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Books, letters and notes in The Blood of Dawnwalker

Search hundreds of letters and notes by the people they mention and open each for an excerpt.

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With a recorded source or use: 539
Linked to people, places or quests: 528

About books and notes in Dawnwalker

Letters, notes, journals, memoirs and books are the largest group of items in the game: 566 readable objects scattered across Vale Sangora, from a goodbye letter left on a table to histories of the valley sold by the merchant Mevasser. They weigh almost nothing and sell for little; their value is what they tell you about the people who wrote them.

Search a name such as Brencis, Ambrus, Xanthe, Bakir or Mihai to read the connected documents together. Some books supply quest clues: Mysterious Instruction uses words from eight saints’ biographies to point to the waterfall cave, while Orders from Armaya explains what Xanthe’s excavators are looking for. Open the named clue guide for its solution and the relevant quest.

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Search by name, description or the people an item names. Expand an excerpt to read it, or follow the links to a quest, person or detailed guide.

Reading paths and Secret History chapter order

Follow Crake’s investigation through its documents

Start with the gargoyle inscription for the route through Mevasser and Silas’s old workshop. Regarding the Laboratory describes the concealed basement access, while Orders from Master Aurelius explains the search for Silas’s Book. The book guide continues to the tower and its learning reward.

Follow the valley’s rulers and silver trade

Read The Silver Rush first for the Boarescu mining economy, then History II for the conflict with Bishop Athanasius and History III for the Dragosti succession. Greifberg’s architectural account adds the cost of the ruling family’s castle.

Compare the saints’ stories with their quest clues

The public Mihai biography and Sancti Mihai Historia Vera tell different versions of his past. The concealed account’s sword and burial clues connect directly to the restoration guide. Tyna’s biography describes the convent’s founding purpose; the Prioress’s Journal records its later collapse.

Compare the Blood Covenant with its critics

Begin with Habeas Sanguinem for the monthly blood tithe and The Charter of Rights for the regime’s wider laws. The four Covenant chapters explain its religious arguments: Arrogance forbids ultimate knowledge, Pride demands submission to bleeding, Wrath condemns resistance, and Envy attacks attempts to become a vrakhir independently.

Then compare the opposition. A Vicar’s Inquiry challenges blood drinking through scripture, Brencis the Deceiver accuses the ruler of breaking his promises, and the Manumit Manifesto argues that vulnerability to silver and sunlight undermines the claim to divinity.

Follow the soldiers’ search for Crake

The Manumit Problem dismisses Crake as a peasant invention, while Find Crake puts a reward on his head. Intel on Crake then records an infiltrator hearing him called an outsider; the officer’s theories go beyond that single remark. On Crake’s Identity supplies a definite correction: Ludvik, the Maragir baker, has been ruled out.

Warning to All Soldiers orders live capture for information, but Successful Operation and Soldier’s Testimony describe executions. The reports reveal the gap between intelligence-gathering orders and reprisals in the field.

Connect the tales of teeth, stone and ancient powers

Cadmus and the Dragon and Aeetes and Jason both describe warriors raised from dragon’s teeth. Teeth, or The Essence of Being gathers those stories into a wider argument about identity and power surviving in teeth. The Rise and Fall of Manesh uses a stolen tooth in a temporary resurrection.

The Thirsty Giant and The Forever Stone share an image of an enduring power broken into shards that enter flesh. Beyond the Veil considers the terrifying reality beyond ordinary perception; the Covenant’s Arrogance chapter uses fear of that knowledge as a reason to obey.

Read about Svartrau’s districts, trade and communities

Svartrau, the Heart of Vale Sangora explains the city’s growth through silver wealth. The Districts of Svartrau distinguishes Silberstein, the Middens, Neustadt and Altenmarkt. The Guilds’s Charter of 1336 records the apprenticeship system and membership rules imposed on traders and artisans.

Mevasser’s Notes adds a Jewish account of persecution and displacement. The Tatars of Vale Sangora follows families from the 1241 campaigns to their later homes, particularly Tantari. Together these documents add the people and institutions behind the city’s description as a meeting place of cultures.

The Secret History of Vale Sangora: parts I–XVI

Read the traveller’s account in numbered order, from his arrival in the valley to news of the plague.

Part I — The writer’s purpose
The opening prayer frames the work as a personal account of darkness in Vale Sangora. Continue to II for the journey into the valley.
Part II — A secluded valley
The traveller introduces Vale Sangora’s remoteness and its narrow mountain approaches. III describes what happened while crossing those mountains.
Part III — Crossing the Carpathians
The narrator’s confidence as a native of Turin gives way to wolves and avalanches. IV moves from the dangers of the journey to an unexpected ancient structure.
Part IV — An ancient worked stone
A large carved block with traces of paint suggests a monumental structure predating the scattered shelters along the road. V follows the traveller into Svartrau.
Part V — First sight of Svartrau
The cathedral and Greifberg Castle prompt the traveller to question how such a remote place became prosperous. The Silver Rush history gives the economic background to that question.
Part VI — A city of many languages
Traders, shepherds, miners and mercenaries make Svartrau multilingual. The traveller’s admiration turns to anxiety about greed; VII introduces the ruler who summoned him.
Part VII — Skender behind the courtly image
The narrator contrasts Skender’s appearance with his cruelty and spending on Greifberg’s dungeons. Compare XII for the flattering version the writer was commissioned to produce.
Part VIII — Research in the cathedral
The traveller works in Svartrau Cathedral’s archives and describes its intimidating atmosphere. IX and X then turn to the saints associated with the valley.
Part IX — The account of Mihai
This passage introduces Mihai as a pagan-born knight who died fighting a monster. Compare Sancti Mihai Historia Vera for the hidden account of his enemies, sword and burial.
Part X — The account of Tyna
The narrator describes the healing traditions surrounding Tyna and visits to her sarcophagus. The convent’s later crisis is recorded separately in the Prioress’s Journal.
Part XI — Fear after sunset
Warnings from shepherds and miners lead into the nightly shutting of windows and doors. XII explains how this atmosphere drew the writer away from his official assignment.
Part XII — The commissioned history and the private one
The writer admits praising Skender and omitting his wrongdoing in the commissioned work. His private interest lies in the valley’s history; compare VII for his own assessment of Skender.
Part XIII — Questions the locals will not answer
The narrator describes unsuccessful attempts to make suspicious residents speak. XIV introduces Zdislav as a willing storyteller.
Part XIV — Listening to Zdislav
Zdislav recounts warriors, forest folk, ruins and creatures of the mountains and bogs. XV follows with the traveller asking whether he believes those stories.
Part XV — Questioning the stories
The traveller asks Zdislav about fairies, ancient heroes and likhos. The passage preserves the question; XVI turns to news brought into the valley from outside.
Part XVI — News of the plague
A trader arriving from Constanța describes a spreading plague and overcrowded graves. This is the final numbered part in this collection, linking the secluded valley to the wider crisis.

