Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident Easter Egg - Centaurian Writing

At the bottom of the pages of the main story, there is a code in Centaurian. When translated into English it reads:
Congratulations, human. If you have cracked this code, you are more intelligent than most of your species. This is a message from the fairy people. We are seeking out our allies among the Mud Men.Though most humans are dull witted creatures, there are exceptions. You, for example. The reason for your intelligence is that you have fairy ancestors. Do you feel different from those around you? Are your ears a bit pointier than most? Is your tongue long enough to touch your nose? Do you dream of flying? Have you ever thought that you do not belong among the Mud Men? That is because you have fairy blood in your veins. So, young Mud Fairy, I have a mission for you. As one of the People, it is your duty to protect the earth from those who would destroy it. You must become one of a new race of Mud Men who love this planet as much as the fairy folk. There is one simple rule. Use only what you need and use it wisely. Do this and the earth will survive. Go now and begin your quest. I shall repeat this message for those whose fairy intelligence is buried a bit deeper than yours.

The message then repeats up to "Do you feel different from those around you?"

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Contributed By: jenna on 07-24-2002
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Special Requirements: Hardback version of the book (it may be included in the paperback when it comes out)
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! writes:
What is Centaurian writing? Where is the code? Is it at the bottom like Artemis Fowl 1? Is it the bottom line of each page????
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Miriana writes:
The writing is at the bottom of the page. to translate it, simply compare the paragraph of centurian which is about halfway into the book, with the translation provided just before it. A hint: a spaces are not always what they seem.
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Tree Hugger writes:
You jerk! Their is no code at the bottom of The Arctic Incident first ammerican hardback edition!
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__penguin__ writes:
What? Theres no code at the bottem of arctic incedent!
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In the UK hardback, down at the bottom of the page (like the faerie code...did I spell that right?!) there IS a code-I don't know about other versions as this is the only one I have access to ^.^
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Kara writes:
I don't think it's in the (american) paperback edition. I have that book and it's not in here. Besides I don't even see the paragraph of the writing.
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T_Metcalfe writes:
There are 2 codes in the english Arctic Incident book. One is Centaur, which is the one (on the english book) that is down the bottom of every page and along the spine of the book, you can translate this using the centaur saying with translation on page 145. This same saying is also in the box with green? writing on the front. The Gnomish code is the picture one, on the front under the box of green writing are 4 circles Purple, Red, Green and Blue. Underneath them is one letter each of the Gnomish code. This code is also in the small box at the start of every chapter under the title. If you still don't know what im talking about, it is flies and acorns etc. I found a font for the Gnomish code on some website when i searched on Google. I hope this has been of some help to you code crackers. If you want the Cenatur code i can email you a chart of it translated. ^^
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SilverWing writes:
ok ok people! don't go totally nutz over 1 little egg! i think the code is on the UK version but it is NOT, I repeat is NOT on the AMERICAN version. so you people can stop putting up all these stupid comments!
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bookworm writes:
Hi guys. In the american books the only one that has a code down the bottom is the first the rest don't have any. (I think). The books I own have the codes and I've figured out the first two but I need help on the third. Does anyone know a website that has the third book codes. If so please write below. Thanx. Bookworm
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crazed_kim writes:
The Centaurian isnt on the prologue in the English
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crazed_kim writes:
I have all three codes for you btw
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Crud dragon writes:
Maybe they thought that americans would be to stupid to figure it out. It is quite a large posability.
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starcruiser writes:
Does anyone know where I can download Centaurian as a font? I found Gnommish but I can't find Centaurian!
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simon writes:
Also, on the cover of the arctic incident (the illustration)in the box,the first 5 letters spell fairy.
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SheeEttin writes:
Whoa, whoa, calm down. I have the American version, paperback (ISBN 0-7868-1708-9). There is no Gnommish in it at all. Wait, no, that's wrong. There is the word "Fowl" just above the F-E-R in Colfer. Other than that, there is no code.
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This doesn't relate exactly to this subject, but when Artemis goes to Russia, he uses the alter ego Stefan Bashkir. In Eoin's book, Supernaturalists, one of the main characters is named Stefan Bashkir.
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can somebody please email me the centarian alphabet? my email is [email protected] thanks
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Guys, please shut up! The Centaurian code is obviously only in the United Kingdom, so stop arguing unless you're jealous that the United Kingdom gets a few more encrypted words than the United States do. If you have questions, contact me at [email protected]
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