The Runes of Peskil
Thomas Allen Smith, Jr. 
© Copyright 2008.

Directions: The sorcerer Arcania has successfully infiltrated the cave of Peskil, the Enigmatic Chromatic Dragon and has even managed to locate the wyrm's hidden treasure. Unfortunately, the gate that protects the dragon's hoard is covered in rows upon rows of magical runes, each line missing certain characters. If Arcania can supply the missing runes, the gate will open and the treasure will be his. However, judging by these markings it will take one clever wordsmith to crack the patterns and Peskil will surely be back soon! Are you that person? The answers and grading scale can be found here.

Find the missing characters in the patterns below.

1)  Y, W, U, S, Q, ? ? ? 

2)  T, T, T, F, F, S ? ? ? 

3)  A, ?, A, ?, E, ?A, S? 

4)  Y S H S R ? ? ?

5)  O T T F ? ? ?

6)  K, P, C, O, F, ? ? 

7)  E E I I N N S ? T 

8)  D N O S ? ? ? ? 

9)  D R M F S ? ? ?  

10) B, C, D, G, J ? ? ? 

11) A, H, I, M, O, ? ? ? 

12) V ? B G Y O R 

13) anthropomorphy, yclept, trollop, paradox, ? semantical, leptodermic 

14) oxygen, ? dermis mishap ? pencil 

15) C, O, S, ?, V, ?, X, ? 

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