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18:15, 6 November 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Common.css (Created page with "CSS placed here will be applied to all skins: * This is the CSS common to all desktop skins on en.Wikipedia. * Styling inside .mw-parser-output should generally use TemplateStyles.: Reset italic styling set by user agent: cite, dfn { font-style: inherit; } Straight quote marks for <q>: q { quotes: '"' '"' "'" "'"; } Avoid collision of blockquote with floating elements by swapping margin and padding: blockquote { overflow: hidden; margin...")
14:22, 5 November 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:Paintings together.jpg (An image of several of the original paintings, gathered together in John Jude Palencar’s studio.)
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19:58, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 12 (Created page with "''Where M and B are set in stone'' ''And to Congress, R is known'' ''L sits and left'' ''Beyond his shoulder'' ''Is the Fair Folks’'' ''Treasure holder'' ''The end of ten by thirteen Is your clue'' ''Fence and fixture'' ''Central too'' ''For finding jewel casque'' ''Seek the sounds'' ''Of rumble'' ''Brush and music'' ''Hush.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:57, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 11 (Created page with "''Pass two friends of octave'' ''In December'' ''Ride the man of oz'' ''To the land near the window'' ''There’s a road that leads to'' ''Dark forest'' ''Where white is in color'' ''With two maps'' ''After circle and square'' ''In July and August'' ''A path beckons'' ''To mica and driftwood'' ''Under that'' ''Which may be last touched'' ''Or first seen standing'' ''Look north at the wing'' ''And dig'' ''To achieve'' ''By dauntless and inconquerable''...") Tag: Visual edit
19:56, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 10 (Created page with "''In the shadow'' ''Of the grey giant'' ''Find the arm that'' ''Extends over the slender path'' ''In summer'' ''You’ll often hear a whirring sound'' ''Cars abound'' ''Although the sign'' ''Nearby'' ''Speaks of Indies native'' ''The natives still speak'' ''Of him of Hard word in 3 Vols.'' ''Take twice as many east steps as the hour'' ''Or more'' ''From the middle of one branch'' ''Of the v'' ''Look down'' ''And see simple roots'' ''In rhapsodic mans so...") Tag: Visual edit
19:55, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 9 (Created page with "''The first chapter'' ''Written in water'' ''Near men'' ''With wind rose'' ''Behind bending branches'' ''And a green picket fence'' ''At the base of a tall tree'' ''You can still hear the honking'' ''Shell, limestone, silver, salt'' ''Stars move by day'' ''Sails pass by night'' ''Even in darkness'' ''Like moonlight in teardrops'' ''Over the tall grass'' ''Years pass, rain falls.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:54, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 8 (Created page with "''View the three stories of Mitchell'' ''As you walk the beating of the world'' ''At a distance in time'' ''From three who lived there'' ''At a distance in space'' ''From woman, with harpsichord'' ''Silently playing'' ''Step on nature'' ''Cast in copper'' ''Ascend the 92 steps'' ''After climbing the grand 200'' ''Pass the compass and reach'' ''The foot of the culvert'' ''Below the bridge'' ''Walk 100 paces'' ''Southeast over rock and soil'' ''To the first...") Tag: Visual edit
19:54, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 7 (Created page with "''At stone wall’s door'' ''The air smells sweet'' ''Not far away'' ''High posts are three'' ''Education and Justice'' ''For all to see'' ''Sounds from the sky'' ''Near ace is high'' ''Running north, but first across'' ''In jewel’s direction'' ''Is an object'' ''Of Twain’s attention'' ''Giant pole'' ''Giant step'' ''To the place'' ''The casque is kept.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:53, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 6 (Created page with "''Of all the romance retold'' ''Men of tales and tunes'' ''Cruel and bold'' ''Seen here'' ''By eyes of old'' ''Stand and listen to the birds'' ''Hear the cool, clear song of water'' ''Harken to the words:'' ''Freedom at the birth of a century'' ''Or May 1913'' ''Edwin and Edwina named after him'' ''Or on the eighth a scene'' ''Where law defended'' ''Between two arms extended'' ''Below the bar that binds'' ''Beside the long palm’s shadow'' ''Embedded in...") Tag: Visual edit