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Books and notes with descriptions, values and related pages
Item	In-game description	Weight	Buy	Sell	Sell per weight	Connections
A Blood Soup RecipeBooks and notes	Learn how to make the local delicacy. The cooking instructions call for pig’s blood, water, vinegar, salt and lard, with optional garlic and seasoning. They describe simmering the mixture without boiling it. The Gourmet’s Memoir gives a wider picture of Sangoran food, including blood sausage, ciorba and smoked fish. Book Read excerpt A Blood Soup Recipe 1. Mix a pint of fresh pig's blood with three cups of water. Add a quart of vinegar and a pinch of salt, otherwise the blood will clot. 2. Heat up two large spoons of lard in a pot. You may also add some garlic. 3. Add the blood mixture. Heat the soup, but…	0.13	37	5	38	Mentions Sangoran wedding foodSold by Mevasser
A Brother’s WarningBooks and notes	Correspondence between two brothers. Casu gives Dariu an ultimatum: abandon his voluntary service to the vrakhiri or face his own brother as an enemy. The threat to take his ears connects this family dispute with the punishment described in Crake’s warning to soldiers. Book Read excerpt A Brother's Warning Dariu, This is the last letter I’m writing to you. The last time I try to address your conscience – although nowadays I’m not sure if you have one. Serving the vrakhiri is wrong. It’s one thing to do their bidding because you’re afraid. But we both know you…	0.12	37	7	58	Mentions Crake’s warning
A Fair WarningBooks and notes	Illegal samizdat. Crake claims responsibility for killing a blood guard, disrupting two blood transports and burning a watchtower. His message offers soldiers surrender or recruitment before threatening mutilation; Beware the Manumits shows the army’s response to that recruitment pressure. Book Read excerpt A Fair Warning To all soldiers serving under the usurper! We're winning. Just before St. Giles's we managed to kill one of your blood guards. This same week we sabotaged not one, but two blood transports. A month before we burnt a watchtower and you can be sure we're…	0.13	52	10	77	Mentions The army’s ban on contact
A Flemish Rebel’s MemoirBooks and notes	An eye-witness account. The narrator recalls the defeat of Flemish peasants and townspeople at Cassel, followed by the city’s burning. The final promise to rebel again makes this a survivor’s account of resistance. Compare Vale Sangora’s own peasant uprising for another revolt crushed by a ruler’s forces. Book Read excerpt A Flemish Rebel’s Memoir The nobles tried to bleed us dry with their taxes, so we opposed them. As an answer, they threatened to take our property and bury us in unhallowed ground. When we rebelled, they realised they’d only get rid of us by killing us all. They asked their French…	0.11	32	10	91	Mentions Vale Sangora’s peasant uprisingSold by Mevasser
A Goodbye LetterBooks and notes	A dying father's note. The father tells his son to escape Svartrau over the rooftops and refers to a map he drew for that route. Read Unmailed Letter for a separate rooftop escape plan involving the cathedral's bell tower. Paper Read excerpt A Goodbye Letter My son, By the time you read this, I'll be gone already. I’m sorry but the pain is too much. I don’t want to end up like the rest of our neighbours – vomiting and shitting myself to death. But you’re young – I know you can survive this. Take the money and…	0.01	22	2	200	Mentions Unmailed Letter
A Gourmet's MemoirBooks and notes	Stained with grease. The wedding menu names sheep’s cheese, ciorba, blood sausage, leek soup, slivovitz, smoked carp and garlic catfish. It is a traveller’s account of local hospitality and ingredients; A Blood Soup Recipe provides a separate set of written cooking instructions. Book Read excerpt A Gourmet's Memoir Never in my life have I eaten better than at a Sangoran wedding! First, they served us sheep milk cheese. It was perfectly balanced, both sweet and sour. Then there was a rich stew, called ciorba, or something like that. It's an exquisite blend of local…	0.13	50	7	54	Mentions Blood soup instructionsSold by Mevasser
A History Lesson: Excerpt from a MemoirBooks and notes	Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The memoir records Brencis suggesting that the longevity of biblical figures can be explained through vrakhiri. This is an example of how his court presents its rule in religious terms; compare Leonard’s argument in The First Blood Mass. Book Read excerpt A History Lesson During one of our suppers, I asked the knyaz about other vrakhiri. Why were he and the boyars the only ones any ordinary person had ever heard of? And the knyaz, once again, showed remarkable wit and wisdom. He said: 'Think of the great men. The greatest.…	0.14	36	10	71	Mentions The First Blood MassMentions Brencis
A Letter Found in the WarehouseBooks and notes	Addressed to Doctor Simeon. Read excerpt A Letter Found in the Warehouse Doctor, Thank you for your warning. I didn't know the jeweler and his wife, but it’s a real tragedy what happened to them. Still, are you sure that what you wrote is true? I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I can hardly believe it… He always seems so……	0.02	19	4	200	See the linked guide
A Letter to IancuQuest	A letter from Leontin to Iancu. Leontin gives Iancu a lead on his missing birth parents: a castle report places a beast near Balaur on the night they disappeared. The soldiers sent to investigate returned empty-handed. Iancu’s own note then explains his decision to leave Parlita and climb the mountain. Paper Read excerpt Blood-Stained Letter Iancu, I'm writing to let you know that I have stumbled upon something that might shed light on the fate of your birth parents. According to a report I found in the castle archives, the night of their disappearance, there were also sightings of some beast…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Iancu's Note
A Manumit Camp DestroyedBooks and notes	Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Corporal Kadis reports destroying a rebel camp but taking no prisoners. Three more deaths have left his unit at half strength after the previous week’s losses, explaining his request for reinforcements despite the raid’s success. Book Read excerpt A Manumit Camp Destroyed Sir, We’ve been able to raid and destroy a manumit camp in the nearby forest. Tried to capture at least one of them, but I have to give it to them – they fought like devils and all died in combat. I lost three of my own men. With the casualties from the last…	0.11	60	6	55	Mentions The wider manumit problemMentions Brencis
A Page from Silas's BookBooks and notes	An old yellowed page, scrawled over with some undecipherable scribbles.	0.02	12	4	200	—
A Physician's JournalBooks and notes	Nearly illegible handwriting. A seven-year-old describes a morning with fairies that lasted until sunset, then refuses food and sleep because she wants to return. The physician dismisses her account as obsession. The legend of Sanzhani and Aine offers a contrasting account of encounters with the same kind of woodland beings. Book Read excerpt A Physician's Journal Patient's description: A girl, seven years old, a merchant's daughter. No siblings (two brothers killed by the plague) Illness symptoms: The patient claims that three days ago, while gathering mushrooms in the woods, she met 'some fairies'. She refuses to…	0.1	43	7	70	Mentions Sanzhani and AineSold by Mevasser
A Price Not to PayBooks and notes	Cautionary tale. The story’s apparent cure is a fang driven into a dying bride’s heart; the ending reveals a slaughtered village after the couple vanish. The Blood Covenant’s chapter on Envy supplies the related religious warning about people using vrakhiri teeth to transform themselves. Book Read excerpt A Price Not to Pay This is not a tale to listen to with only half an ear or run your eye over before bed. There was once a man with a bride so fair it seemed the sun rose only to catch her smile. But beauty is no shield against fate – and she fell sick with the kind of…	0.1	52	9	90	Mentions The Covenant’s warning about teethSold by Mevasser
A Soldier's Letter from a FriendBooks and notes	A friendly admonishment. Rony explains Tomil's miserable swamp posting as punishment for stealing Rufen's bottle. It adds the reason for the soldier's presence there and contrasts with the ambitious family advice in Letters From Home. Paper Read excerpt Soldier's Letter from a Friend Hey Tomil, I heard the place they sent you to is a complete shithole. Ulri said he was so happy when he finally got out, he nearly cried. The stink of the swamp and the mosquitoes would surely make me lose my mind. And that’s why I didn’t fucking swipe…	0.02	15	3	150	Mentions Letters From Home
A Vicar’s InquiryBooks and notes	Illegal samizdat. The vicar asks Father Florin how Brencis’s teaching can be reconciled with the Bible’s prohibition on consuming blood. This is a direct theological challenge to the new regime; the Covenant’s chapter on Pride presents the argument used to justify being bled. Book Read excerpt A Vicar’s Inquiry Dear Father Florin, I am just a humble priest, trying to understand the intricacies of Knyaz Brencis’s teachings. He says we should ‘follow the Bible’s teachings, but read it anew’. But how are we to do this, when the Bible says verbatim: "None of you may…	0.13	33	5	38	Mentions How the Covenant justifies bleedingMentions BrencisMentions Florin
Abandoned Outpost NoteBooks and notes	A letter from the time of the plague. The outpost was abandoned because the miasma was approaching. Dead rats are the writer’s warning sign, and departure is planned before sunrise. Read it alongside Lacra’s questline for the miasma’s effect on the region. Book Read excerpt Outpost Refugee's Note The miasma is heading this way. Dead rats line the path. The rotten air follows soon after. It was a good plan, but the outpost is no longer safe. Pack your things, tell the boys. We’re leaving first thing tomorrow morning. Before the sunrise. Maybe we can…	0.13	45	5	38	Mentions Lacra’s quests and the miasma
Accident ReportBooks and notes	A first-hand account of some disturbing events. Anton’s collapse begins when a snake-shaped figurine falls from a crate at an excavation. The workers avoid looking at it; his later nightmares and disappearance give the report a second stage beyond the initial injury. Read it alongside Xanthe’s secrecy orders for the risks surrounding the recovered relics. Book Read excerpt Accident Report Accident report (to be delivered to the captain – immediately!) Last Thursday, soldier Anton of Parlita, age 19, was on duty, helping the dig site workers load crates onto a cart. When one of the workers accidentally dropped a crate, a strange object – a…	0.14	55	5	36	Mentions Xanthe’s excavation ordersMentions Excavation investigation
Admonition from XantheBooks and notes	Ominous and creepy. Xanthe now names Coen of Laslea as a threat to the court and demands his death. Her leverage over the troops is their blood supply: success earns more of her blood, while failure means painful deprivation. Read this after her earlier Cautionary Note to follow the escalation. Paper Read excerpt Admonition from Xanthe Yet more death, yet more disappointment. I feel the ground shaking, I hear the low rumble of the coming storm. The stars couldn’t be clearer: Coen of Laslea may become our doom. Do not rest until you catch him, do not sheathe your swords until they taste his…	0.02	13	2	100	Mentions Cautionary Note from XantheMentions Xanthe
Aeëtes and JasonBooks and notes	A story from long, long ago. Jason defeats the warriors raised from dragon’s teeth by throwing a stone among them and provoking a fight. Cadmus and the Dragon tells a parallel origin story for tooth-born warriors; both texts use the name Vrachoi and associate it with rocks. Book Read excerpt Aeëtes and Jason Aeëtes could see clearly that Jason lusted after the Golden Fleece and would not depart Colchis without obtaining it. Fearing to confront him directly, the cunning king promised Jason he would grant him the fleece if Jason completed certain tasks. One of…	0.14	49	6	43	Mentions The other dragon’s-teeth storySold by Mevasser
Alchemical NoteBooks and notes	Scrupulous records written down by a devoted experimenter. The author compares animated objects with reanimated bodies and then considers binding a soul to its own flesh at death. These experiments explain the alchemical research surrounding What Moves the Dead; Silas’s Book has a separate acquisition route and learning reward. Paper Read excerpt Alchemical Note Straw and clay were simple enough to fashion, but replacing sinew and bone proved much more troublesome. Thus far, my greatest success hath been the reanimation of a young cutpurse, hanged but a day prior, his flesh still gripped by rigor mortis. Into his…	0.02	23	2	100	Mentions Silas’s Book and its reward
Ambrus's Blood NetworkQuest	The boyar's undertaking seems quite ambitious.	—	—	—	—	—
Ambrus's InvitationQuest	A note from Ambrus. Ambrus gives a direct challenge: go to the hill by Maragir and ring the old bell at night. The time of day and bell are the actionable details; the Ambrus guide covers the confrontation itself. Read excerpt Ambrus's Invitation Coen of Laslea, I have had enough of your incessant meddling with my affairs. You are like a louse gnawing at my scalp, causing an unpleasant itch. I think it is time for resolution. No more of those little bites. That is so unbefitting of a vrakhir, don’t…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Ambrus
Ambush PlansBooks and notes	Communication between thieves. Aldo tells Eberhard that the transport he has investigated will leave at dawn the following day. Its guards will be weighed down by their cargo, creating the opening he wants the ambushers to exploit. He also orders them to erase their tracks so the boyaress cannot identify the attackers. Paper Read excerpt Instructions from Aldo Eberhard, Hope this message finds you well. I managed to drink one of the hag's men under the table, then made him talk, then loaded his overcoat with rocks and took him for a swim. The next transport will set out tomorrow at dawn. Lots of soldiers, but…	0.02	14	4	200	Mentions Requisition Letter
An Anonymous Tip-offBooks and notes	A detailed account of someone’s wife’s alleged wrongdoings. The anonymous writer names a building by Neustadt's northern wall as a vantage point over a gambling den and tells the husband to climb onto its roof at night. This is the specific meeting-place clue in the letter. Paper Read excerpt An Anonymous Tip-Off Sir, You don’t know me, but I know your situation – that there’s not been much money in your purse recently. I also know that your wife likes to waste anything you earn in the gambling houses. She promised you to stop, but trust me – she has not. She just…	0.02	12	3	150	Mentions Lovers's Instructions
An Expeditioner's JournalBooks and notes	Tattered and crumpled. The expedition finds bird-shaped masks on bodies at three otherwise different burial sites. Its author offers two explanations: deterring grave robbers or helping dead champions become birds. These remain the journal’s competing interpretations of a shared burial custom. Book Read excerpt An Expeditioner's Journal Each of the three burial sites I explored was different when it came to funeral practices, but they all had one thing in common. All three bodies were decorated with distinctive bird-shaped masks. Why was that so? And why birds of all things? It might have…	0.13	58	9	69	Mentions Ancient peoples and their tombsSold by Mevasser
