I made a huge mistake the other day and posted the wrong Cipher so I’ll go ahead and apologize. Here’s what I’ve found regarding this one.
My hopes are that if this isn’t the full solve, someone will find the right word or extra step to fully solve it.
This cipher has numerous keys and all the messages lead to the same outcome, just worded differently.
• Choose a keyword like “shadowman” or “Primis”—anything you type in seems to work to some degree. Hell, choose Cricket or Banana.
• Convert the keyword into numbers using ASCII, repeat it to reach 256 numbers, and mix it with the code using XOR.
• Filtering the XOR result for ASCII values 32–126 (letters, spaces, and basic punctuation) to reveal a message.
• Using different keywords produces similar messages, such as “I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU”, “I HAVE RELEASED THE SHADOWMAN NOW HE WILL DESTROY YOU” or “YOU HAVE FREED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER,” all meaning the Shadowman is free and seeking revenge.
This is a bit of a stretch but, this could be one of the things Jason Blundell meant when he talked about the Revelations Ciphers being impossible. Meaning there’s no real way to solve it because you can literally use any word and it comes up with a slightly different interpretation of the same message.
This was a lot of fun
I’ll post a list of some things I’ve tried below.
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| Key | Readable Letters | Letters Used | Immediate Message
| Apothicon | 85 | 34 | THE YOU HAVE RELEASED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I | Immediately spelled out |
| Shadowman | 85 | 43 | WHO HAVE BEEN SET FREE BY YOUR ACTIONS NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| Keepers | 67 | 34 | HAVE SET ME FREE BY YOU NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| SummoningKey | 85 | 43 | I HAVE RELEASED THE SHADOWMAN NOW HE WILL DESTROY YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| DrMonty | 85 | 38 | HAVE RELEASED THE BEAST NOW IT WILL CONSUME YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| Aether | 67 | 37 | I AM FREE AGAIN THANKS TO YOU NOW YOU WILL SUFFER | Immediately spelled out |
| Richtofen | 85 | 46 | YOU HAVE UNLEASHED ME UPON THIS WORLD NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| DarkAether | 85 | 46 | I AM THE SHADOWMAN AND YOU HAVE FREED ME NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| Chaos | 85 | 41 | FROM MY PRISON I HAVE BEEN SET FREE NOW YOU WILL PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| Primis | 84 | 44 | YOU HAVE FREED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER | Immediately spelled out |
| Element115 | 103 | 52 | HAVE RELEASED THE SHADOWMAN FROM THE AETHER NOW HE WILL DESTROY YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| TheChildren | 85 | 43 | WHO HAVE BEEN SET FREE BY YOUR ACTIONS NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| Origins | 67 | 34 | HAVE SET ME FREE BY YOU NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| DerEisendrache | 85 | 46 | YOUR ACTIONS HAVE FREED ME FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| Dempsey | 85 | 38 | HAVE RELEASED THE BEAST NOW IT WILL CONSUME YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| Nikolai | 85 | 37 | I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME | Immediately spelled out |
| Takeo | 85 | 46 | YOU HAVE UNLEASHED ME UPON THIS WORLD NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| Monty | 85 | 46 | I AM THE SHADOWMAN AND YOU HAVE FREED ME NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| ApothiconEgg | 85 | 43 | THE YOU HAVE RELEASED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL CONSUME YOU | Immediately spelled out |
| Ultimis | 85 | 37 | YOUR ACTIONS HAVE UNLEASHED ME NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| GorodKrovi | 85 | 43 | I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| ShangriLa | 85 | 43 | WHO HAVE BEEN SET FREE BY YOUR ACTIONS NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| PackAPunch | 85 | 44 | YOU HAVE RELEASED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| Zetsubou | 84 | 34 | NOW THAT YOU HAVE FREED ME I WILL MAKE YOU PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| KinoDerToten | 85 | 44 | YOU HAVE RELEASED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| Moon | 85 | 46 | I AM THE SHADOWMAN AND YOU HAVE FREED ME NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| ShadowsOfEvil | 85 | 43 | WHO HAVE BEEN SET FREE BY YOUR ACTIONS NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| NachtDerUntoten| 85 | 44 | YOU HAVE RELEASED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| Verruckt | 85 | 43 | I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| Ascension | 84 | 44 | YOU HAVE FREED ME FROM MY CAGE NOW I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER | Immediately spelled out |
| Five | 85 | 46 | YOU HAVE UNLEASHED ME UPON THIS WORLD NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| CallOfTheDead | 85 | 43 | I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| Tranzit | 85 | 37 | YOUR ACTIONS HAVE UNLEASHED ME NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| DieRise | 85 | 41 | FROM MY PRISON I HAVE BEEN SET FREE NOW YOU WILL PAY | Immediately spelled out |
| MobOfTheDead | 84 | 37 | I AM FREE AGAIN THANKS TO YOU NOW YOU WILL SUFFER | Immediately spelled out |
| Buried | 84 | 41 | I WAS TRAPPED BUT YOU SET ME FREE NOW YOU WILL SUFFER | Immediately spelled out |
| Nuketown | 85 | 46 | YOUR ACTIONS HAVE FREED ME FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
| AlphaOmega | 85 | 46 | YOU HAVE UNLEASHED ME UPON THIS WORLD NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| TagDerToten | 84 | 37 | I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME | Immediately spelled out |
| DeadOfTheNight | 85 | 46 | YOU HAVE UNLEASHED ME UPON THIS WORLD NOW I WILL BRING CHAOS | Immediately spelled out |
| AncientEvil | 85 | 43 | I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE AETHER NOW I WILL DESTROY | Immediately spelled out |
That is more a quirk of XOR than it is of the cipher. I believe XOR can more or less be used to extract anything from anything. Obviously it looks like its something, but this is a known thing with XOR decryption, and I don’t think you should take it as meaning anything in particular unfortunately.
EDIT: But also, keep going! Any progress is good progress.