Lutwidge Manhunt Documents

First Coded Message To Pawns
''In January, 2010, Orrin Oscar Lutwidge sent a coded message to all of his allies in The International Order of the Pawns. Each member was sent a pawn chess piece labeled with a chess position and a letter in Lutwidgian Cypher. With the chess piece came a piece of paper labeled with a roman numeral at the top (I-VI), and below it a coded message consisting of a list of chess positions. The cypher letters on the pawns each corresponded to the chess position they were labeled with, so every letter in the alphabet could be represented by a chess position.''

''Below is the translated alphabet and transcripts of each coded message next to their decoding. Chess positions that are not part of the code alphabet are spaces between words.''

Messages from Green Pawn
''On January 16th, 2010 the Green pawn contacted another pawn in New York City with a Rebus puzzle message. The second pawn was then given a coded message from Lutwidge.''

Letter From Crystal Pawn
TO: An Ally of the Order FROM: The CRYSTAL PAWN Re: The Red Queen's Return

Are you a friend of ORRIN O. LUTWIDGE? If you would help him find TRUE RAPTURE, the Order has a mission for you.

The RED PAWN (alias JEREMIAH LYNCH) is on the move.

(obscured)

The Silver Pawn will help you intercept Lynch. Do nothing before you contact the Silver Pawn. Look for him under the wings of the angel. (You may know it as the Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial.)

You will know the SILVER PAWN by the BADGE on his lapel bearing the logo of the I.O.O.P.

Give him the passphrase:


 * (obscured)

Assist him in his duties - then share whatever information you discover with the other Pawns through any forum available.

Do you accept this duty?

Lynch's Dropped Dossier
A dossier dropped by Lynch contained various documents with letters cut out.

Newspaper Clipping
(Copy of the New York Orb story about Lutwidge's breakout.)

Notes on the Manila Folder
(A note card with a pawn symbol and the letters "J. I. L.")

3 copies -
 * leave in different cities-
 * so O.O.L. knows that
 * RED PAWN'S WATCHING.

Incomplete Cutout Message

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you        ou gh     Some      g SPECIAL    BAC      FrOM      PTURE tell      E    WH         to    F ND   the        ret OR  you   will   BE   the   next   TO           E


 * a friend

Puzzles from the Alabaster Pawn
(Each section is labeled with the country name watermarked on the puzzle.)

Puzzle
(To solve this puzzle each letter must be assigned a number by following the clues given for each. Highlight the white boxes to see the answers.)

Audio Diary Transcript
"My pawns, you have played masterfully. We have confounded the Red Pawn in our tangled moves. Lynch is lost... but I at last am found. My hope restored. Now my pawns, if you are game, the game is on. The treasure that I stole from the kingdom shall be restored. Fallen Rapture may yet rise, and are we not worthy enough to raise it? If you dare to join me in Rapture, then I challenge you to meet me at the designated square. In the Golden State, in the city by the bay, when the month is 2, when the day is 6, when the hour is 5:45. At that precise moment in the evening, you will find me on Mary Street, between Minna Street and Natoma. Share this recording with the other pawns by any means you find... and know that time is of the essence. Noble pawns, this is Orrin Oscar Lutwidge, one overjoyed leader, bound once again... for Rapture."

- Orrin Oscar Lutwidge