An Inscription from the Gargoyle's MouthQuest	A mysterious note, written in an unknown language. Meet Crake in Neustadt by day and follow him to Mevasser. Inspect the woodcut, then investigate the house by the stone arch in Altenmarkt to find Silas’s workshop. Read excerpt Mysterious inscription Ach'h-trok-enakh Mar'khaald-enehs-lel'mar Tarj-a-trak'h Ler-raan Ar-zekg'h-ir-ghaalk	—	—	—	—	Mentions Follow the inscription and workshop clues
An InvitationBooks and notes	The 'Pale Lady's' love letter. The Pale Lady has discovered where her admirer watches her and proposes a meeting on a nearby roof. The invitation turns the secret lookout into the focus of their encounter. Paper Read excerpt An Invitation To my dearest ‘Admirer’, For this is the moniker you decided to use – I admit that I find this secrecy very alluring. As well as the beautiful poem you sent me. Oh, just to quote my favourite part: “I watch you from my secret place As the moon bathes you in…	0.01	12	3	300	Mentions Lovers's Instructions
An Unsent LetterBooks and notes	Written in an elegant style. Bartolomeu Mavrogheni fled Ambrus's takeover of Maragir and is hiding in a forest cave. He asks his cousin Vincentiu in Buda for help and plans a disguised daytime return to the village. Paper Read excerpt An Unsent Letter Dear Vincentiu, I’m not sure if you’ll ever receive this letter – they say that Vale Sangora has been cut off from the outside world. But who knows, maybe this missive will somehow find its way to Buda, my dearest cousin. Now, onto current matters. What a…	0.01	22	4	400	Mentions Servant's Letter
An Unsent MissiveBooks and notes	Must have been written by the house's previous owner. Matey bought a house near Carpenter’s Row, heard activity beneath it and asked Florin to perform an exorcism. Florin’s sudden interest in the location connects this domestic letter with his search of the ancient ruins. Book Read excerpt An unsent letter My dearest Galya, I have bad news. Although I was able to scrounge enough money to buy that house near Carpenter’s Row, it has turned out to be a shoddy investment. I should've been wiser than that – the seller seemed awfully relieved when he gave me the…	0.1	58	9	90	Mentions Florin’s underground search
Ancient PoemQuest	Ambiguous yet unsettling. The She-Spider’s web represents connections in which touching or breaking one strand affects another. The poem centres on unintended consequences; Beyond the Veil develops a different account of reality extending beyond ordinary human perception. Paper Read excerpt Ancient Poem The She-Spider weaves a tangled web Connecting everything, connecting all Touch one strand and another responds Break this thread, and that one snaps And as you lament the unforseen result The eastern wind carries her cackles	—	—	—	—	Mentions Reality beyond the senses
Angry Letter from AmbrusQuest	Written in response to the recent attacks on the knyaz's blood cellars. Read excerpt Angry Letter from Ambrus My esteemed brother-in-arms, Seeing how Coen of Laslea keeps disturbing our operations, I decided to send him a message – something to sober him up. Pick a few prisoners scheduled for draining and send them my way, to Maragir. Time to get creative. Boyar…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Ambrus
Angry Letter from BakirBooks and notes	Full of hyperbole and threats. Bakir responds to several soldiers dying at the hands of a single attacker by ordering his remaining men to fight to the last. His later Reproachful Letter identifies Coen and demands his head, turning this first rebuke into a more explicit threat. Paper Read excerpt Angry Letter from Bakir My dearest, loveliest serfs, I hope this letter finds you in good health – or, at the very least, alive, in contrast to some of your comrades. I am saddened by their recent deaths (how untimely!), but also somewhat angered – they all died by the hand of a…	0.02	19	4	200	Mentions Reproachful Letter from BakirMentions Bakir
Angry NoteBooks and notes	The author was obviously fed up. Conbert bans drinking on the logging job after Dulce was killed by a falling trunk. The note explains the dispute over the bottles and the foreman's anger. Paper Read excerpt A Note from an Alcohol Stache You lousy fuck digging through my shit: do not touch a single bottle. Remember Dulce and how his brains splattered on that trunk that crushed him? That's what happens when you drink on this job. ‘Oh, Conbert, but it takes the edge off’ ‘Oh, Conbert, but the…	0.01	22	4	400	Mentions Miner's Diary
AnnouncementBooks and notes	Document concerning the recent alcohol poisonings. The notice closes a tavern after severe alcohol poisoning and blames manumit sabotage. It connects Bakir’s alcohol supply to the conflict with the rebels; the Shipping Ledger shows how that supply also serves as a reward or punishment for different settlements. Paper Read excerpt Tavern Closed until Further Notice Due to severe alcohol poisoning resulting from shameful manumit sabotage, the tavern is closed until further notice. We shall prevail! Long live the knyaz!	0.01	16	3	300	Mentions Shipping Ledger
Annoyed Letter from AmbrusQuest	Written in response to the recent attacks on the knyaz's leech collectors. Ambrus asks a fellow commander to send unwanted collectors to Maragir, with nobles preferred. He intends to use them to leave a message for Coen. The Threatening Letter repeats the demand for prisoners of noble birth and makes the planned use of bodies explicit. Paper Read excerpt Annoyed Letter from Ambrus My esteemed brother-in-arms, I heard you aren't entirely happy with some of your collectors. Round them up, please – as per usual, those of blue blood are preferred – and send them my way, to Maragir. This Coen of Laslea is beginning to get on my nerves –…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Threatening Letter from AmbrusMentions Ambrus
Anonymous DiaryBooks and notes	An eyewitness account of Skender's ruthlessness. The diarist witnessed Skender's soldiers massacre rebels at Shrike's Crag. Read Call to Revolt next: its appeal explicitly invokes the same massacre, connecting the eyewitness account with the later resistance manifesto. Paper Read excerpt An Anonymous Diary This world we live in – it’s a horrid place, forsaken by God and His Saints. The rumours about peasants conspiring against Knyaz Skender proved to be true. I could see them from my hut as they travelled to Shrike’s Crag. Some of them even approached my home,…	0.02	12	3	150	Mentions Call to RevoltMentions Skender
Anonymous ThreatBooks and notes	Whoever wrote it wasn't the recipient's friend. The anonymous writer is blackmailing Ratelm over harm done to the writer's family during Skender's rule. The next demand is double payment at a meeting in the forest. Paper Read excerpt An Anonymous Threat Ratelm, You think you’re smart. I know you went to the guards and told them about my previous letter. Told them that I threatened to kill you. And let me guess: they told you it wasn’t their problem and you should buy a sword to protect yourself instead of…	0.01	24	2	200	Mentions Threatening Letter
Answer from Lunka: BrencisQuest	Written down and delivered by sanzhani. This reply concerns Brencis taking prisoners downstairs and Lunka’s account of warmth and a heartbeat-like movement under the cells. The reply about Pieter instead discusses their father’s plans, so choose the letter matching the question you are following. Paper Read 2 excerpts Answer from Lunka about Brencis Coen! You’re alive! I had a dream about you last night, it was so awful… Brencis, he cut your head off and... I don’t want to talk about it. Mirto said he wouldn’t do that anyway; he’d eat you like the others. I’m so glad he didn’t! We miss you so much…… Answer from Lunka about Brencis Brencis is taking people away… every day, he takes someone from the cells and they never come back. They go downstairs… I don’t know where. Everyone’s afraid. Sometimes it feels like the floor is thumping like a heart, and then it gets warm. Mirto said I’m…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Lunka’s reply about PieterMentions BrencisMentions LunkaMentions Mirto
Answer from Lunka: DefencesQuest	Written down and delivered by sanzhani. Read 2 excerpts Answer from Lunka about Defences Coen! You’re alive! I had a dream about you last night, it was so awful… Brencis, he cut your head off and... I don’t want to talk about it. Mirto said he wouldn’t do that anyway; he’d eat you like the others. I’m so glad he didn’t! We miss you so much…… Answer from Lunka about Defences There are so many guards everywhere… and those creepy men in silver masks, too. And I’ve heard screams… from the other cells. The big vrakhir comes down here, too. We didn’t see him. I don’t want to see him! And one time… those men were here, they talked…	—	—	—	—	Mentions BrencisMentions LunkaMentions Mirto
Answer from Lunka: FatherQuest	Written down and delivered by sanzhani. Lunka says Pieter is trying to arrange a rescue with other prisoners while hiding his distress from the family. This is the family-focused reply; the Brencis reply concerns disappearances from the cells. Paper Read 2 excerpts Answer from Lunka about Pieter Coen! You’re alive! I had a dream about you last night, it was so awful… Brencis, he cut your head off and... I don’t want to talk about it. Mirto said he wouldn’t do that anyway; he’d eat you like the others. I’m so glad he didn’t! We miss you so much… Dad… Answer from Lunka about Pieter Dad didn’t give up, he never does. He keeps saying he’ll get us out. That he won’t let Brencis kill us and we shouldn’t be scared. He talks to other people down here – they’re like Vladimir, he says, and they have friends who will come free all of us,…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Lunka’s reply about BrencisMentions BrencisMentions LunkaMentions MirtoMentions PieterMentions Vladimir
Answer from Lunka: GiftQuest	Written down and delivered by sanzhani. Read 2 excerpts Answer from Lunka about Her Gift Coen! You’re alive! I had a dream about you last night, it was so awful… Brencis, he cut your head off and... I don’t want to talk about it. Mirto said he wouldn’t do that anyway; he’d eat you like the others. I’m so glad he didn’t! We miss you so much… I… Answer from Lunka about Her Gift I don’t want anything. I just want to go home with you… I’m so scared.	—	—	—	—	Mentions BrencisMentions LunkaMentions Mirto
Answer from Lunka: RescueQuest	Written down and delivered by sanzhani. Lunka promises to tell Pieter, Yanna and Mirto that Coen is alive and working to free them. The reply connects his message with the family’s ongoing captivity. Paper Read 2 excerpts Answer from Lunka Coen! You’re alive! I had a dream about you last night, it was so awful… Brencis, he cut your head off and... I don’t want to talk about it. Mirto said he wouldn’t do that anyway; he’d eat you like the others. I’m so glad he didn’t! We miss you so much… I’ll… Answer from Lunka I’ll tell Dad, and Yanna, and Mirto that you’re alive and fighting to free us. They’re so scared, even Dad. He tries to pretend he’s not, but he does this thing with his mouth, you know, when it twitches. I want to play with you again... Or even go fishing.…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Family rescue and endingsMentions BrencisMentions LunkaMentions MirtoMentions Yanna
AppealQuest	The writing is shaky, but the words are firm. Dawid Breslauer asks the finder to recover the statues of St. Tyna and St. Mihai and restore their shrines. Last Request gives the earlier lead to his study beside the tower in Neustadt; these two messages explain the Hidden & Safe shrine trail. Book Read excerpt Appeal To whoever finds this letter, If you're one of Brencis's men: a thousand curses upon you and your kin. May you suffer for your sins for all of eternity. If you oppose the vrakhiri rule: take all you find here. Continue my work. Find the holy statues I've…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Last RequestMentions Brencis
Arimaspians and their SecretsBooks and notes	Looks like it's about to fall apart. The writer interprets the Arimaspians’ single eye as undivided perception and their riches as wisdom. Their struggle against the Dragon and its tooth-born descendants ends in their own corruption and dispersal. Cadmus and the Dragon provides the related account of warriors born from teeth. Book Read excerpt Arimaspians and their Secrets Those who study Arimaspians know the true meaning of frustration. The writers who mention them – and there are few – seem to speak in riddles, and ones that were distorted and mistranslated. Let me shed some light, then, on what has become a maze of…	0.12	57	8	67	Mentions The Dragon’s descendantsSold by Mevasser
Arman's Letter to SkenderBooks and notes	From the knyaz's personal archive. Arman sends Skender a sword he identifies as Durandal, basing that identification on a vassal’s claimed angelic dream. The letter lists supposed relics in its hilt and links the gift to Roland and Charlemagne; The Song of Roland supplies the accompanying heroic tradition. Book Read excerpt Arman's Letter to Skender Dear Skender, In recognition of your immeasurable generosity towards me, and of the bond we share, I am sending you a gift of extraordinary value. It may not look like it at first glance, but it is, in fact, the famous Durandal! Yes, Durandal – the sword…	0.11	44	6	55	Mentions Roland’s storySold by MevasserMentions Skender
Armaya's OrdersBooks and notes	Seems to be connected to Xanthe's activities. Read excerpt Orders from Armaya Secure any and all items you find. Should you find any wall paintings representing the moon, darkness, eclipses – inform me immediately and suspend further activity until I've arrived. Armaya	0.01	18	3	300	Mentions Xanthe
Around AnimalsBooks and notes	Made with the cheapest vellum. This collection records beliefs about five animals: toads as familiars, dogs sensing spirits, dangerous owl gazes, hares as disguised witches and protective roosters. The Faithful Hound is a longer dog story within the same body of local folklore. Book Read excerpt Around Animals Toads: witches often pick them as their familiars. If you see one near your door – kill it at once. It might bring bad luck or illness. Dogs: some dogs can’t sleep at night, bothered by ghosts or demons. If you hear one howling after nightfall, don’t look at…	0.11	60	5	45	Mentions A dog’s place in local folkloreSold by Mevasser
Ascar's NotebookBooks and notes	Not meant to be shared. Ascar’s will names Rustem as the caretaker of his bees and Zulfia as the new keeper of Hatchet. It also excludes the heirs he no longer recognises, so the named people and bequests are the useful details when following the Tantari story. Book Read excerpt Last Will I, Ascar of Tantari, a beekeeper, ordain this document, which is written by my own hand, to be my last will. All my debts, of which there are few, are to be paid in full upon my passing. No longer having any progeny I recognise, it is my desire that all the…	0.12	50	10	83	Mentions People and merchants
Bakir's CallBooks and notes	A missive written by Boyar Bakir. Bakir announces a hunt for an enormous wolf in the forests near Oghasti on the next full moon. He invites help with tracking and ambushing the beast, but reserves the kill for himself. His offer of a chosen reward is part of this invitation to prospective hunters. Paper Read excerpt A Call to Hunt To those seeking a hunter's glory: A monster has been spotted in the forests near Oghasti – a wolf much larger than most, with jaws able to snap a cow in two. These parts of the valley are under my protection – no wild animal shall harry my subjects! All…	0.02	23	2	100	Mentions Letter Found in a Wolf CaveMentions Bakir
