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Step 1 revealed (and Step 2 hint):
The image represents Blaise de Vigenère and a key = riddle answer. This is a hint to use the riddle answer (ROAST) as the key for a vigenere cipher with the jumbled string above. Doing so gives the link to Step 2 below.
https://puzzel.org/jigsaw/play?p=-O8bUAmr7RV_qp9-RxIW
Step 2 hint:
The solved jigsaw pictogram represents another web link. This time a shortened URL in the form of xxx.xx/xxxxx

For those stuck on the four cardinals step, the movie poster hints at something. Combine what it hints at with the four cardinals and a good google search might help you with the rest.

Aspiring puzzle maker and ok puzzler solver.