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+====== Introduction ======
+The //Armillogion// was a orrery-like device of unknown origin which depicted [[Nave|Nave's]] [[solar system]]. It was most recently held by the [[Tindremene|Tindremenes]] who—according to legends—used it in some capacity as a divination tool. How it functioned and any possible connection to any deities is unclear, as the guild tasked with its protection was highly secretive.
+The device was housed within its own building in [[Tindrem|Tindrem's]] //Vica Iudico//, the //Auspiciorium//, where worship was a regular practice. Surviving records even indicate that the device is at the very least as old as //Tindrem// itself. It was functional until [[The Conflux]] shook //Nave//, consigning it to the depths of the ocean along with the whole of //Vica Iudico//.
+The //Armillogion//—or at least parts of it—were salvaged from the sunken remnants of //Vica Iudico// and placed in a public chamber in the [[Tindrem#Pre-Irruption Magic & Science|Clerus Magica]] atop //Vica Levita//. Despite centuries of effort, it never resumed functioning and remained an intriguing yet meaningless relic. And so it would remain, until the earthquakes marking the end of [[The Irruption]] caused the spires of //Vica Levita// and thereby the //Cleris Magica// as well to fall into the ocean. This may be where the //Armillogion's// remains rest today.
+Descriptions from prior to //The Great Washout// refer to it as the //"Astrarium Equatorium"//, the //"Sfaira Dachtylidion"//, or simply the //"Navion"//. [[Sarducaan]] texts written in [[Sarducaan#Ana'dil|Ana'dil]] mention the //"Destegua ba Helq-ha"//, and [[Huergar|Huérgar]] documents written in [[Huergar#Lisan Abnu|Lisan Abnu]] speak of the //"Āsipūt-Barsalummatu"//. Illustrations depict a room-sized spherical model of the solar system, with [[Solar System#Sunna|Sunna]] at its center and planets orbiting slowly around it.
+Numerous treatises, spanning all eras, have presented theories about the device's origins, questioned its workings, or debated its accuracy. At one time, many even regarded it as a divine mechanism facilitating the creation of an empire.
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+====== The Pre-Release Puzzle ======
+Prior to the release of //Mortal Online//'s beta, a countdown was released on the game's website. Every day the counter would have a new image background, and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180915082745/https://starvault.se/mortalforums/threads/mo-counter-research-and-findings.4397/|the community quickly discovered]] that each of of these individual frames—193 in total—could be combined into a video.
+{{wiki:armillogion_counter_puzzle.mp4}}
+The puzzle was not just about combining the frames into a video, however, but also deriving the information stored in them. Foremost were the names of the planets in //Nave's// solar system, their individual number of moons, and their order by distance from //Sunna//.
+{{wiki:armillogion_solar_system_names.png?0x200}} {{wiki:armillogion_solar_system.jpg?0x200}}
+Second was a "prayer" directed at or a "response" received/interpreted from the //Armillogion// in a religious language and encoded in the puzzle as a musical staff:
+  am nave diluvi
+  am nave flagrati
+  effogo potes ti
+  fatuu et pysma
+  armillo gia
+  servatis clade
+Third, for stylistic purposes, a real-world page from a [[https://www.schoyencollection.com/music-notation/tete-de-marteau-notation/cantorinus-ms-1281|15th century Cantorinus]] and two texts written in //Palestinian-Aramaic// were included, though they are not relevant to solving the puzzle.
+Fourth, a document key to unraveling the mystery of the "prayer"/"response" was included around frames 110 and onward which is //not// among the three mentioned above, though this item has never been identified.
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