Counting the points of intersection revealed the frequency of a sound.

At the Hall, Elias found the final puzzle: a series of zodiac symbols carved into the doorframe. This was a tied to the Great Conjunction of 1603. Aries was not 'A'; it was a shift of three. Leo represented the sun, or the start point.

He held the parchment to the moonlight. Tiny, microscopic holes sat above specific letters of a Latin prayer.

Traditionally a symbol of creation, here it was stretched.

He turned the brass dial on the door, aligning the stars to the date of the city's founding. With a heavy thunk , the lock surrendered. The Revelation

When read alone, the "holed" letters formed a sentence: IN UMBRA, VERITAS. (In the shadow, the truth.)