Carte Rouge - Spades
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Robes
Hint 1
Hmmm... A Jack tends to need assistance and seldom works alone.
Hint 2
Your Queen has a clue to offer you.
Hint 3
A message intertwined, similar, yet different.
Hint 4
Two knaves spoke in secret.
Hint 5
Spade and Heart and Spade and Heart and Spade and Heart...
Solution
From the Jack of Spades to the Jack of Hearts, it spills its secret:
"You will be our pawn, until your final hour."
Border
Hint 1
Nothing worse than a disordered border.
Hint 2
A fine pair of robes, I see.
Hint 3
Red and black and red and black and red and black...
Hint 4
If it's all mixed up, you're making tremendous progress.
Solution
The robes contain a red-black striped pattern, alternating between the two colors. Reading the border in this order, it says: "Your nation is in turmoil, there is a rebellion you must foil."
Border
Hint 1
My own robes hold no secrets to assist you with my message, but my husband's may.
Hint 2
A symbolic alphabet, unique to this suit.
Hint 3
Morganwg's Alphabet... I haven't heard of this. Perhaps some research is necessary.
Hint 4
It has several other names: The Bards' Alphabet or Coelbren
Solution
"Face to face, men of all trades, a shared secret, between heart and spade."
A reference to two of the knaves... best to question them together.
Robes
Hint 1
A fine piece of jewelry she wears around her neck!
Hint 2
Some odd groupings of singular and double strands, but lovely still.
Hint 3
Only nine beads grace each strand.
Hint 4
A symbol of power... or perhaps of numerals.
Hint 5
Count carefully, and perhaps some letters can be exchanged for this piece.
Solution
Each strand of nine beads has one (or none) of a different color, representing numeric value. Some strands are singular (1-9) while others are grouped into pairs (10-26), offering two numerals as a set. Translating these numbers into letters yields: "Madame Deficit", a nickname for a well known woman.
Border
Hint 1
My clothes hold the secret for my border and my wife's.
Hint 2
A strange alphabet, only held by those of my suit.
Hint 3
Morganwg's Alphabet... I haven't heard of this. Perhaps some research is necessary.
Hint 4
It has several other names: The Bards' Alphabet or Coelbren
Solution
The border when translated reads: "Helping you is our pleasure, but you must share your treasure."
Robes
Hint 1
A familiar alphabet though odd in its own ways.
Hint 2
This alphabet is well suited to a deck of cards.
Hint 3
A familiar knave used this alphabet for both of its parts.
Hint 4
Even if you've translated it, you may still need to do some research.
Hint 5
A solution to assist you in finding other solutions? Bordering on insolence, if you ask me.
Solution
Using a variant of the alphabet integrated throughout the deck, these robes yield: "Morganwg Alphabet" and with some light research, you may find other names for this script as well.