User:Notaflyingpig/Legatus 505 alternate reality game

The Legatus 505 alternate reality game is an alternate reality game (ARG) run by Fulgur Ovid and focused around a roleplay character of his called Legatus 505. Fulgur first announced the existence of the ARG in his introduction 2.0 stream on 27 February 2022. This article aims to document lore and clues pertaining to the ARG.

Some links relevant to the Legatus 505 story can be found in.

Debut stream Morse code
A Morse code sequence can be heard near the end of Fulgur's debut stream. The sequence (and its decoded message) are as follows:

.--. .-. --- ..-. . ... ... --- .-. / -.-. .- -. .. ... P    R   O   F   E  S   S   O   R     C   A  N  I   S

Formatted normally, the decoded phrase is Professor Canis. Notable connections from the Legatus 505 lore to this phrase (prior to the first Legatus 505 stream) are as follows:


 * The mention of a professor in the "Here I Am, Stuck In The Abyss" Blogger post
 * The Legati's wolf insignia, as seen on Fulgur's jacket

ProfessorCanis was later used by Fulgur to unlock two password-protected files in,   and   respectively. The binary sequence in the WinRAR archive's filename also decodes to F.

The professor is briefly mentioned in Chapter 2, "Min Headroom", but Interim 1, "An Echo", is where he is formally introduced by title and name.

ARG stage 2
On 9 March 2022, Fulgur commenced stage 2 of the ARG after updating his Blogger with Chapters 1–2 and Interim 1 of the Legatus 505 story.

These entries on Fulgur's Blogger include story-related fanart made after the first Legatus 505 stream. Some of these images have particular filenames/titles that can be observed by opening an image in a new tab (e.g., by right-clicking on the image and selecting Open Link in New Tab in Firefox). The basenames of the relevant filenames/titles are as follows:

All together, the binary sequence decodes to DeusExachina [sic], which refers to deus ex machina.

On 18 March 2022, Fulgur uploaded "Tears in the Rain" to his Blogger. The accompanying Tweet alludes to clues hidden in blogpost images as previously done above. Fulgur also hinted at this blogpost's relevance to the ARG.

Following the same procedure as above, the basename of the sole image in "Tears in the Rain" (and its decoded message) is as follows:

01000001 01101110 01101001 01101101 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000101 01111000 00100000 01001101 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100001

This sequence decodes to Animus Ex Machina, a phrase similar to deus ex machina but with animus (soul) instead of deus (god).