Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

[Kalthanan]

Sigil Games Online (www.sigilgames.com) finally released a name for their up-and-coming MMORPG:

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (www.vanguardsagaofheroes.com).

There's a teaser intro for the game, and a cryptic number shown at the end;

562528500361

There are some threads over at the official Sigil forums trying to figure out what the number is. Anyone in cryptography care to take a crack at it?

So far, the only real analysis anyone has of it is that it's a perfect square -- 750019 x 750019.

[Kalthanan]

Full text of Flash:

I drifted, neither awake, nor asleep... Neither in body, nor in mind.

I couldn't see, but then worlds and stars took shape about me and I knew they were there. I could feel them... almost reach out, had I an arm and a hand, to touch them.

Where was I? And who was I? And, for that matter, what was I doing in this place?

I tried to speak, to cry out, but I had no voice; instead I was surrounded by an empty cold.

And so I drifted still, with no concept of time or duration. Suns and their worlds came and went, some nearer and far. But, all the while, I felt myself drawn to something... or somewhere. Perhaps someone?

Then another world came nearer... closer, I think, than any had come before. It was as unfamiliar to me as all of the other worlds had been. Yet I felt a kinship to it. Something was alive there, and then I too remembered a little of what it was like to be alive. I was no longer merely curious, and no longer was I unable, or even unwilling, to guide my journey.

It was glorious. To be alone, for so long, but then to feel others nearby. I could reach out, and I could perceive them. What a busy world it was. Full of hustle and bustle, of small creatures and great beings. Some I knew to be mortals (though I could not remember why or how)... men, dwarves, and elves. And others were what mortals called gods... entities of greater power, some with a desire to interfere and to meddle, while others benevolent. And yet, still, more were indiffrent-uncaring towards one another, and to those both above and below, yet still seeking something... something very important, something vital.

At that moment I began to drift again. "No!" I began to cry, but of course, there was still no sound, and no tongue to make a noise, nor even lips to pretend to whisper.

But did my panic and desperation slow me, or was it something else? Again, I reached out and I embraced this unfamiliar world, for even the unknown was preferable to the void I did know.

And so my body took form... my spirit faded, and the sense of floating left. I could feel the cold earth beneath me, and I was lying upon it, face down.

"Ho, what is this?" Thundered an unfamiliar voice. "What have I caught as though a fish swimming through the ether?"

I gasped, taking my first breath... but was it my first breath?

I slowly rose, first to my knees, and then, just barely, to my feet. I found myself leaning against something smooth, but made of stone-a pillar perhaps. My eyes slowly opened, adjusting to the light. Rays from the sun illuminated a fog enshrouded temple, and though the ground under my feet was dry, the air was humid, almost alive.

"I know not from whence you've come, strange one, but I am in need. You shall be my emissary."

I looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, but to no avail. I was alone. And I was very afraid, but not because of the voice, nor due to my unfamiliar surroundings.

I was afraid because I remembered then who I was: Aradune Mithara, the Ranger, The Outrider.

But that name, that answer to my question, only brought a flood of new questions-questions more unsettling and terrifying than anything my fragmented memory could recall...

562528500361

[Toodle]

One of you fancy programmer types oughtta look at it in hex or machine-code, or binary.

<grunt> <scratch>

[Ramsus]

Damnit..

Im reading cryptonomicon right now.. this is too much.. My mind can;t handle it.. going to.. explode..

[Toodle]

Sic em, Rams! :nana:

[Sinter]

1000001011111001010011111011101010001001

Thats the number in Binary....
Sinter

This is it in hex
82F94FBA89...

It means nothing to me, what about you rams?

[Kalthanan]

Cryptonomicon was cool, baby!

But yeah there's a new number and a new front page for the site now.

756110555893

And from hints dropped from Sigil people, this is an ongoing thing, so look for more changes and clues!

[Ramsus]

keeping track of the changes now.. today is day 3.
http://so.not.net