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The Enchanter's Grimoire (long version)

 

Merlin the Wizard had secretly recorded all his spells in a grimoire which he had so well hidden that no one knows where it is today, since Viviane, the fairy, imprisoned the Wizard for eternity in an invisible tower.

 

According to legend, Merlin left clues to help find the place where he hid his precious grimoire…

 

So, let’s go in search of the Wizard’s Grimoire!

The wizard’s grimoire

In the 12th century, Chrestien, a writer from Troyes, recounted the chivalrous epic of young Arthur Pendragon who, with the help of a magician named Merlin, became King of Brittany… the Arthurian romance was born!

Merlin the Wizard had great magical powers: he could metamorphose at will, know the present and the future, make prophecies, cast spells…

All his spells were secretly recorded in a grimoire so well hidden that no one knows where it is today, since Viviane the fairy imprisoned the Wizard for eternity in an invisible tower.

According to legend, Merlin left clues to help find the place where he hid his precious grimoire…

So, let’s go in search of the Wizard’s Grimoire!

Find the Wizard’s grimoire by answering riddles scattered around the streets of the historic heart of Troyes, known as the “Champagne Cork”.

Depart from Troyes La Champagne Tourism and don’t forget to get a city map with you. This quest will take you to 22 locations in the city.

To discover each one, you’ll have to answer a riddle.

At each location, you’ll be asked a riddle to find a word that will eventually lead you to the grimoire!

If you don’t solve a riddle, don’t panic! The solution will be given to you!

The 22 words in a crossword puzzle that you’ll discover at the end of your search will help you find the place where the Wizard’s Grimoire is hidden.

Are you ready? Go!

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To find the first location, answer this riddle

Cast iron and glass belly, people from Troyes love me.

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To find the second location, answer this riddle.

Once a hospice, I now house places of knowledge and light

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Riddle 2

I am alone among heraldic figures and gilded acanthus leaves

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To find location 3, answer this riddle

I am desecrated, between Montier-la-Celle and the Cité

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To find the fourth location, answer this riddle.

Priscus succeeded me in the Capital of the Gauls.

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To find the 5th location, answer this riddle

This is how people call me even if I do not live in oceans!

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On the decumanus maximus, at around 30, my name indicates the presence of a watercourse

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I can be identified by a cockerel and two keys

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This is where children take shelter at playtime

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I represent power in the department

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My name is that of a state in the Middle East

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These are the witnesses to the fights between occupiers and liberators

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The “belly of Paris” (“Le Ventre de Paris”) holds no secrets for me

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I can be scientific, bottomless or light…

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I am not God but I founded “L’Humanité”

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Nikkei Dow Jones Nasdaq

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It is a peaceful place to relax, but its name comes from an old alarm…

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Point de montagnes à l'horizon, pourtant rien ne vous empêche d'y yodeler

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Comedy of the sister of Martha and Lazarus

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Haut lieu de savoirs et de mémoire depuis 2002

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There are no trapeze artists or horsewomen, but the show is still on!

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First consecrated bishop

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Under the single hand, I tell the time, the real time

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The one facing the Cité is nowhere near rivalling the famous one in Avignon!

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Answer the riddle to find out where the Wizard’s Grimoire is hidden.

. Here are the 22 words found in the crossword puzzle.

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Troyes La Champagne Tourisme hopes to see you soon on its online games platform to discover the secrets of the region’s communes.

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