Bakir's OrdersBooks and notes	The Mad Khan's instructions regarding local bandits. Bakir wants the bandits captured alive and brought to him. The promised reward is addressed to his soldiers, while the Bandits’ Report shows another group handing captured manumits to soldiers. Together, the documents show how prisoners pass between outlaw bands and the boyars’ forces. Paper Read excerpt Wanted: Bandits Bandits are funny men! They think they can live outside our laws – spill good blood they have no claim over! – and get away with it. Very funny indeed! I'd like to laugh together with them – show them some hilarious tricks with pincers and pokers I've…	0.02	21	2	100	Mentions Bandits’ ReportMentions Bakir
Bandit's Last WillBooks and notes	A list of a wary bandit's last wishes. The bandit leaves his share of a mountain stash to Elena and names two enemies: soldiers and Constantin's gang. Letter from a Loved One describes the same gang rivalry from the side of one of Constantin's wounded men. Paper Read excerpt Bandit's Last Will Should I die: – give Elena my share from the mountain stash – tell the priest about how we were stealing from Laslea – and pay him for the indulgence (spare no coin on that!) – if I'm killed by soldiers, kill two of them as retribution – ...and if by…	0.02	14	2	100	Mentions Letter from a Loved One
Bandit's ReportBooks and notes	An ineptly written summary of recent events. The gang’s monthly account records captured manumits being handed to soldiers and a third captive dying before the planned sale. It also lists a stolen peddler’s cart. These entries connect the gang’s robberies with its trade in prisoners. Paper Read excerpt Bandit's Report Lizt of what happent (to be handid to the bos when munth ends) - two travlers goin to Svartrau - didn't have no coin, but we took there boots - two manumits wantin us to join - we tied em up and gave them to soldiers (told them we was villagers) - one pedlar…	0.01	13	4	400	Mentions Bakir’s capture orderMentions Constantin’s instructions
Bandit's WarningBooks and notes	Describes bandits's ambush spots and some mysterious creatures. Constantin’s next target is a caravan from Maragir, but he warns his men about creatures capable of setting ambushes in the nearby woods. The marked scouting spots belong to the gang’s plan. Read this with his night-watch orders to connect the ambush operation with the gang’s growing security problems. Paper Read excerpt Bandit's Warning Your next target is a caravan coming from Maragir. I've marked the best potential ambush spots on your map. Send your men to scout them out and pick what works best for your crew. But be fucking careful in this part of the woods. Ulger said there are some…	0.02	16	2	100	Mentions Constantin’s OrdersMentions Maragir Wealds
Beware of Greifberg Castle!Books and notes	Illegal samizdat. The notice warns Svartrau residents against accepting service at Greifberg, depicting the castle as Brencis’s feeding ground. Its purpose is to discourage recruitment. Compare The Charter of Rights for the regime’s public promises about its treatment of human subjects. Book Read excerpt Beware of Greifberg Castle! People of Svartrau! Beware! The vrakhiri may try to recruit you to become servants at Greifberg Castle. You must never agree! Your lives depend on it! Brencis has turned the castle into his lair – a horrible place where human remains lie scattered in the…	0.14	47	10	71	Mentions Brencis’s public promisesMentions BrencisMentions Greifberg Castle
Beware the Circling StepsBooks and notes	Copied in a frenzied hand. The warning describes sooty, crooked footprints circling a settlement more closely each night, followed by attacks on children and their defenders. Eat Thy Neighbours and The Cursed Mine belong to the related group of tales about hungry beings emerging from darkness. Book Read excerpt Beware the Circling Steps If you see sooty footprints circling the fields, pack what you can and flee, especially if you have children. They’re hungry and many. They come from the dark and see when we’re blind. They say what they want – and what they want is flesh. Young and tender.…	0.15	46	9	60	Mentions Another tale of the hungry creaturesSold by Mevasser
Beware the ManumitsBooks and notes	Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The order forbids all contact with manumits because their offers of recruitment and rewards could sway soldiers. Crake’s A Fair Warning demonstrates that appeal from the rebels’ side, offering defection before threatening those who keep fighting. Paper Read excerpt Beware the Manumits Soldiers! Any contacts with the manumits are strictly forbidden! Those bastards know how to mess with your heads. They will offer you to join them. They will promise you rewards, both earthly and eternal. But it is all a lie. And should you fall for it -…	0.01	16	4	400	Mentions The rebels’ recruitment messageMentions Brencis
Beware Vrakhiri BloodBooks and notes	Anonymous. Written in cheap, smearing ink. The writer blames the valley's nightmares and waking visions on drinking vrakhiri blood at mass. Pair this sermon with Farewell Letter to compare public opposition to the ritual with Allia's personal refusal. Book Read excerpt Beware Vrakhiri Blood Good people of Vale Sangora, beware the vrakhiri blood. It may heal our bodies, yes, but at the same time it befouls our souls. Horrible nightmares we dream at night, unsettling visions which descend on us in broad daylight – they’re a direct consequence of…	0.11	39	10	91	Mentions Farewell Letter
Beyond the VeilBooks and notes	Read at your own risk. The essay connects Plato’s cave, maya and Hildegard’s imagery to the claim that human senses show only a simplified reality. Its conclusion makes deeper knowledge terrifying rather than comforting. The Covenant’s Arrogance chapter turns a similar fear of ultimate truth into a demand for obedience. Book Read excerpt Beyond the Veil What we see is not what there is. Our minds cannot comprehend the universe in its terrifying complexity and enormity; if they did, we would all burst in flames, just like Semele did when Zeus revealed his true form to her. The things we see, touch, smell are…	0.12	35	10	83	Mentions The Covenant’s forbidden knowledgeSold by Mevasser
Blood Covenant: On the Sin of ArroganceBooks and notes	Copy of one of Father Florin's sermons. This chapter defines attempts to comprehend ultimate reality as arrogance, then presents obedience to the knyaz as protection from that reality. Start here for the Covenant’s religious argument; Pride applies the same demand for submission to human blood tribute. Book Read excerpt Blood Covenant: On the Sin of Arrogance What lies beyond, we do not know and we shall never know. The truth, in its enormity and complexity, is too much for the human mind to comprehend, and to think otherwise is to sin of arrogance. This is why we kneel, this is why we bow: to turn our eyes away…	0.13	52	10	77	Mentions Next theme: Pride and blood tributeSold by MevasserMentions Florin
Blood Covenant: On the Sin of EnvyBooks and notes	Copy of one of Father Florin's sermons. The Covenant says creating a vrakhir costs the maker part of their power. It condemns attempts to transform by piercing one’s own heart with a vrakhiri tooth, describing the result as a mindless murohni. A Price Not to Pay tells a related fang-and-heart horror story. Book Read excerpt Blood Covenant: On the Sin of Envy It is only natural to envy our masters, the vrakhiri. They live forever, their strength equals that of Goliath's and their cunning matches that of David's. Many dream of joining our knyaz under the moon. But remember, few will ever be considered for this…	0.12	53	7	58	Mentions The fang cure in folkloreSold by MevasserMentions Florin
Blood Covenant: On the Sin of PrideBooks and notes	Copy of one of Father Florin's sermons. The chapter recasts resistance to being bled as pride and uses the existence of vrakhiri as proof of divine approval. Wrath extends that reasoning from personal submission to the punishment of anyone opposing Brencis’s government. Book Read excerpt Blood Covenant: On the Sin of Pride We think ourselves too good to be bled. "We are not animals", we say. "We were made in God's image", we protest. And by speaking thusly, we are guilty of a most grevious sin: pride. That vrakhiri exist is a fact. That the world was created by the Lord is a…	0.1	40	5	50	Mentions Next theme: Wrath and resistanceSold by MevasserMentions Florin
Blood Covenant: On the Sin of WrathBooks and notes	Copy of one of Father Florin's sermons. Wrath equates opposition to Brencis with rebellion against God and threatens torture, draining and damnation. Read it after Pride to follow the Covenant’s progression from accepting blood tribute to condemning organised resistance. Book Read excerpt Blood Covenant: On the Sin of Wrath The Lord tests His faithful, just as a smith strikes a newly forged blade to see if it rings true – or cracks. For only by testing us He shall know who is worthy of salvation, and who shall be destined for eternal suffering. We are to withstand these tests…	0.11	60	6	55	Mentions The argument for blood tributeSold by MevasserMentions Florin
Blood FeedersBooks and notes	A short read. The tale describes people gradually losing their independence after creatures repeatedly feed them blood at night. They appear ordinary until called upon, when they become obedient servants. Hollow Hearts provides a separate account of what the local vampire stories say is lost through transformation. Book Read excerpt Blood Feeders There are men out there cursed by beasts of darkness. Their tongues red with blood, and their minds addled by evil. They were normal once, but night after night, creatures born of shadows slithered into their homes and dripped their blood into the men's…	0.13	39	9	69	Mentions Another account of transformationSold by Mevasser
Blood Transport OrdersBooks and notes	Orders concerning a blood shipment. The destination is Xanthe’s keep, and the shipment is her monthly blood levy. The instructions to prevent leaks and sunlight exposure explain how her supply is transported. Ambrus’s separate storage orders describe the next kind of facility used in the valley’s blood network. Paper Read excerpt Orders: Levy This shipment of blood is to be delivered to Boyaress Xanthe's keep, as her monthly levy. Handle with care. Check for leaks. Do not leave out in the sun.	0.02	24	3	150	Mentions Ambrus’s blood-storage ordersMentions Xanthe
Blood-Soaked JournalBooks and notes	The blood may be the author's. The explorers say they found Mihai’s lost cave shrine, took something and fled after hearing movement. Their camp’s view of burning Laslea places the expedition alongside the village disaster. Read Florin’s Orders for why they entered the cave. Book Read excerpt Blood-Soaked Journal (...) Father Florin was right. We found a cave, and in it – the lost shrine of Saint Mihai. Night had already fallen when we got inside. What we found there – no idea what it is, but it might be of use to the Father's plan. Didn’t have much time to look…	0.11	55	9	82	Mentions Florin’s original ordersMentions FlorinMentions Mihai
Blood-Splattered NoteBooks and notes	A bloodied note found on a corpse. The explorer finds a painting of an armoured figure, then loses Ilias and Buna deeper in the ruins. Bloodied Note preserves the same journal passage under another title; Father Florin’s Notes explains why the armour mattered to the expedition. Paper Read excerpt Bloodied Note I Made further progress into the ruins – nothing of note, just cobwebs and dust. Found a pagan painting – a man in rich armour. A hero? Need to go deeper. II Ilias dead – fell into chasm. Stupid. III Buna wounded. Attacked by… something. I killed it. Burnt…	0.01	12	3	300	Mentions Florin’s search for ancient armour
Bloodied NoteBooks and notes	A blood-spattered note with some scribbles. This is the same expedition account preserved as Blood-Splattered Note: an armoured figure in a painting, Ilias’s fall and Buna’s death. Read it with Florin’s Notes to connect the failed exploration with the ancient-armour search. Read excerpt Bloodied Note I Made further progress into the ruins – nothing of note, just cobwebs and dust. Found a pagan painting – a man in rich armour. A hero? Need to go deeper. II Ilias dead – fell into chasm. Stupid. III Buna wounded. Attacked by… something. I killed it. Burnt…	—	—	—	—	Mentions The matching journal passage
Bloody LetterBooks and notes	Not everyone will survive. Cal's account records the collapse of a group fleeing Maragir: Dieter stops during a pursuit, then Cal attacks Curt after returning to the hideout. The letter is addressed to the already-dead Josefa. Paper Read excerpt A Bloody Letter Dear Josefa, I thought running away from Maragir was a challenge, but now I see that surviving out here is the real nightmare. Wild animals, cold nights, not knowing what will happen next – it really does a number on one’s mind. Dieter broke yesterday. We…	0.01	21	4	400	Mentions Weathered Note
Bohemian LetterBooks and notes	An old letter that found its way to Vale Sangora. Lahut is surprised that his wandering cousin has become a tavern owner in the Carpathians and plans to leave Plzen to visit. The letter supplies the family's view of the new business. Paper Read excerpt A Letter from Bohemia Cousin, You don’t know how glad I was to have received your letter. Me and the rest of the clan were worried sick – that Vale Sangora sounded like some dangerous, strange place. But if the Carpathians are even half as beautiful as you describe them, I bet…	0.02	19	4	200	Mentions Traveller's Diary
Book of PunishmentsBooks and notes	Lists nuns's transgressions – and the punishments they received. This register places Anca and Leonica among the convent’s disciplined sisters. Read it alongside the Prioress’s Journal to separate the convent’s ordinary punishments from the later outbreak and collapse. Book Read excerpt Book of Punishments Sister Ines – guilty of gossiping and sloth, assigned to cleaning latrines Sister Marianna – guilty of gluttony, ten hours of prayer in the chapel Sister Anca – guilty of arrogance, three shifts in the kitchen Sister Bianca – guilty of indulging in carnal…	0.13	40	5	38	Mentions Prioress’s JournalMentions Anca
Bounty AnnouncementBooks and notes	Written by boyar Bakir himself. Bakir offers money for manumit heads, giving his rebel hunters a direct incentive to pursue the movement. The Confession and Promising Lead show two forms of information available to those hunters: a named meeting place and a local informant’s suggestion to follow Fedir. Paper Read excerpt Time to Hunt! My dearest vermin, Do you like games? Do you like gold? If so, I have quite the offer for you. Bring me the head of a manumit – and I shall reward your with a deliciously hefty, clinking pouch. Spare no efforts in tracking down those ne'er-do-wells! Make me…	0.01	17	4	400	Mentions ConfessionMentions Promising LeadMentions Bakir