19:52, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 5 (Created page with "''Lane'' ''Two twenty two'' ''You’ll see an arc of lights'' ''Weight and roots extended'' ''Together saved the site'' ''Of granite walls'' ''Wind swept halls'' ''Citadel in the night'' ''A wingless bird ascended'' ''Born of ancient dreams of flight'' ''Beneath the only standing member'' ''Of a forest'' ''To the south'' ''White stone closest'' ''At twelve paces'' ''From the west side'' ''Get permission'' ''To dig out.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:51, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 4 (Created page with "''Beneath two countries'' ''As the road curves'' ''In a rectangular plot'' ''Beneath the tenth stone'' ''From right to left'' ''Beneath the ninth row from the top'' ''Of the wall including small bricks'' ''Seven steps up you can hop'' ''From the bottom level'' ''Socrates, Pindar, Apelles'' ''Free speech, couplet, birch'' ''To find casques destination'' ''Seek the columns'' ''For the search.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:50, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 3 (Created page with "If Thucydides is North of Xenophon Take five steps In the area of his direction A green tower of lights In the middle section Near those Who pass the coliseum With metal walls Face the water Your back to the stairs Feel at home All the letters Are here to see Eighteenth day Twelfth hour Lit by lamplight In truth, be free.") Tag: Visual edit
19:45, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 2 (Created page with "''At the place where jewels abound'' ''Fifteen rows down to the ground'' ''In the middle of twenty-one'' ''From end to end'' ''Only three stand watch'' ''As the sound of friends'' ''Fills the afternoon hours'' ''Here is a sovereign people'' ''Who build palaces to shelter'' ''Their heads for a night!'' ''Gnomes admire'' ''Fays delight'' ''The namesakes meeting'' ''Near this site.''") Tag: Visual edit
19:44, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verse 1 (Created page with "''Fortress north'' ''Cold as glass'' ''Friendship south'' ''Take your task'' ''To the number'' ''Nine eight two'' ''Through the wood'' ''No lion fears'' ''In the sky the water veers'' ''Small of scale'' ''Step across'' ''Perspective should not be lost'' ''In the center of four alike'' ''Small, split,'' ''Three winged and slight'' ''What we take to be'' ''Our strongest tower of delight'' ''Falls gently'' ''In December night'' ''Looking back from treasur...") Tag: Visual edit
16:16, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:Tribute painting.png
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14:58, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Additional treasure hunts (Created page with "== The Anniversary Hunt == == The Tribute Hunt ==") Tag: Visual edit
14:54, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs protected Main Page [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [cascading] (hist)
12:10, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:Casque key (broken).jpg
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12:05, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Key (Created page with "Each of the twelve casques contains a ceramic key, designed (like the casques themselves) by JoEllen Trilling. The terms of the treasure hunt state that each of these keys can be redeemed in exchange for the prize of precious or semi-precious jewel. The jewels, which vary from puzzle to puzzle, are also featured in the treasure hunt paintings. Like the casques, the keys are made of unfired clay, and identical in design while painted with a unique, distinctive color.") Tag: Visual edit
11:37, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Generally Accepted Pairings (Created page with "A pairing is a logical matching of one of the twelve full-color paintings in The Secret with one of the twelve cryptic verses. As the book itself instructs (p. 7-8), “The key to each requires the proper combination of one treasure painting with one treasure verse. You need only decipher the clues in any pair to learn the location of a treasure casque. The following constitute generally accepted pairings of images and verses in the treasure hunt of ''The Secret.'' Whil...") Tag: Visual edit
11:26, 12 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page The Secret (book) (Created page with " Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named ''The Secret,'' produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982. The book was authored by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann and illustrated by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard, and Overton Loyd; JoEllen Trilling, Ben Asen, and Alex Jay also contributed to the book. A Japanese version was published in 1983, and the English version was re-issued in 2014. The book contains 12 images and 12 v...") Tag: Visual edit
15:15, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Paintings (Created page with "The twelve paintings in the middle section of The Secret are not given titles in the text, but are generally referred to by the names of the cities with which they are popularly identified. The designations are not official, and in fact have changed over the years. The San Francisco painting, for instance, was often thought to represent New Orleans, until the artwork was seen to contain what appear to be longitude and latitude coordinates in the figure’s hair.")
