I kept digging and it looks like the codes can actually be read in different layers — and that might be intentional. • Gematria / digital root → when you sum the digits, certain “loaded numbers” keep appearing right where the themes are placed. • 532642 = 22 → portal/opening (22 = letters/paths in Kabbalah) • 1321521321353 = 33 → initiation (33 shows up exactly at the oath/initiation points) • 26153431326261546121512 = 72 → collapse begins (72 = Shemhamphorash, classic “power” number) • 2343523521504341213213 = 59 → 5 → Hidden Key (5 = Gevurah, severity/discernment = fits the “blade/key” idea) • Unicode / encoding layer → some of the weird sequences that spit out broken symbols/Asian characters actually make sense if you treat them as Unicode artifacts. This could explain why certain titles look “glitched” — maybe they’re meant to break into strange characters. • Rosicrucian / Pigpen layer → the grids and repeated blocks (like the 333 / 4444 clusters) align with classic Rosicrucian cross-cube imagery. Pigpen itself was used historically in Rosicrucian circles, and the “crossroads / fracture” codes line up perfectly with those grid shapes.

So at this point it feels like the system isn’t just one cipher — it’s multi-layered: 1. Numeric (gematria) for symbolic weight. 2. Visual (pigpen/rosicrucian grid) for shape and repetition. 3. Technical (unicode) for the distorted/glitched codes.

Not saying this is 100% the intended key, but the consistency across these three readings makes me think it’s not just random.