Bounty Hunter's ContractBooks and notes	Concerns taking care of some brazen kobolds. The contract orders a quiet attack on a kobold colony after its demands for more carrion and murders of travellers. Merchant's Missive offers a contrasting encounter with goatmen as customers. Paper Read excerpt Bounty Hunter's Contract R, You will complete this task and you will do it quietly. A bunch of good-for-nothing kobold rats think they can make demands of the boyar, asking for more carrion. They "sent us a message" by murdering travellers passing through his fiefdom. Now we’re…	0.02	15	4	200	Mentions Merchant's Missive
Boyar Bakir's HuntBooks and notes	Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Read excerpt Boyar Bakir’s Hunt Hartmar, There’s an opportunity to make some money if you’re willing to move your arse and get your hands dirty. Boyar Bakir is gathering a group of hunters to join him in tracking down and killing some mighty beast that has been stalking the forests near…	0.12	30	10	83	Mentions BakirMentions Brencis
Brencis and the BibleBooks and notes	Illegal samizdat. The joke compares Brencis with the serpent’s deceptive gifts and the false prophet’s miracles. Its soldier fails to recognise the comparison, allowing the imprisoned manumit to escape punishment. A Vicar’s Inquiry poses a more direct biblical objection to the regime’s teachings. Book Read excerpt Brencis and the Bible Once a soldier from Svartrau caught a manumit, put him in a cell and said: "Why the hell do you want to kill Knyaz Brencis?! He's a holy man! The priests say he was mentioned in the Bible!" And the manumit answered: "He was. Twice, in fact – at the beginning…	0.12	31	9	75	Mentions A direct challenge to blood doctrineMentions Brencis
Brencis the DeceiverBooks and notes	Illegal samizdat. The leaflet accuses Brencis of breaking promises about imprisonment, boyar exploitation and children’s blood. The Charter of Rights is the useful companion text: it records the official protections against which the rebel accusations can be read. Book Read excerpt Brencis the Deceiver Cursed be Brencis the Deceiver! He said no innocent person shall be put in prison! And yet hundreds have! He swore he wouldn't let the boyars exploit us! And look at them, leeching off of us at every step! He promised – no drinking the blood of our children!…	0.11	59	8	73	Mentions The official Charter of RightsMentions Brencis
Brencis's OrdersBooks and notes	Orders from Brencis concerning the security of his ritual site. Brencis orders barricades around newly exposed underground paths, a gargoyle in the ritual chamber and a continuous blood supply. The document connects the excavation, awakened undead and defended ritual site. Paper Read excerpt Brencis's Orders Due to the progressing excavations, the site of the ritual has been rendered vulnerable and must now be secured. The undead in the ruins awakened, drawn by the power. There is no telling how many more graves lie buried under this city. Raise barricades and…	0.01	18	4	400	Mentions Castle entry and endingsMentions Brencis
Brencis's Orders – False IdolsBooks and notes	Orders concerning roadside shrines and other symbols of old faiths and beliefs. This decree gives the religious reason for destroying the old shrines: Brencis presents the Blood Covenant as the only permitted faith. The companion decrees add the practical orders to dismantle shrines, arrest worshippers and reward those who bring proof of destruction. Book Read excerpt Brencis's Orders – False Idols The Blood Covenant is the only true faith. Therefore all old shrines and false idols shall be burnt, disassembled, or destroyed in any other way that assures they shall never be used again. Knyaz Brencis of Vale Sangora	0.13	40	6	46	Mentions Shrine demolition orderMentions Shrine hearts and restorationMentions Brencis
Brencis's Orders – Old Shrines Must Be DestroyedBooks and notes	Orders concerning roadside shrines and other symbols of old faiths and beliefs. Shrines dedicated to the old faith are to be destroyed, with an exception for those rededicated to the Blood Covenant. The decree names Greifberg Castle’s dungeon as the destination for captured worshippers. New Orders shows the same policy being passed down to ordinary soldiers. Book Read excerpt Brencis's Orders – Old Shrines Must Be Destroyed I hereby command all roadside shrines and other places of worship in Vale Sangora to be destroyed (unless they have been renamed and are now devoted to the Blood Covenant). All those who use such shrines to practise their false faith must be caught and…	0.13	34	9	69	Mentions New OrdersMentions Brencis
Brencis's Orders – Root Out Old SuperstitionBooks and notes	Orders concerning roadside shrines and other symbols of old faiths and beliefs. Brencis offers rewards for destroying old religious symbols and producing proof. Read this beside the other shrine decrees to separate the promised incentive from the demolition and arrest orders. The shrine-heart entries explain the player’s separate restoration use for those objects. Book Read excerpt Brencis's Orders – Root Out Old Superstition Those who help spread the true faith have their part in rebuilding Vale Sangora and bringing long-lasting peace. Therefore, whoever roots out any shrine, idol, or other symbols of old faiths and beliefs shall be rewarded – provided they are able to present a…	0.1	43	7	70	Mentions False Idols decreeMentions Shrine heartsMentions Brencis
Bridge Watch ReportBooks and notes	Written by a manumit who met a bad end. The watchers at Prince’s Bridge report a pattern in Ambrus-guarded transports, especially at night. Read it alongside Ambrus’s blood-storage order for the separate accounts of guarded movement and storage in his supply network. Paper Read excerpt Bridge Watch Report We are keeping tabs on the Prince’s Bridge, as instructed. Thus far, most passing folk bear goods for Svartrau – nothing out of the ordinary, except for some transports guarded by Ambrus’s dogs. We began to notice a pattern, especially at night – a detailed…	0.01	20	2	200	Mentions Blood-storage dutiesMentions Blood shipment destinationMentions Ambrus
Bring ResultsBooks and notes	Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The command ties soldiers’ pay to confiscating silver and capturing manumits, ordering patrols to return with results. Rewards for Your Duty adds the separate reward policy, while the wider military notices show how the campaign is enforced. Paper Read excerpt Bring Results Soldiers! There's still a shit ton of silver to confiscate and a bunch of manumits to capture! So go on and prove yourselves! No patrol comes back to the barracks empty-handed! You want your pay - earn it!	0.01	15	3	300	Mentions Rewards for arrests and serviceMentions Brencis
Business NoticeBooks and notes	A struggling herbalist's letter to his supplier. Umlar needs Ribin's herbs because the shop is running out of ointments while vrakhiri blood undercuts the trade. Letter from St. Tyna's gives another example of the valley's older remedies and healers. Paper Read excerpt Business Notice Ribin, I need those damned herbs by the end of the week at the absolute latest, I mean it. I’m out of ointments and soon I’ll be out of my reputation, too. People keep coming in just to go away empty-handed. This is not how we make this business last. It's…	0.01	19	3	300	Mentions Letter from St. Tyna's
Cadmus and the DragonBooks and notes	An old myth. Cadmus kills a dragon guarding a wisdom-giving spring, then follows Athena’s command to sow its teeth. The resulting warriors are called Spartoi or Vrachoi. Aeetes and Jason continues the tooth-born-warrior motif with a hero who turns them against one another. Book Read excerpt Cadmus and the Dragon As recounted by Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca, Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, once come across a holy spring, from which he wished to draw water, for it was known that one who drank from it would acquire great wisdom. The spring was guarded by a terrible…	0.11	52	8	73	Mentions Jason’s answer to the warriorsSold by Mevasser
Call to HuntBooks and notes	Boyar Bakir's unusual call to action. Bakir demands that an unusually clever murohn be captured alive. Compare the Hunter's Journal, where a hunter describes a humanoid creature stalking his camp and changing his own tactics to catch it. Paper Read excerpt Call to Hunt Take heed, Brave Folk of the Valley! A fun little creature prowls my lands. It is a murohn, but not as stupid and mindless as the others. This one has learned to hunt your kind with surprising wit. Therefore, I summon you to the chase! Outwit this pest and…	0.01	19	4	400	Mentions Hunter's JournalMentions Bakir
Call to RevoltBooks and notes	An echo of the past. The scribe's target is Skender Dragosti, whose taxes and seizures have left the valley hungry. The appeal recalls the massacre at Shrike's Crag; Anonymous Diary supplies the witness's account of that event. Paper Read excerpt An Anonymous Call to Revolt To the people of Vale Sangora! You do not know me. I am just a scribe, but I shall write the truth, as it is the only weapon I can wield against tyranny. Skender Dragosti is a tyrant. A man who believes that the Divine right to rule ordained to him by God…	0.01	12	3	300	Mentions Anonymous DiaryMentions Skender
Campana LoquiturQuest	A must-read for novices at St. Tyna's convent. Read excerpt Campana Loquitur, vel Introductio pro Novitiis Just as sunflowers follow the movement of the sun, so novices shall follow the tolling of the bell. Learn the language it speaks, and you shall never be at a loss. May its calls become as familiar to you as your very thoughts. When the bell tolls three…	—	—	—	—	See the linked guide
Caravan Merchant's NoteBooks and notes	A versified good-luck charm. Paper Read excerpt Caravan Merchant's Note May your road be easy May the rain not fall May you not be queasy May your cartwheels roll This is my spell For my lover dear Finish your job And come back here – Avika	0.02	21	3	150	—
Caravan OrdersBooks and notes	Instructions regarding precious yet ethically dubious cargo. The cargo is iron restraints and torture equipment intended for Brencis. Linen and flour sacks are being used to protect the metal from rain, which explains the mixed-looking load. The merchant wants the delivery completed before competing sellers reach the knyaz. Paper Read excerpt Caravan Orders Make sure to cover the iron buckles with enough linen and flour sacks to properly protect them. We can’t risk them being exposed to the rain. Knyaz Brencis has an insatiable appetite for all sort of restraints and torture devices (chains, manacles, rakes –…	0.02	24	3	150	Mentions BrencisMentions Blood transport comparison
Catnica's JournalBooks and notes	A chronicle of a local witch's ambitious endeavor. Catnica first petitions the vrakhiri by letter, then uses rituals to reach them. Bakir finally answers and gives her a tooth to swallow as a promise of immortality; her last entry records the burning pain that follows. Her four letters show how she tailored the same request to each ruler. Paper Read excerpt Catnica's Journal Night 3 of the Waxing Moon I have written to Boyar Bakir again, but he remains silent. And I cannot linger anymore. I have begun to reach out to the others as well. One of them will answer. They must. Night 9 of the Waxing Moon My desire burns too brightly…	0.02	12	2	100	Mentions Letter to Boyar BakirMentions Letter to Boyaress XantheMentions Bakir
Cautionary Note from XantheBooks and notes	Ominous and creepy. Xanthe attributes the deaths among her soldiers to a man who can walk in sunlight and moonlight. She orders them to kill him before the threat grows. Her later Admonition identifies that man as Coen of Laslea and ties the soldiers’ obedience to continued access to her blood. Paper Read excerpt Cautionary Note from Xanthe I gazed at the stars and they shared their secrets. The recent deaths in your ranks – I know who’s responsible. Be wary of a man who walks both under the sun and the moon. Sever the thread of his life, or he shall cause more harm. Weeds start as mere sprouts…	0.02	24	4	200	Mentions Admonition from XantheMentions Xanthe
ChecklistBooks and notes	A list of life-saving items. The prepared supplies are for a group trying to cross the mountains and tell outsiders what has happened in Vale Sangora. Journal continues that escape account with the planned attempt at dawn. Book Read excerpt Checklist Ropes – check Rations – check Water – check Silver – check Blankets – check Spare wheels – check Tools – check All is ready. May God help us. May we cross the mountains safely. May the story of our sorrows be believed. May we find good Christians willing to…	0.13	57	10	77	Mentions Journal
Chronicle: Skender's Last DaysBooks and notes	A story of the former knyaz's long-lost treasures. Read excerpt Chronicle: Skender's Last Days After they dealt with the wretched Knyaz Skender, Brencis and his future boyars headed to Greifberg Castle. They entered it without resistance, as the soldiers defending the keep hated Skender as much as Brencis himself had. But it soon became clear that the…	0.02	23	3	150	Mentions BrencisMentions Greifberg CastleMentions Skender
Clandestine OrdersBooks and notes	They mention a hiding spot for some valuables. The instructions point to a satchel behind a black crate in a warehouse, then to a supposedly haunted cave chosen as its hiding place. The writer signs “M.”, entrusts the delivery to Ignir and wants it concealed from Skender. Paper Read excerpt Clandestine Orders Ignir, This letter is for your eyes only. I have a few special items I need stashed away from curious eyes in a nearby place where nobody, absolutely nobody, will look. You’re the only one I can trust with this, and I know you won’t let me down. Before you…	0.01	15	3	300	Mentions SkenderMentions Regional map
Climber's NoteBooks and notes	Found high in the mountains. Adam tells Francu to flee through childhood mountain trails after killing a Blood Guard in front of a witness. He rules out the roads and villages as hiding places within his warning. Paper Read excerpt A Climber’s Note Francu, The Blood Guard you cut is dead, but there was a witness – and the bastard's mates are looking for you right now. So you proved what you wanted. Those fuckers are not untouchable. Still, your days are numbered if you stay in Sangora. Roads are not…	0.02	17	3	150	Mentions Folded Letter
Codex DragosticusBooks and notes	Laws of the old knyaz. Skender’s code assigns thirty lashes for insulting his rule or defacing his image, twenty for disrupting the crier or fouling the castle approach, and ten for failing to bow or yield to his retinue. Compare The Charter of Rights for the different public language used under Brencis. Book Read excerpt Codex Dragosticus I, Skender Dragosti, by the Grace of God ruler of Vale Sangora, hereby proclaim these laws, to be obeyed by all my subjects, irrespective of their station. Anyone speaking disparagingly of my rule shall receive thirty lashes. Anyone defacing images of my…	0.11	40	7	64	Mentions Laws under the next rulerSold by MevasserMentions Skender
Collector's LedgerBooks and notes	A list of mysterious items, most of them centuries old. The collector records ancient ornaments, weapons and a broken instrument, ending with an unusually heavy pendant that makes its wearer feel powerful. A spider-faced figurine has already been sold. The Collector’s Notes pick up the pendant’s story, including its purchase from Vicho and a tremor during the collector’s examination. Paper Read excerpt Collector's Ledger - shield – geometric motifs (sun, stars, mountain) – soldier's equipment / ceremonial - ring, shaped like a snake – silver and amethyst – jewellery / lucky charm? - dagger – bronze, grooves on the blade – sacrificial? - earring – gold, serpent-shaped symbols…	0.02	24	3	150	Mentions Collector's NotesMentions Page from a Collector’s Journal
