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Wheel of Time Tribute Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/15/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is at the listed coordinates. You must meet all the requirements of this challenge before logging a "find."

The Wheel of Time series is an ambitious fantasy series written by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The first book came out twenty-two years ago from the day the cache was hidden. The final book in the fourteen book series was published almost a year later in 2013. The author Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney Jr.) died in 2007 from amyloidosis after the eleventh book was published. At the request of his wife and editor, another author, Brandon Sanderson, used Jordan's extensive notes to finish the series. It is an epic story with a cast of thousands.

The books in the series are as follows:
1) The Eye of the World (published January 15, 1990)
2) The Great Hunt (published November 15, 1990)
3) The Dragon Reborn (published October 15, 1991)
4) The Shadow Rising (published September 15, 1992)
5) The Fires of Heaven (published October 15, 1993)
6) Lord of Chaos (published October 15, 1994)
7) A Crown of Swords (published May 15, 1996)
8) The Path of Daggers (published October 20, 1998)
9) Winter's Heart (published November 7, 2000)
10) Crossroads of Twilight (published January 7,2003)
11) Knife of Dreams (published October 11, 2005)
12) The Gathering Storm (published October 27, 2009)
13) Towers of Midnight (published November 2, 2010)
14) A Memory of Light (published January 8, 2013)

In order to qualify to log this cache, you must find a cache with a word from the title of each of the books in the series, not counting the words "the" "of" and "a". Plural/singular and possessive/non-possessive words do count, but not compound words. For example, GC1GBAH Campus Crossword Cache does not count for "A Crown of Swords" even though "sword" is contained in "crossword".

There is no date requirement. Past and future caches count. Finds only; you cannot use your own caches to qualify. Also, you cannot use the same cache for more than one book title. For example, GC1G7CV Great Balls of Fire cannot be used for both "The Great Hunt" and "The Fires of Heaven".

Here is an example of a list of qualifying caches:
1) GC2AM8G Rock my World
2) GC2YPMZ Easter Egg Hunt
3) GC2PVYV Four Headed Dragon
4) GC1PK9C Shopko's Shadow
5) GC1QP0D Casey's Heaven
6) GC1CQ5C Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammunition
7) GC14BAR A Mighty Sword
8) GC2E76Z The Path Not Taken
9) GC1G7KF Hands, Head, Heart, Health
10) GC21037 Twilight Bark
11) GCH3HB Becky's Dream
12) GC1D2T5 Gonna Storm
13) GC173HM Trees and Towers
14) GCG72J Guiding Light Cache

Please include documentation of your qualifications, either as a bookmark or in your log. I will post additional clarifications if questions are asked.

Congratulations to Team Zinger for being the First to Find this cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)