Scroll origins
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Unidentified scrolls can have any one of many labels. Unidentified scrolls with the same label are the same, but the labels are randomized each game. Scrolls with the same label that don't stack have different BUC status. The various labels are:
- ANDOVA BEGARIN
- In Hack, this scroll was originally always the scroll of fire.
- DAIYEN FOOELS
- Originally scroll of enchant weapon.
- DUAM XNAHT
- "Thanks Maud" spelled backwards. Originally scroll of amnesia.
- ELAM EBOW
- Originally scroll of magic mapping.
- ELBIB YLOH
- "Holy Bible" spelled backwards. Originally scroll of genocide.
- FOOBIE BLETCH
- GARVEN DEH
- HACKEM MUCHE
- "Hack 'em much". Originally scroll of charging.
- JUYED AWK YACC
- Originally scroll of destroy armor.
- KERNOD WEL
- Originally scroll of identify.
- KIRJE
- Finnish for "a letter" (as in a letter sent by mail). Originally scroll of earth.
- LEP GEX VEN ZEA
- Originally scroll of create monster.
- NR 9
- Originally scroll of confuse monster.
- PRATYAVAYAH
- Sanskrit for "reverse annoyance". Originally scroll of remove curse.
- PRIRUTSENIE
- Russian for "taming". Originally scroll of taming.
- READ ME
- "Read me".
- TEMOV
- THARR
- Originally scroll of gold detection.
- VE FORBRYDERNE
- Danish for "Beware, criminals!". Originally scroll of punishment.
- VELOX NEB
- Originally scroll of stinking cloud.
- VENZAR BORGAVVE
- Originally scroll of teleportation.
- VERR YED HORRE
- Originally scroll of light.
- XIXAXA XOXAXA XUXAXA
- Spanish for "mwahahahaha", a stereotypical evil laugh. Originally scroll of scare monster.
- YUM YUM
- "Yum yum!" Originally scroll of food detection.
- ZELGO MER
- Originally scroll of enchant armor.
Not all of these are used each game.
