, the beast lurking.

 

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Alright so I've made the sound clip much more audible and easier to understand. The one problem is, I don't speak french(?) so how am I supposed to translate the sound to english?

 

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You can attempt to do it by ear, or you can look one post above you in the thread for a translation. This puzzle always gets people.

 

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Alright, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to translate the audio somehow. Thanks!

 

Spoiler: Complaint

There is absolutely no reason for the audio file to be in French. It makes no sense. I was totally on board with playing with the audio file until I realised I had no hope of understanding it.

 

To be honest, France seems to be a regular location for the evil cult thingy, so it does make sense.

But as a puzzle, it's pretty unreasonable. Without the guy on this thread, there's no way I would have gotten the answer. And now I'm just confused, all the times I looked at this thread for hints: Was I cheating or not?

 

Hello. I'm new to the black watchman. Found that it was on sale and bought it. It's an awesome game and amazing at what it does.
Anyways, after dedicating the whole day to after buying it, I managed to get to the audio file on mission 15. It's pretty obvious that the file is in reverse, so I reversed the reversed file and got the proper version.
Now here's the problem. My French is basically unusable. The audio file is in French.
Yeah.
Can someone please help me out here with the beautiful of theirs? Please? Thanks.

 

Just realised that posting this to the "general" section may not have been the best decision of my life -_-
Oh well, what's done is done. I'll just leave it like this. (Also, for future reference, where should I post my help calls when I'm stuck?)

 

https://forums.aliceandsmith.com/threads/mission-15.671/

Nu Age has transcribed it.

 

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