![]() In The Blackthorn Key, Master Benedict uses this cipher to code his recipe for gunpowder and also the secret message for Christopher. ![]() Since there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are 25 possible ways to cipher a code. For example, 'cat' would be shifted, say two places, to 'ecv'. The cipher works by shifting each letter of each word in the code by a set number of places. This cipher is supposedly unbreakable, since it needs a very specific codeword, or key, to decipher it.Īlthough no one in the books has actually used this cipher, Christopher tests this cipher every time he comes across a new code, as it is very common. ![]() In The Assassin's Curse, Christopher and the Templars use a complicated code called the Vigenere Cipher. ![]()
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