13:58, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Found Casques (Created page with "At present, three of the twelve casques have been located. In chronological order of discovery, they are: '''Chicago''' ''(1983)'' '''Cleveland''' ''(2004)'' '''Boston''' ''(2019)''") Tag: Visual edit
13:49, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Verses (Created page with "These are the texts of the twelve verses incorporated into The Secret. They are not numbered in the text, but are generally numbered according to their order of appearance. Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 Verse 5 Verse 6 Verse 7 Verse 8 Verse 9 Verse 10 Verse 11 Verse 12")
13:07, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Sean Kelly (Created page with "Sean was born on a farm in Cushing, Quebec, on July 22, 1940. After graduating from Loyola College he worked as a radio actor, advertising copywriter, schoolteacher and on a quiz show. In 1967, he co-wrote ''Expo Inside Out'', a bestselling but highly unofficial guide to the Montreal World's Fair. In 1972, he migrated to New York City to co-write the infamous off-Broadway mock rock musical ''Lemmings.'' He received the Drama Desk Award for his lyrics. He worked at ''Na...") Tag: Visual edit
12:52, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Overton Loyd (Created page with "'''Overton Loyd''' (born April 20, 1954) is an American artist. Loyd created the cover art for the Parliament album ''Motor Booty Affair'' and several other records.His style of art varies often from work to work, and can range from loose sketches and paintings to fully fleshed out pieces. He is a friend of George Clinton of Parliament, and most of the subjects for his art are either Clinton or Parliament.") Tag: Visual edit
12:49, 11 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Ben Asen (Created page with "https://www.benasen.com/about-ben-asen-photographer/ ARTIST’S STATEMENT People often ask me why I photograph. Visually, photography is how I’m able to express myself. Watching old black-and-white movies as a kid greatly influenced what subjects I photograph and how I shoot them. I’ve always enjoyed film noir movies, where the lighting and the use of shadow were so important in making urban scenes beautiful and indelible. Ultimately, my work is about seeing—trul...")
21:30, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page User:Peregrine (Created page with "Hello. On the internet, no one knows I’m a bird.")
20:59, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Template:Infobox (Created page with "{{Infobox |name = Infobox/doc |bodystyle = |title = Test Infobox |titlestyle = |image = 200px|alt=Example alt text |imagestyle = |caption = Caption for example.png |captionstyle = |headerstyle = background:#ccf; |labelstyle = background:#ddf; |datastyle = |header1 = Header defined alone |label1 = |data1 = |header2 = |label2 = Label defined alone does not display (needs data, or is suppressed) |dat...")
20:53, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Casque (Created page with "Each of the twelve puzzles in The Secret are intended to lead the seeker to the location of what Byron Priess called a '''casque''', an unfired clay box designed by JoEllen Trilling and containing a clay key. Preiss’ use of “casque” is somewhat unusual, as the term is usually used to refer to a metal helmet of the sort worn by conquistadors. Each casque is uniquely decorated, in three fashions. The inside lid displays a specific time reading on a clock face, a si...") Tag: Visual edit
20:53, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:Side view of casque.jpg
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20:26, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page The Secret Wiki:About (Created page with "This wiki began on Octobert 10, 2025. The admins are Burnstyle and Peregrine, but the latter is doing most of the heavy lifting at present. You are welcome to create your own account and begin contributing: however, if you already have a “hunt name” within the Secret community, we encourage you to use that identity here as well. In this search, certainty is a rare commodity. Unless you have personally recovered a casque, please refrain from using language that impl...")
20:19, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:Peregrine.jpg
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20:16, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page The Secret (Created page with " '''The Secret''' is a treasure hunt created by Byron Preiss. The hunt involves a search for twelve treasure boxes, the clues to which were provided in a book written by Preiss in 1982, also called ''The Secret''. These boxes were buried at secret locations in cities across the United States and Canadathat symbolically represent events and peoples that played significant roles in North American history. Anyone who uncovered one of the treasure boxes was entitled to excha...") Tag: Visual edit
17:09, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page Byron Preiss (Created page with "'''Byron Preiss''' (April 11, 1953 – July 9, 2005) was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of '''Byron Preiss Visual Publications''', and later of '''ibooks Inc'''. Many of his projects were in the forms of graphic novels, comics, illustrated books, and children's books. Beyond traditional printed books, Preiss frequently embraced emerging technologies, and was recognized as a pioneer in digital publishing and as among the firs...") Tag: Visual edit
17:03, 10 October 2025 Peregrine talk contribs created page File:The Secret treasure book cover.jpg
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