Collector's NotesBooks and notes	Scribbles by an increasingly disturbed man. The collector persuaded Vicho to sell a pendant after repeated visits to his Svartrau shop. While studying it, he felt the ground briefly shake and began to reconsider Vicho’s concern about a curse. The Collector’s Ledger adds the pendant’s unusual weight and the feeling of strength it produced when worn. Book Read excerpt Collector's Notes Vicho kept saying that he’s not quite sure what the pendant does, that it might be cursed and some other drivel like that, but I know the truth - he simply liked to have it in his possession. So I made it sure that I would frequent his curio shop and pester…	0.12	49	5	42	Mentions Collector's LedgerMentions Page from a Collector’s JournalMentions Vicho
Commander's OrdersQuest	Soldiers's orders on what to do with the miller Mert, suspected of aiding the rebels, and to his wife Renna. Rayko’s plan explains the ambush at the mill: arrest Mert, hide soldiers in the homestead, then seize anyone who contacts his wife. The destination for captured suspects is Stoneward Post, also named in Mert’s arrest report. Paper Read excerpt Commander's Orders You are ordered to arrest the local miller on charges of collaboration with manumit forces. He is to be bound and transported without delay to Stoneward Post for detention and interrogation. Once the miller is secured, make his wife cooperate. She is to…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Mert’s arrest reportMentions MertMentions Renna
ConfessionBooks and notes	Dirty and bloodied. Caspar of Boar’s Back names Cunrat the Blind’s farm, north of Svartrau toward Laslea, as his manumit group’s meeting place. The statement also condemns Caspar in the regime’s language and accepts draining as punishment. Its useful geographical clue is the named farm and direction out of Svartrau. Paper Read excerpt Confession I, Caspar of Boar's Back, confess what follows: – I am a dirty swine, despicable scum, worthless traitor, – I joined the murderous manumits and opposed our beloved knyaz, – My ring would meet in a farm belonging to old Cunrat the Blind, north of Svartrau,…	0.02	16	4	200	Mentions Bounty AnnouncementMentions Boar's Back
Confessional NoteBooks and notes	Desperation pushes people to do terrible things. The writer plans to kill his family and himself before the next forced mass. Read it alongside Hanged Man's Letter as an account of the desperation caused by compulsory blood worship. Paper Read excerpt Confession Note Lord, I have contemplated this for a long time, and I see no other way to escape these dreadful creatures. There is no life for us under their rule. They would bleed my family dry. So, O Lord, forgive me for what I must do. Tonight, I will set us all free.…	0.02	13	4	200	Mentions Hanged Man's Letter
Constantin's OrdersBooks and notes	A robber baron's instructions for his men. Constantin orders doubled night watches, search parties of at least three and the capture of Racovitza’s men. The instructions establish the rivalry between their gangs. Warning — Racovitza adds the report that the rival has been seen dealing peacefully with vrakhiri forces. Paper Read excerpt Constantin's Orders Lads, From now on, keep a double watch – every night. Should anyone go missing, search for him in a group at least three men strong. And if you spot the lackeys of that bastard Racovitza near any of our camps, catch them and bring them to me. Other than…	0.02	15	2	100	Mentions Warning — RacovitzaMentions Constantin’s caravan warning
Convict's LetterBooks and notes	A farewell and a confession. The condemned man expects to be pushed from a cliff instead of hanged. Addressed to his dead daughter Mari, his letter acknowledges his crimes and explains why he hopes to see her again. Paper Read excerpt Farewell Letter Mari, Tomorrow they will execute me. They said it’s not worth wasting a rope on me – there’s a cliff nearby, pushing me off it should do the job. I’m guilty of the crimes they accused me of, there’s no denying it. After losing you, I also lost my way – and…	0.01	17	4	400	Mentions Executioner's List
Craftsman's JournalBooks and notes	Journal of a hapless artist. The writer had been commissioned to paint Svartrau Cathedral’s ceiling before the knyaz’s death forced him to flee. He paid soldiers for passage and hoped their slow transport would reach the Northern Cleft bridge in time. Damyan’s Old Letter describes another attempted escape toward the same crossing. Book Read excerpt Craftsman's Journal Oh, God... Is this the end of the world?! When I got the commission, I felt like the luckiest person alive. My frescoes on the ceiling of Svartrau Cathedral – a dream come true. It was supposed to be my lifetime achievement! And now... It's as if the ghastly…	0.13	56	8	62	Mentions Old LetterMentions Silver Cache Letter
Crumpled LetterBooks and notes	A friend's warning. Jost warns Heinel that Fridl, Yurge, Johannes and Lana have vanished and connects the disappearances with the silver trade. The silver-trader guide covers the player's trading route separately. Book Read excerpt Crumpled Letter Heinel, Did you hear? Fridl, Yurge, Johannes, Lana - they all disappeared without a trace. Likely imprisoned and drained. They're come after anyone who's been involved in silver trade. They'll come for you, too. Be warned. Jost	0.12	40	9	75	Mentions Silver trader and selling silver
Crumpled MessageBooks and notes	A letter from a man who had a change of heart. Barnaba urges his brother to desert the barracks after dawn, using daylight to get away from their master. Read Names for Passage for another local document concerning a planned escape from the valley. Paper Read excerpt Crumpled Message Brother, It’s time to leave the barracks. No amount of blood will ever be enough for the horrible things that madman orders us to do. Meet me tomorrow after dawn. He won’t be able to pursue us in daylight and I know a place we can hide, wait things out. I…	0.01	12	2	200	Mentions Names for Passage
Crumpled NoteBooks and notes	Probably written by one of the manumit scouts. The scout records two guards in the evening, a large shape on the walls at midnight, and two missing companions. Read it with the orders to search the Middens to understand the pressure on the rebel scouts. Paper Read excerpt Crumpled Note - evening – two guards – not regular patrol – sending B and Z after them - midnight – large shape spotted on walls – what the hell was it? - B and Z still not back…	0.02	16	3	150	Mentions The search of the Middens
Curious MaureBooks and notes	A cautionary tale. Read excerpt Curious Maure There was once a hamlet named Velksvar, in which lived a learned woman called Maure. One day, while visiting the city, she approached a vendor of curiosities. Taken by her beauty, he gifted her a book bound in black leather, and the naïve young Maure…	0.1	60	9	90	Sold by Mevasser
Cursed LetterBooks and notes	Thrums with malevolent magic. Ilsa Hradec confronts Gisko for abandoning their planned marriage and marrying Osterhild instead. Her ominous wedding gift connects the broken engagement to the curse described in Gisko’s Contract: Brencis promises help for Osterhild in exchange for Coen’s death. Paper Read excerpt Ominous Letter Gisko, You spoke to my father. You knelt before me. You asked for my hand. A dowry was prepared, a wedding gown was sewn and fitted. And then you married another. May you and Osterhild live happily ever after. Enjoy my gift, its nature shall soon become…	0.01	21	2	200	Mentions Gisko's Contract
Cycle of Ruin ManualEpic	A text about empowering one's magic. Makes a new ability available for learning in the development tree. Read excerpt Magister Arcanorum, part 1 “We need to improve our magic. We pay with our blood, but the results are weak. Pitiful. If you say otherwise, you are a fool. But if you see the truth, know this: I shall give you the key to true power. My guidance is free, although we are both aware that…	0.13	30	176	1,354	Sold by Bakr-ErgaSold by MevasserSold by Vera
Dad's LullabyBooks and notes	A folk song from Vale Sangora. The verses name Brencis, Bakir, Ambrus and Xanthe as nighttime threats, turning a parent’s reassurance into a catalogue of the ruling vrakhiri. Its bedtime promises belong to the song’s voice; Around Animals collects other household beliefs about surviving the night. Book Read excerpt Dad's Lullaby Hey, little baby, the night is here You know that it means Brencis is near So close your eyes now, don’t make a peep He will not get you if you’re asleep Hey, little darling, listen to Dad Bakir is looking for children bad So close your eyes now, don’t make…	0.14	37	9	64	Mentions Household beliefs about night creaturesSold by MevasserMentions BakirMentions Brencis
Dalyan’s TaleBooks and notes	Yellowed and tattered, but still readable. Dalyan returns from the Eternal Pass with food and a story of a generous goddess, but cannot find the way back. Yokel Utopia gives the sceptical version of the same legend and compares it with Cockaigne. Book Read excerpt Dalyan’s Tale There once was a shepherd, and his name was Dalyan. He got lost searching for his sheep and was gone for a long time. His family mourned him, his friends all but forgot him. And then he returned, a wreath of flowers in his hair, a sack heavy with all sorts…	0.11	34	9	82	Mentions Yokel Utopia
Dawn and DuskBooks and notes	A poem by one P. Ovidius Naso The poem presents Dawn and Dusk as rival brothers, then describes travellers who keep one eye open to each. Its final question leaves their position between day and night as both burden and possibility. Ovid’s Exile is the related text about figures who cross that divide. Book Read excerpt Dawn and Dusk, by P. Ovidius Naso Dawn and Dusk are like twin brothers, ever competing, Ever trying to wrangle the Earth from the hands of the other. And so goes for their many servants and children, too. Those who serve Dusk disobey Dawn, Those who love Dawn hate his brother Dusk. Us…	0.1	30	10	100	Mentions The related account in Ovid’s ExileSold by Mevasser
De Vocatione et LigationeQuest	A black magic grimoire. This is the ritual book behind Marcus’s plan to protect Henrik with an enchanted bracelet in The Price of Magic. Its missing conclusion is on the Torn-out Page. Read Marcus’s Journal for his reason for borrowing the book, then use the separate page to complete the ritual’s spoken ending. Book Read excerpt De Vocatione et Ligatione (...) After a successful summoning, the bracelet should be enchanted with daemonic power, thus creating a defensive charm that will protect the wearer from any mortal danger. A word of caution though – once the item has served its purpose, the entity within…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Marcus's JournalMentions Torn Out Page
Defiant Man's NoteBooks and notes	Words of a man who's had enough. Jermen Hert declares that he will resist any ruler who takes his family's land and labour. Compare Call to Revolt, which turns similar grievances into an appeal for collective action. Paper Read excerpt Defiant Man's Note Sod it all. We will not be pushed around anymore. I don’t care whether it’s men or devils that come to ask their due. It’s my work, my land, my family. If they come to cut us down, so be it. We’ve been crawling with our faces in the mud long enough. I’m…	0.02	24	3	150	Mentions Call to Revolt
Delivery ListBooks and notes	A list of goods, followed by a not-so-friendly disclaimer. The delivery destination is a merchant's stand in Altenmarkt, with flour, pork, chicken and apples required fresh. This is the supplier's order, giving the intended destination of the shipment. Paper Read excerpt Delivery List 20 sacks of flour 25 pounds of pork 10 pounds of chicken meat 5 boxes of apples Deliver to my stand in Altenmarkt. I’ll pay only for fresh, undamaged merchandise. A mess like what you got me last time will not do. The old nobility may be gone, but it doesn't…	0.02	23	2	100	Mentions Merchant's Letter
Demand LetterBooks and notes	Signed by one Armaya, associated with boyaress Xanthe. Armaya requisitions twelve trusted men with digging tools, rope, buckets, a wheelbarrow and a sieve. She plans to collect them personally and direct their work. The Requisition Letter covers the next logistical need: dependable guards to transport the ancient objects recovered for Xanthe. Paper Read excerpt Instructions from Armaya Commander, You will provide me with a dozen trusted men, each equipped with a spade, trowel, thirty feet of hemp rope, two buckets, a wheelbarrow and a sieve. I shall come by your camp soon and personally direct them to where they are needed. Disobey me and…	0.01	15	4	400	Mentions Requisition LetterMentions Xanthe's InstructionsMentions Xanthe
Deployment to MaragirBooks and notes	Help request for quelling the rebellion. Dolmir orders reinforcements into Maragir to support Ambrus against the manumits. This supplies the military context for Ambrus’s challenge and the pressure he places on the local population. Book Read excerpt Deployment to Maragir Sergeant, You are to gather your people and move out to Maragir now – and I mean ‘now’, not when you finish whatever knavery you’re currently involved in. Looks like Boyar Ambrus has a small rebellion on his hands. Even though the locals are ever so grateful…	0.15	36	9	60	Mentions Ambrus’s challengeMentions Ambrus
DiaryBooks and notes	A hapless bandit's journal. The soldier's short diary records worsening food, cold weather and repeated gambling losses, ending with illness after cooking for himself. It presents everyday barracks life beside the more formal military correspondence. Book Read excerpt Diary — Damp. Cold. Food awful. Lost at cards. — Rain. Cold. Food even worse. Lost at cards. — Sunny but still cold. Decided to cook myself. Lost at cards. — Violent diarrhoea. Lost at cards. Wonder if things can get any worse. —	0.15	52	6	40	Mentions A Soldier's Letter from a Friend
Diplomatic MissiveBooks and notes	Addressed to the leader of an uriashi clan. Bakir demands ten trained, fully equipped uriashi from the Tavr matriarch before the month ends. His threat of punishment makes the coercion behind their military service clear. Tavr Magh’s reprimand and the Letter of Denial describe what that service means for individual uriashi. Paper Read excerpt Missive to Clan Tavr Your most esteemed goatness, matriarch of clan Tavr, I hope this missive finds you well and you shall never lack verdant moss. I am writing to inform you that I shall require additional ten uriashi footmen, well trained and fully equipped, to report for duty…	0.02	23	3	150	Mentions Tavr MaghMentions Letter of Denial
Directives from AmbrusQuest	Details the boyar's activities Ambrus explains the sequence of the draining operation: collect the victims’ blood, add leech spittle to full barrels, seal them and send them to storage. He requires contaminated batches to be discarded and punishes dilution. Instructions from Ambrus explain why the leeches must reach the collectors alive. Paper Read excerpt Orders from Ambrus Soldier, This is to inform you that you and your men have been assigned to draining duties. Make sure you do not waste any blood – and so, slit the victims's veins only once they have been properly positioned over collection vessels, and leave them up for at…	—	—	—	—	Mentions Instructions from AmbrusMentions Letter of ReprimandMentions Ambrus

