Darshak Parrot

Ciphertext

ns fc ao ge wl sk fy fq kp ky ow on hy hr os ro vm uk we oe 
wd lr bc vo go cq xs xs mo rc mr ov bt kt al hb wn es ko mr 
et ow on ii dk ys hg kv tb gc me gs ks rm fo se xd ec ea rm 
ox ae tg bh ov ca tb cb nt pe sa fe sk fy yv hf kr ng ns fc 
ao kq hb pa bt el pg fy sm rs ek dv ha ao sr pf fn es ko os 
hd yg ec vk eg mt md qe fr or gs ep ft ro ev bc rc rs ca lz 
dt or pm tb fe ao sr pf oe tr se no wf hy wf rs ca wf rs to 
wo no me sr qe on nw ok se vt qe fe es rk sa xd ec hy ao sr 
ke xs nx cq nk rc nk ra kc wt me co vs qb wf eo rs rc vr ha 
sr rw zf ca fq wp wp ce rc rs sk sh ow fw hg qe ok tx fw tm 
rm sk lr ow tv fq tb gc pw lr tw ce ar ov eo me gc me gx sx 
yf qy tw ok tx fw wp ex rk ao se lk ng rk ox bc or ea ep fs 
or gh bt qe cr kn sl go bc gc pm ep fo pe xy ac tg of fq kc 
pr ea zk cb ep ep wp fr kx om go om gn hf or ea or so tn ym 
sk fy yv ek rm wp ce ef ht cb at eo ym fc wt do pe un kr fo 
ec ht cb at eo ec ft ge wl hy le ow on ht zo or so ec to wo 
qp ex bq xg os hg ym kr wk ec rt ca fe bh mn ep ao fe rx es 
cy pf ep wp fr ht zo or so ng ns fc ao ns tp gh or zr fw ht 
cb at ka rf ea rm ox es ec wt er rc mn pf ge he cf qe fw ea 
eg xs mo ex pq gb en hb ca yw qk bc qh fw ng No pw mW fw tm 
nk ho qp

Plaintext

pr ie st fo un do bi in ol dk ex ep di sa sx se mb ld nr et 
ur nd it xt os hi px px pt he na tx ta ck dm ai nf or ce na 
tk ex ep gg ud gd si tu at io nt ox od an ge ro us to tr an 
sp rt ob ia tx th at ti me no rd er do bi bu ri ed pf pr ie 
st cl ai ms ta kn go bi ap ar tc au sd st ra ng ef or ce sx 
sh if to ut of ba la nc ew es ox on be se tw it he ar th qu 
ak es nl at er st ra ng et ea ro pe ne di ne ar th ne ar ke 
xe pe nt ra nc ep fn ec ro ma nc er or de rd us to di st ra 
ct px pw hi le he le ad co ve nt oe xa mi ne te ar he wa sd 
ra wn wi th in xn xn ot he ar do rs ex en si nc ec ov en ab 
an do nd ex am in at io nx nd ev ot da tx te nt io nt op xp 
ib li ev ec ov en xn ow de st ro yd pf de sp it es tr on gr 
es is ta nc eh el dp os it io nl on ge no ug ht ob eg in co 
ns tr uc ti on on xn ew ou tp os tp fp ri es tr es xs em bl 
do bi bu tc an xn ot re ac ti va te bl ie ve sk no wl ed ge 
to ac ti va te to be fo un di nk ex ep ac xc es xs to ke xe 
pn ow im po sx si bl ed ue to ae th er ia lm on st er sw or 
ki ng on xn ew ac xc es xs pf pr ie st pr om is es wh en ac 
ti va td we tr an sp or to ve rw he lm ng fo rc ei nc en tr 
of px pt ow np fy rf ai th fu lc it iz en pf Pe nx nV en ab 
le sc pn

Thought Process

This is a rather normal Playfair cipher; as there is no j, only one repeat ii which logically maps to a j. Cryptanalysis was preformed by looking at a character statistical distribution and a digraph statistical distribution (The Cryptogram solver presents digraphs and trigraphs).

The difficulty arrises in recovering the relatively long key: darshaktheocracy. This is accomplished by guessing repeating words in the plain text; priest, keep, force, order(d), coven, examin(e), found, ect. Various Playfair solvers may also be able to recover this key.

Second Message

Ciphertext

vn yl re nv dn gp vt yq rc ba gk ub vo dz rc le ag nw ne nu ep ze zr te sw gw zo gn ub tq en tm fr ao ql mz cz dq tv eh ao np mv iu mi vk qk mp sd kr ky nv bm En sn vA nv pd gl cd ev

Plaintext

ne wc ov en sa fe ar xr iv dp fi mp er at iv ew ek ex ep px pa wa yt oa lx lo wt he mp ro pe rt im et os tu dy st ra ng et ea rp fy rf ai th fu lc it iz en pf Pe nx nV en ab le sc pn

Key

pennvenables