Hahah my connection to the magiq guide is very much Picasso 
I think maybe there’s one more page to be added or changed so my theory works, so just waiting till the end of the week to see if the magiq guide gets a bit of a facelift 
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With everything that’s happened right as I got here, this seemed like the best place to try and poke around, see if I could be of any help (I’m a sucker for astronomy). This is going to end up being a bit of a brain-dump, so I apologize in advance if it gets long-winded (especially if it doesn’t lead anywhere).
Looking at these four constellations and the six on the new logo, it felt like they might be pieces to a larger constellation. (I’m sure someone mentioned it in the thread already)
Could also be pieces of several constellations, I know that some of the ones being compared in a thread re: the logo constellations are all part of the Hercules family of constellations.
Going through a bunch of them, I noticed that if Galifanx is turned over, it looks like Centarus’ head (in the Hercules family).
Unfortunately, I don’t have access to Photoshop or similar. Maybe someone else could see if any of the other three fragment constellations or the six logo ones match up? It looked like the fifth going left to right on the logo might.
Gladitor reminds me of the symbol for Saturn. I did some digging into mythology (going from Roman to Greek since I’m a little more familiar with that set of names), and his symbol is a scythe/sickle/harpe; the harpe looks (with some creative license) like it could be Gladitor.
The bottom part of Durkonos reminds me of Cassiopeia or Lacerta (which is sometimes depicted as a smaller Cassiopeia with more squiggles off the end).
Aothora looks kind of like Crater but not quite.
And for now, I am spent.
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12 tasks of Hercules…
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We are SOL right now. We’re coming up blank. We need one, solid, concrete place to start from. If there’s anywhere left to start from.
I’m guessing everyone else is like me, checking in to see if we’ve had any contact from Marty or the others and going again.
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We really do need to figure out if everyone’s safe and what out next steps are.
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Big big think:
Gladius is an ancient Roman sword.
Konos is an Ancient Greek Helmet (Durkonos)
Phalanx is a military defensive formation, used by the ancient Gauls (galifanx)
Any advances with these?
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I can’t think of anything offhand, but maybe we should take a look at the ninth fragment? It’s the only one that really dealt with constellations, and I remember there was a mythology aspect.
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I’ve not nothing either sorry MissEvans… But it’s a bit funny how we all can find a rule that works for three of them but not all of them.
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Massive stretch but
“A heavy bronze breastplate was the most common form of infantry torso armour, usually in the form of a bell cuirass or linothorax”.
Lin-othora-x? Aothora?
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Phalanx is also an Ancient Greek military technique.
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The aorta is the main blood vessel from the heart to the rest of the body and travels through the thorax (aorthora). It’s commonly injured by Konos wearing/Gladius weilding soldiers in phalanx formation?
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That works pretty well together.
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Phalanx is also part of your fingers and toes if we’re talking parts of the body
gladioli is part of a breastbone
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I am getting a very “protect the heart” kind of vibe.
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I like where you’re going with this, however, the Aorta is one of the most well-protected arteries in the human body. If memory serves, after the aortic arch, where the brachial arteries branch off, it follows the spine down towards the lower extremities, with various arteries breaking off to bring fresh blood to other body parts as needed, before splitting into the iliac arteries. It would be very hard to injure with a gladius. One would need to almost sever the spinal cord to get to it from the dorsal side or carve through all of the internal organs on the ventral side. (Sorry for the rather gruesome image… but you get the point.)
So basically, assuming I understand this correctly, we have a military formation or strategy, a sword, a helm, and something referring to oneself. Could this be more figurative than literal? Is this a message telling us we need to gear up for a war? It almost seems to me like it’s telling us to prepare. Think about it. If you’re an ancient Greek or Roman soldier what are the things you absolutely need to go to battle? A plan, a weapon, and something to protect your body (helm), and your presence.
Thoughts?
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Oh, and I’m basically grasping at straws at this point. Does anyone else have any new intel to share?
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I’m trying to look up Greek/Latin roots, see if the meanings come together to say something else, or see if there are extra letters that might piece together afterward.
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I was also grasping at straws and partially answering tongue-in-cheek. I’m aware of the location of the aorta in the thoracic and abdominal cavities. The length of a gladius (1-2 feet) could, however, conceivably reach the aorta in a non-obese person, though the ventral aspect of the abdomen if driven with adequate force. I doubt this is the answer we’re looking for, though.
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Okay, here comes a bit of a brain dump…
Some of this probably makes more sense than other parts, figured I’d better include all of it just in case.
galifanx
g / ali-other / fa-say; speak / n(e)x-join; tie
gal(a)-milk / i-go / phan-to show; visible / x
pha(e)-dark
gladiator
gladi-sword / tor(n)-turn; rotate
gl / ad-movement to or toward; in addition to / it(er/iner)-again; journey / or-mountain; mouth
durkonos
dur-hard / konos-cone (also a helmet)
aothora
a* / ot-ear / hor-boundary; hour / a*
a* / o(r)th-straight / ora-pray; plead
*a-away from; movement toward; in addition to
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Just a muddled thought…you know ‘our’ background image on basecamp…of the mountain…anyone peered at that closely?
I don’t like how quiet it is. We’ve either missed something huge, or…
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