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Dream Stealers

Nightmare material. Red moths settle on sleepers’ eyes and exchange pleasant dreams for nightmares in this tale. Honey on a windowsill is the protection named by its fearful inhabitants. The Moth Omen gives a different role to moths in the valley’s supernatural folklore.

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Dream Stealers
On certain nights, when the world sinks into deepest silence and even dogs cease to bark, come the red moths. They arrive without notice, slipping through cracks and creeping up windowpanes, tapping with their wings like impatient guests demanding entry.…

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Eat Thy Neighbours

Old wives's tales. Probably. A supposedly healing crystal brings visitors to a village, but the hosts begin eating them and transform as the crystal loses its light. The survivors flee into caves. This is the origin story behind the document’s hungry cave-dwellers; Beware the Circling Steps describes a settlement fearing their approach.

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Eat Thy Neighbours
There was once a village in Vale Sangora, the name of which had best stay forgotten. It was little more than dirt and dust until the day the residents found a curious crystal, bright as a caged sun. They said its glow was healing. Travellers came from…

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Edug and Elil

The vellum is so old it crumbles. The brothers enter the Underworld to reclaim their father Edru from Sheema, aided by the mountain-sized war god Andag. Sheema keeps Edru but allows his sons to return as the sun and moon. How Uktash Met Nassur introduces another deity from these ancient stories.

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Edug and Elil
Once, Sheema fell in love with a champion named Edru, who guarded his tribe from the vrakhiri. She took him to the Underworld, so she would have him by her side. But Edru's sons Edug and Elil would not allow it. So they travelled to the Underworld to get…

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Enticing Offer

Letter addressed to Bakir's soldiers. Bakir advertises transport duty to soldiers bored with guarding a fixed position and directs volunteers to their superior. The Shipping Ledger shows the settlement-by-settlement orders behind those journeys, from extra liquor for Sever to reduced deliveries for Parlita.

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Transport Duty
My dearest vermin, Tired of stationary duty? Getting bored and restless? You dream of seeing new places, meeting new friends? Oh my, do I have something for you! Report to your direct superior and request (politely, mind you!) to be assigned to transport…

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Evaluation Letter

Message exchanged between boyaress Xanthe's officers. Sergeant Hermin tells recruiters to increase enlistment by using persuasion, money or threats. He singles out a drop of the boyaress’s blood as their strongest inducement. The Stern Reminder then sets the requirements for recruits arriving at Blood Guard training camps.

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Regarding Recruitment
To all recruiters, The boyaress is displeased with your efforts. She wishes to have more conscripts, and soon. Spare no efforts in finding the right men. Use flattery, bribery, threats – whatever you think will work best. Remember that the boyaress's blood…

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Everybody Hates Brencis

Illegal samizdat. The leaflet claims foreign rulers and the Pope oppose Brencis, then argues that Sangorans should overthrow him themselves instead of waiting for outsiders. Its central appeal is self-rule, a theme developed more fully in the Manumit Manifesto.

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Everybody Hates Brencis
Let it be known that Knyaz Brencis of Vale Sangora is hated and despised in the whole of Europe! All the neighbouring realms have declared him an usurper and the Pope will call for a crusade against him any day now! But why should we wait for others to…

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Excavation Log

Sheds light on Xanthe's activities. The excavator first records an intact tomb and a routine inventory. After trying to copy a painting of a bleeding, winged warrior, the entries turn to fever, orange skies in dreams and the repeated name Andag. Xanthe’s Instructions place this discovery within her search for ancient treasures.

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Excavation Log
1. Tomb opened. Intact. No guardians. 2. Took inventory of all items. Started packing. 3. Tried tracing the painting with the winged, bleeding warrior. The paint flaked off the wall. 4. Couldn't work today. Fever. Dreams. Orange skies. 5. Andag. Andag.…

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Excerpt from Carmina

From Anca's collection. The Latin poem addresses Lesbia and answers how many kisses would satisfy Catullus: as many as the sands around Cyrene or the stars watching lovers at night. Its central image is a number too vast for jealous observers to count, pairing naturally with the other classical reading exercise, Excerpts from Fabulae.

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Catullus 7
Quaeris quot mihi basiationes tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque. quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae laserpiciferis iacet Cyrenis, oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum, aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox, furtivos hominum vident…

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Excerpt from Poemata

From Anca's collection. The Latin passage begins by making fear the origin of belief in gods, then links divine worship to thunder, the sun and moon, harvests and human occupations. Its argument contrasts with On Ruling a Realm, which presents the social order as God’s design.

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Petronius – Poemata
Primus in orbe deos fecit timor, ardua caelo fulmina cum caderent discussaque moenia flammis atque ictus flagraret Athos, mox Phoebus ab ortu lustrata deuectus humo, Lunaeque senectus et reparatus honos, hinc signa effusa per orbem et permutatis disiunctus…

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Excerpts from Fabulae

From Anca's collection. These Latin exercises retell two myths. Ariadne helps Theseus escape the labyrinth by retracing his thread after killing the Minotaur; Cassandra rejects Apollo and is cursed to speak true prophecies that nobody believes. The opening note presents both passages as grammar practice.

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Hyginus: Fabulae
Try your hand at these excerpts. The grammar is very simple and the stories are interesting... Though they might give you nightmares. A. THESEUS APUD MINOTAURUM Theseus posteaquam Cretam venit, ab Ariadne Minois filia est adamatus adeo, ut fratrem proderet…

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Executioner's List

The heads that had to roll. The five condemned people are Jarlo, Ikis, Kieta, Narcin and Eugine. Their offences range from refusing the blood offering to harbouring a fugitive and speaking of the old God, showing what the regime treats as grounds for execution.

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Executioner's List
Jarlo, refusing to offer his blood during mass, demanding to be given Brencis’s blessed drop for free. Ikis, disobeying direct orders from the guard wanting to inspect his cart, riling up companions. Kieta, harbouring a fugitive sentenced to hanging last…

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Exorcist's Account

Notes about the assignment that cost him his life. The exorcist counts six spirits and describes suffering rather than malice. He leaves the account in case his attempt to put them to rest fails; the valley's haunted-site map provides the related exploration leads.

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Exorcist's Account
As far as I can tell, there are six of them. I can hear their whispers carried by the night’s air. The words are difficult to understand, but I’m nearly certain there is no evil lurking in these souls. Merely pain, merely tormented anguish. I shall do my…

Vale Sangora's Haunted Places

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Explorer's Journal

Describes a fascinating discovery. The explorer plans to backtrack west from his camp in unnamed ruins to a stone circle passed the previous evening. The westward direction is the useful lead in this account; Treasure Hunter's Note supplies a different westward clue from ruins to a canyon.

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Explorer’s Journal
(...) Vale Sangora is a fascinating place. Judging by my findings, it is really difficult to say what kind of people dominated these lands throughout the ages – I found traces of Germans, Slavs, Bohemians, and even Magyars. But of course, the ones most…

Treasure Hunter's Note

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Faded Orders

Svartrau city guard captain's orders concerning a monster hunt. The patrol’s destination is the Balaur peak outside Parlita. Skender dismisses the reported monster while ordering his troops to investigate it, and the letter is signed by Constantin during his service as captain of the Svartrau City Guard. Follow The Beast of Balaur for the related mountain and cave investigation.

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Faded Orders
After reading a desperate petition from the people of Parlita, His Majesty Knyaz Skender Dragosti commands the Parlita patrol to reconnoitre (that means: check) the peak known as the Balaur and its surroundings in search for a monster allegedly "terrorising…

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Faded Report

A disturbing summary of Brother Wilhelm's investigation. Brother Wilhelm records eleven night-time killings, missing blood and bite wounds, then asks the Master of the Hunt to search caves and woods. Read it before Final Report to follow the change from the investigation of unexplained attacks to the open collapse of Skender’s rule.

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Faded Report
Your Majesty, I regret to inform that, despite my efforts, the killer's identity remains unknown. This is what I've come to know so far: all eleven victims died during the night and they all lost most of their blood, which was not to be found anywhere near…

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Fanatic's Journal

Each letter was written with zeal. The writer, Emmrich and Alef destroy an uriash shrine and copy its symbols to help others identify more targets. This is an account of the destruction; the shrine-heart entries explain the player’s separate restoration tasks.

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Zealot's Journal
(...) I had a vision. The vrakhiri are not God’s messengers, but His punishment for our sins. We must show Him our faith if we want to reclaim our lives. But how? (...) Talked to Emmrich and we decided that the best way to show our zeal is to destroy the…

Shrine hearts and restoration tasks

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Farewell Letter

A desperate goodbye. Allia leaves Drevin because she rejects the blood mass even though it cures the plague. Her argument echoes Beware Vrakhiri Blood's opposition to exchanging spiritual obedience for bodily healing.

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Final Words
I did my best to believe you, Drevin. I told myself it would get better, that I'd stop feeling like my soul was fouled every mass. Everyone else has accepted it, you said, and you were right – and that's the worst part. Nobody sees what they’re doing to us…

Beware Vrakhiri Blood

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Father Florin's Notes

A few pages covered in the priest's writings. Florin wants ancient armour that could let a champion face the vrakhiri. Danos’s expedition and its losses explain the earlier bloody notes; the underground guide follows the player’s route through the ruins and armour chamber.

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Father Florin's Notes
Desperate times really do push a man to make surprising choices. The ruins my flock discovered are clearly of pagan origin. I can only imagine the depraved rites that were held here in the past… But if I must now scour this place in order to find a way to…

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Field Report

A post commander's report on where to look for manumits's secret supply caches. The report identifies three kinds of manumit hiding places: collapsed cellars, dry wells and spaces beneath stone markers. It also says confiscated supplies were moved to Svartrau. Use those details to understand the supply network described in the burned correspondence.

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Field Report
We have confirmed that supply caches are hidden throughout the valley. This seems to be how the manumits move combat resources among themselves, notably silver arrowheads and provisions intended for use against our beloved knyaz. Of course, all contraband…

Half-Burnt Letter from C.

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Final Instructions

Praise from the manumits for completing the task, with a promise of a reward. The requested drop-off is the hollow of the tree named in Initial Instructions. The instructions ask the recipient to leave the gathered messages there and return at the same time the following day for payment. Read both documents together to follow the exchange.

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Final Instructions
Brother Coen, Well done. Leave all the messages within the hollow of this tree. Do not trouble yourself to decode them – we shall see to that. Return here at the same time on the morrow to claim your reward. Stay vigilant.

Initial Instructions

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Final Report

Captain Bojidar's honest thoughts about his commander. Captain Bojidar’s resignation places the report after Skender’s death and the fall of Greifberg Castle. It names Catalin as the surviving son who was outside the valley and accuses the commander of escaping with the treasure transport. Special Orders identifies that transport’s intended heir and its prized sword.

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Final Report
Lord Commander, With all due respect – fuck you, sir. We aren't going back there. It's over. The knyaz is dead, the castle – taken over, its walls decorated with corpses of the chamberlain, Lady Rosa and all of the knyaz's progeny (except, of course, for…

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Find Crake

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The army orders soldiers to report any information about Crake and capture him dead or alive, with a reward for his head. Intel on Crake is a follow-up intelligence report; On Crake’s Identity explicitly rules out one named suspect.

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Find Crake
Soldiers! The thief, murderer and rebel calling himself Crake is the enemy of the Knyaz, of the people, and of you! If you come across any information about him, report it to your commander at once! And If you spot the bastard, capture him at all cost - dead…

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Florin's Orders

A curious letter from Father Florin. Boris is sent to search for St. Mihai’s shrine in the forest near Laslea and return discoveries to Florin in Svartrau. Blood-Soaked Journal is the expedition’s follow-up, describing the cave and their hurried departure.

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Florin's Orders
Boris, If what I found in the cathedral notes is true, there is a shrine dedicated to Saint Mihai in a forest near Laslea. I imagine that it’s in a woeful state – no pilgrims will have visited it in centuries – but it’s still worth investigating. Take a few…

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Folded Letter

A desperate request to tell the world what's been happening in Vale Sangora. Gerung asks Anselm to carry news of the vrakhiri beyond the border if his escape succeeds. Checklist and Journal describe the supplies and dawn departure of another mountain-crossing attempt.

