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+name: "Hidden Runes"
+author: Sophia
+category: Crypto
+description: |-
+  A capsule concealing a mysterious message has been discovered on the Main Quad.
+  You heard that those who decipher the message get to be featured in the Daily Illini!
+  Can you decrypt the following text? 
+
+  **author**: Sophia
+value: 150
+type: dynamic
+tags:
+  - easy
+extra:
+  initial: 150
+  decay: 125
+  minimum: 100
+flags:
+  - sigpwny{alphabets_are_very_fun}
+files:
+  - mysterious_message.txt
+hints:
+  - Substitution cipher with random characters
+  - Use context clues to figure out what common words translate to.
+state: hidden
diff --git a/chals/crypto/hidden-runes/mysterious_message.txt b/chals/crypto/hidden-runes/mysterious_message.txt
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+☉☾♄♄☿! ♀♂ ♃♆♀☾ ♇♅ ♀♆♃♈♉. ♇ ♄♉☽☾ ♅♊♆♋☾ ♆♃♌ ♆♄♊☉♆♍☾♎♅. ♇ ♏♆♃♎ ♎♉ ♈♉ ♎♉ ♅♊♆♋☾ ♉♃☾ ♌♆♂. ♇♃ ♎☉☾ ♀☾♆♃ ♎♇♀☾, ☉☾♐☾ ♇♅ ♎☉☾ ♑♄♆♈: 
+♅♇♈♊♏♃♂{♆♄♊☉♆♍☾♎♅_♆♐☾_☽☾♐♂_♑♒♃}
+
diff --git a/chals/crypto/hidden-runes/solution.txt b/chals/crypto/hidden-runes/solution.txt
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+This is a substitution cipher.
+♅♇♈♊♏♃♂ comes right before the set of braces {}, so we know that must stand for sigpwny. 
+Each character matches to a letter in the english alphabet. 
+We can spot words like "I", "is", and "the" and use the mappings to decipher the message.
+
+Key:
+☉ = h
+☾ = e
+♄ = l
+☿ = o
+♀ = m
+♂ = y
+♃ = n
+♆ = a
+♇ = I
+♅ = s
+☽ = v
+♈ = g 
+♉ = o
+♊ = p 
+♋ = c
+♌ = d 
+♍ = b 
+♎ = t 
+♏ = w 
+♐ = r 
+♑ = f 
+♒ = u
+
+Decoded message: 
+Hello! My name is Mango. I love space and alphabets. I want to go to space one day. 
+In the mean time, here is the flag: sigpwny{alphabets_are_very_fun}
diff --git a/chals/crypto/password-cracker/challenge.yml → chals/crypto/password-cracking/challenge.yml b/chals/crypto/password-cracker/challenge.yml → chals/crypto/password-cracking/challenge.yml
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diff --git a/chals/crypto/password-cracker/solution.sh → chals/crypto/password-cracking/solution.sh b/chals/crypto/password-cracker/solution.sh → chals/crypto/password-cracking/solution.sh
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		☉☾♄♄☿! ♀♂ ♃♆♀☾ ♇♅ ♀♆♃♈♉. ♇ ♄♉☽☾ ♅♊♆♋☾ ♆♃♌ ♆♄♊☉♆♍☾♎♅. ♇ ♏♆♃♎ ♎♉ ♈♉ ♎♉ ♅♊♆♋☾ ♉♃☾ ♌♆♂. ♇♃ ♎☉☾ ♀☾♆♃ ♎♇♀☾, ☉☾♐☾ ♇♅ ♎☉☾ ♑♄♆♈:
		♅♇♈♊♏♃♂{♆♄♊☉♆♍☾♎♅_♆♐☾_☽☾♐♂_♑♒♃}