# Cyrus and Esbern Code Phrase

(Found scrawled on the walls of a hidden root cellar under Nevetrius’s farm near Falkreath)  
(Words appeared several times and in no particular order)

HILLOCK (4E 171?)  
PINECONE (4E 181)  
ASYMMETRICAL (~4E 130) (\*First)  
WARDEN (rank in the Blades, evidence found in Sancre Tor)  
CLEARANCE   
INSTRUCTION   
TOMB (160-161?)  
REVOLUTION (4E 160)  
COROLLARY   
CYRUS (4E 161)  
  
  
  
  
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Possible Order:</span>  
Asymmetrical (Jathur and Anghiah started working for the Blades around 4E 130)  
Revolution (4E 160)  
Tomb (Between 160-161)  
Cyrus (4E 161)  
Hillock (Cyrus was 10 in 4E 171, when he repeated the story often)  
Warden  
Instruction  
Corollary  
Pinecone (4E 181)  
Clearance

\*Thalmor Passphrase  
“Selfless honor begets selfless trust.”—Used by [Aicaon](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/skyrim-npcs/page/high-chancellor-aicaon "High Chancellor Aicaon") to compel Nevetrius (referred to then as Cyrus) into revealing information; has since been deactivated by [Jeer-Ra](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/skyrim-npcs/page/jeer-ra-dar "Jeer-Ra Dar") and [M'idzo Jo](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/skyrim-npcs/page/midzo-jo "M'idzo Jo").