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This reminds me of hours I spent as a child deciphering the Norse runes Richard Garriot borrowed for his Ultima games:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/u5lazarus/images/d/dc/U4...

In the area right below the title: "The Lands of Britannia"

In college, we'ed leave messages on friends whiteboards with runes. Back in '93, there weren't a lot of 'nerd' girls, so it was usually a pretty safe way to hide in plain sight. Much better than a tie on the doorknob. Granted, it wasn't Ultima or LOTR, but Beowulf in the Olde English class that we would cite, because nerdy wasn't cool back then.

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