Elvish Encryption Enigma

Par 6

Question 36intermediateSheet 1750822302

Deep Breath

A Lord of the Rings fanatic rewrote the encryption system using Tengwar script after claiming ASCII is the language of Mordor. They vanished into the woods with a pointed hat and walking stick leaving behind cryptic runes and a note about wandering. The encryption key appears to be written in languages that predate the invention of computers by several thousand years. Your task: Decode messages written in Tengwar-inspired cipher where each English letter maps to an Elvish character.

Why You're Doing This

You're implementing a substitution cipher using fantasy alphabet characters with proper Unicode handling. This tests character encoding, cipher implementation, pattern recognition, and working with non-Latin character sets. It's like ROT13 but for people who think Tolkien's languages are more secure than modern cryptography.

Take the W

✓ Correctly maps Tengwar-style characters to English letters
✓ Handles Unicode character encoding properly
✓ Preserves case and spacing in decryption

Hard L

✗ Produces garbled output due to encoding issues
✗ Loses information during character translation
✗ Fails on edge cases like punctuation or numbers

Edge Cases

⚠ Mixed Tengwar and English text in same encrypted message
⚠ Unicode variations of the same logical character causing mapping issues
⚠ Encrypted text containing characters not in substitution table
⚠ Text with directional markers or special formatting characters
⚠ Encrypted message that is itself another layer of cipher

Input Format:

tengwar_symbol_strings, character_mapping_tables, unicode_handling_protocols

Expected Output:

decryption_system with unicode_compatibility_and_formatting_preservation

Example:

{"symbols": "ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢʏ", "mapping": "tengwar_to_english", "unicode": "preserve"} → decode_tengwar_symbols(), preserve_unicode_formatting(), maintain_character_mapping()

Input Format:

character_mapping_matrix, symbol_frequency_analysis, decryption_transformation_functions

Expected Output:

decrypted_text_optimization with character_frequency_validation

Example:

mapping=[ᴛ→T, ᴇ→E, ᴄ→C], frequency=english_expected, transformation=substitution → decrypted_text_validated, frequency_analysis_consistent, transformation_successful

Hints

💡 Character mapping: ᴛ→T, ᴇ→E, ᴄ→C, ʜ→H, ɴ→N, ᴏ→O, ʟ→L, ɢ→G, ʏ→Y
💡 Preserve original case patterns and spacing throughout decryption
💡 Handle punctuation and numbers as pass-through characters

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