Ransom letter

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Ransom letter
Release																				7 August 2012 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				Some Like It Cold
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				You can get another from Chuck in the Ardougne Zoo.
Examine																				The penmanship is exquisite!
Options
Backpack																				Read, Destroy
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.02 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				24862
Links																				MRID • recipe

A ransom letter is given to the player by Chuck at the beginning of the quest Some Like It Cold. It is a letter from The Walrus informing Chuck that he has captured a PBJ agent, named Teddy.

Book info

Ransom letter
Author				Walrus
Quest				Some Like It Cold
Readable
Bookcase
Description				The penmanship is exquisite!

Transcript

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Ransom letter.

To my most esteemed adversary,

Firstly, I hope this missive finds you mens sana in corpore sano. I myself have a bit of gout, but do not trouble yourself about me. I have plenty of subordinates to see to my health, though they are outrageously under qualified and easily distracted. But, no need to go into what I suffer.

You are no doubt fully informed of the interwining history of my people and yours. If you are not, your educational standards are not what they were and you should be mindful of the old phrase, ipsa scientia potestas est, for I hold vast knowledge and with it has come power. You will, I hope recall the Treaty of Barnaculas the Great which ordained that the Ursus Maritimus - you - would control land, and the Odobenus Rosmarus - I - would control the sea. My kind have proudly held up out end of the treaty.

It has come to my attention, through less than auspicious means, that one of your agents provocateurs dallied in our territory. His flagrant disregard for the treaty (clause A, section 37, line 104), stating that the territorial waters shall not be infiltrated without due cause and warning, has led to a precarious situation. De pilo pendet! Our peoples have maintained a delicate peace for generations.

I am willing to concede that, perhaps, this faux pas can be swept under the proverbial rug. I would expect a small compensation on your part, to smooth wrinkled skin. A small amendment of the treaty would suffice. If you are not willing to bend, then I am afraid your agent will suffer the consequences. Culpae poenae par esto!

Yours most sincerely,

Walrus

Latin translations

Phrase	Literal translation	Dynamic equivalent
Mens sana in corpore sano	Mind sound in body sound	A sound mind in a sound body
Ipsa scientia potestas est	Itself knowledge power is	Knowledge itself is power
Ursus Maritimus	Bear maritime	Polar bear
Odobenus Rosmarus	One which walks on the teeth Horse of the sea	Atlantic walrus
De pilo pendet!	By hair hangs	It hangs by a hair! (or thread)
Culpae poenae par esto	Crime punishment equal be	Let the punishment fit the crime

Update history

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• ninja 28 August 2018 (Update):
  • Fairy dossier (Fairy Tale 3), Economy building for dummies (Do No Evil), Philipe's note (Carnillean Rising), Ballad (Spirits of the Elid), Dusty scroll (In Aid of the Myreque), Ransom letter (Some Like It Cold), Report (Within the Light) are now reclaimable from this bookcase.

• update 7 August 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.