Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28125426-20170119074645/@comment-28125426-20170120011828

In this particular incident it is simply Fiddler knowing "Neron" is the equivalent of the number 666. Which is almost accurate. 666 is most commonly believed to refer to Nero Caesar, and for several years the number of the Beast has been correctly translated as being 616.

The fact there is no background on how Fiddler attained this knowledge of gematria is what makes it difficult to categorise. He may have some Jewish background, he may have dabbled in mysticism, or he may have just watched a special on the History Channel.

The cryptography was more of a tangent suggestion for a gap in the skills selection, but it is just as plausible that someone experienced in code breaking would be at least familiar with gematria. Not that Fiddler has any history of cryptography to my knowledge.