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Folded Letter
Anselm, Word reached me that you'll make an attempt to cross the border tomorrow. I wish you all the luck, may you find a safe passage beyond this cursed valley. And if you do, I beg of you: tell the world of our sorrows. They won't believe you, they will…

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For Knyaz and Country

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. This morale notice presents routine patrols as work toward Brencis’s promised peace and prosperity. Bring Results gives the more concrete demands behind that message: confiscated silver, captured manumits and pay tied to a patrol’s results.

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For Knyaz and Country
Soldiers! Remember - each day and each of your patrols, no matter how mundane, brings us closer to the everlasting peace and prosperity the Knyaz has promised to bring about! So do your part for Vale Sangora!

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For the Largest Predators

Vera's scroll about the most effective poisons to prepare her bait. The document belongs with Poison Weeds and Vera’s Lizard Note: it discusses bait for the large predator involved in Vera’s preparations. Read the three together for the research sequence, then follow Vera’s quest instructions for the actual ingredients and interactions.

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For the Largest Predators
Both variants of hemlock are excellent for the purpose of poisoning bait, with water hemlock being the herb of choice when the predator is large and there is no room for error. The white flowers sprouting from purple branches are difficult to mistake for…

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From Life of St. Anthony

A saint's life story. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, count to the 31st word in the biography's body: by. This is the sixth word of the waterfall direction.

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From Life of St. Anthony
Saint Anthony became well known for his strict asceticism. In his youth, he travelled to Mount Athos, where he lived in a cave as a hermit. Later, he was sent by his abbot to bring monasticism to his native Rus’. Near Kiev, he again chose the solitude of a…

Mysterious Instruction

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From Life of St. Cuthbert

An excerpt from a saint's hagiography. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, take the 13th word in this biography: North. It starts the direction that ultimately leads to the cave behind the waterfall by the great bridge.

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From Life of St. Cuthbert
Saint Cuthbert lived as a hermit on the Farne Islands in the North Sea, where he was often seen praying while standing amidst the waves. Though a recluse, he became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 684. But after two years, sensing his death was near, he laid down…

Mysterious Instruction

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From Life of St. Gregory

An excerpt from St. Gregory's hagiography. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, take the seventh word of this biography: Great. It pairs with the final biography's bridge to identify the landmark near the waterfall.

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From Life of St. Gregory
Commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, he came from the Roman nobility. After his father's death, he turned his family villa into a monastery, and for many years embraced a life of prayer and contemplation. That changed when Pope Pelagius II appointed…

Mysterious Instruction

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From Life of St. Mihai

A brief story of Svartrau's patron saint. In the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, take the second word from the end of this biography: Svartrau. It is the third part of the eight-word direction to the waterfall near the great bridge.

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From Life of St. Mihai
Saint Mihai was once a pagan warrior, fierce in his battles against the Devil’s spawn. Guided by Providence, he was brought to the true Faith through the counsel of the monk Tobias. In the swamps of Maragir he met his end, slaying a monstrous foe at the cost…

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From Life of St. Teotim

The summary of a holy man's life. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, count 22 words backwards from the end of this biography: waterfall. It is the fifth word of the clue and identifies the feature concealing the cave.

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From Life of St. Teotim
Born into a wealthy merchant family, he once lived a life of luxury and earthly pleasure. Yet a family tragedy led him to seek solace in solitude and God. After renouncing his lands, he withdrew to the Gorgany mountain ridge, where he built a modest…

Mysterious Instruction

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From Life of St. Tobias

Vale Sangora's patron saint's biography. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, take the 12th word of this biography: into. It is the fourth word, between Svartrau and waterfall.

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From Life of St. Tobias
Saint Tobias, the one-armed monk, never sought power, yet was lifted into sainthood by his endurance and faith. Long ago, he ventured into the swamps of Maragir, where a monstrous ghast tore away his arm but not his spirit. From then on, he guided Vale…

Mysterious Instruction

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From Life of St. Tyna

A religious text about the patron of Vale Sangora's famous monastery. For the English Mysterious Instruction puzzle, take the ninth word of this biography: of. It is the second word, linking North with Svartrau in the decoded direction.

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From Life of St. Tyna
When Saint Tyna’s name is spoken, we think of charity and miracles, yet her beginnings were humble. Born to a peasant family, she was an unruly and wild child, until one day she drove off a wolf with only her voice and healed her wounded friend by touch.…

Mysterious Instruction

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Gargoyles out of Order

A notice concerning problems with manufactured gargoyles. Ziven reports that the flying defenders have stopped functioning and their keeper is absent. This is the garrison’s account of the failure, distinct from Brencis’s earlier instruction to use a gargoyle to guard the ritual.

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Gargoyles out of Order
The flying shits are refusing to function and the prick responsible for keeping them in shape has stopped showing up. I hope he’s chewing on maggot-filled dirt. Figure something out. I don’t know what, and frankly, I don’t care. Just be useful and make sure…

The earlier defensive order

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Gheorghe's Instructions

Gheorghe Racovitza's orders to his men. Gheorghe Racovitza orders his men to torture members of Constantin's gang for information before killing them. Letter from a Loved One records the injuries Racovitza's men inflicted on Nicu and his companions.

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Gheorghe's Instructions
Men! If you catch Constantin's underlings, you have my permission to do anything you want to them, as long as it makes them talk. You may hang them naked from a tree, upside down, and then set their hair on fire. You may then cut their face, letting the…

Letter from a Loved One

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Giant Bog Lizards

A book treating on creatures living in the swamp.

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Giant Bog Lizards
One should take great caution when traversing the marshes of Vale Sangora, for it seems a new kind of creature has made them its home. Where it came from, no one knows. Some claim the depths of the sea; others insist – the depths of Hell. It is a creature…

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Gisko's Contract

Signed by one Gisko and Knyaz Brencis. Brencis hires Gisko of Teschen to kill Coen. In return, the court promises to help free Gisko’s betrothed Osterhild from demonic possession and give the couple passage out of Vale Sangora. The Cursed Letter supplies the personal background: Ilsa Hradec’s anger over Gisko breaking their engagement.

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Gisko's Contract
This contract was agreed upon by Knyaz Brencis, the sole and rightful ruler of Vale Sangora, and Gisko von Teschen of Bohemia, in Anno Domini 1349, in the presence of witnesses signed below, and stipulates what follows: Gisko of Teschen is to track down and…

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Goodbye Note

A son writing about his regret. Predbor mourns a father who died shortly before Brencis arrived with a cure for the plague. The note explains why he accepts the new ruler's demands, in contrast to the refusal in Farewell Letter.

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Goodbye Note
Father, I am so sorry. Things may not have ended this way if I had returned sooner. If only you had lived a few weeks longer under my care… We have a new knyaz now, one who can heal every illness, even the plague. His rule is not perfect. Some sacrifices…

Farewell Letter

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Graveyard Letter

A somber confession. Nillie finally declares her love for Kert after his death. Lover's Scribbles offers a companion account of a relationship cut short by a missing partner.

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Graveyard Letter
Kert, I love you. I’ve loved you since we were kids. I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for not telling you this while you were still here. I hope that wherever you are now, you can see this letter. And I hope we’ll meet again over there one day. Yours…

Lover's Scribbles

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Greifberg, or the Finest Fortress of the Carpathians

Written under the patronage of the old knyaz. The account presents Greifberg as a symbol of Dragosti power and describes the human cost of building it. Read History of Vale Sangora III for the family’s rise; the ending guide covers the playable routes into the castle.

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Greifberg, or the Finest Fortress of the Carpathians
Many visitors, laying eyes upon the mighty fortress of Greifberg looming over the city of Svartrau, gape in disbelief. Impossible, they whisper under their breaths, shaking their heads, how could anyone have erected this tremendous castle at such dizzying…

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Guard's Orders

A harsh reminder about guards's duties. Vierg tells the guards to stop making exceptions and enforce the orders they have already received. His demand for obedience contrasts with Skender’s plague decree, which spells out the people to be confined and the punishments to be imposed.

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Guard's Orders
No more exceptions, no more letting people go because they asked nicely and the weather was bad. You have a job to do and I expect you to do it. It’s not your job to play the judge and decide what’s right or wrong. Your orders are clear; follow them. – Vierg

Skender’s plague decree

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Guard's Report

Describes the operations of a man named Andrei. Duje identifies the butcher’s shop near Svartrau’s Eastern Gate as Andrei’s hideout and reports suspected silver trading. He also says the local watch has been told to leave it alone. This gives a concrete building and person to connect with Trouble with Silver and Andrei’s later story.

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A Guard's Report
Sergeant, As ordered, for the last couple days I've kept an eye on the butcher’s shop near the Eastern Gate. You were right – it’s just a front. A man named Andrei and his men are using the place as their hideout. I believe that they are buying and selling…

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Habeas Sanguinem

The legal foundation of Brencis's regime. Brencis’s decree sets a monthly blood tithe of one pint, collected at mass from residents over eighteen, and offers communion wine containing vrakhiri blood in return. It also promises lawful judgement before execution and draining. The Charter of Rights places this covenant within the regime’s wider legal promises.

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Habeas Sanguinem
I, Brencis, Knyaz of Vale Sangora, hereby declare that no Inhabitant of the Valley shall ever be executed and drained of their blood but by lawful judgement and laws of the land. Blood shall be collected as a tithe, on a monthly basis, during masses. Each…

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Half-Burnt Letter from C.

Parts of this letter are forever lost... but not all of it. The surviving fragments connect the mines, silver ore and arrowheads with resistance to the vrakhiri. Read it with the Field Report, which explicitly describes the manumits moving silver arrowheads and provisions through hidden caches.

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Half-Burnt Letter From C.
Brothe... The hour ... I trust all ... at the mines. We ... ore ... for weapons... for hope. With enough silver ... a message ... carved into every arrowhead ... no longer theirs to bleed. Lead the me ... No grand shows ... risks. C...

Manumit supply caches

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Half-Burnt Letter from M.

Parts of this letter are forever lost... but not all of it. This damaged letter mentions a delivery within three nights, guard patrols near the mill and a wish to keep Renna uninvolved. It provides context for the disrupted mill supplies without giving a complete delivery schedule.

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Half-Burnt Letter From M.
Cousin, I’ll be bringing ... your way within three nights’ time. ... with the guards patrolling ... to the mill. Besides, Renna’s getting ... don’t want to involve her. Se ... n, Me...

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Hanged Man's Letter

The author didn't want to live in the vrakhiri world. The writer rejects both Skender's former rule and the vrakhiri's blood communion. The note explains his despair at the valley's change of rulers; Farewell Letter presents Allia's similar rejection of the blood mass.

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A Hanged Man's Letter
To whomever finds this note, I’m done. This is a life not worth living – we are all just tossed around from misery to misery. First Skender, then the plague and now these creatures that claim to be the Lord’s messengers. They drink our blood and call it holy…

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Hastily Scribbled Note

Not a happy ending to a partnership. Marko's hiding-place clue is a fallen tree west of where he left the note; the chest is nearby. He tells Gozdav to mislead Pavel and collect the loot later. Keep the westward direction relative to the note's location.

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Note about Hidden Loot
Gozdav, The loot is ours, and I don’t feel like sharing it with Pavel. That shit-stain did nothing to help us – and it was his fault that we almost got caught! So I’ve hidden the chest – sorry to do it while you’re both asleep, but you know that the bastard…

Note to Dim

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Herbalist's Journal

Notes written down by a keen herbalist. The herbalist finds a plant by following a snake and later a hedgehog, then grows a new specimen from its surviving seed. His tests fail to make it open locks, despite the razkovniche legend. He later credits it with keeping him free of the plague, tracing how his interpretation of the plant changes over time.

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Herbalist's Journal
I have no doubt that I've found what I’ve been looking for. Admittedly, when it comes to its looks, the plant is nothing like the legends say. It looks much more… it’s hard to describe… more predatory. If a plant can even look like that? But everything else…

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Hermit's Journal

Mouldy and old. Brencis's soldiers want the hermit to abandon his hut because it lies beside their new camp. His refusal explains the dispute over the cottage and the expanding military perimeter.

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Hermit’s Journal
(...) Some people came by the other day. Soldiers. At first I was surprised, but quite pleased – haven’t had a guest in many, many days. My mood quickly soured, though. They said they served the new Knyaz, Brencis. I stay out of the worldly affairs, but even…

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History of the Augurs

Battered, but still readable. This text traces the Augurs’ religious role back through Rome to the Etruscans and emphasises their guarded knowledge. Read it alongside Secret History IV for the collection’s interest in older cultures and traces that predate the current valley rulers.

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History of the Augurs
Rome lasted for over a thousand years, and the order of the Augurs, its highest priests, is older still. The art they practised – of reading gods’ wishes and will – was invented by the Etruscans, and whence the Etruscans came, no one knows for sure. Some…

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History of Vale Sangora, Vol. 2

A sweeping account of the valley's recent past. This volume follows the conflict between Alexandru Boarescu and Bishop Athanasius after Tiberiu’s death in 1213. The silver profits promised to the Holy See connect the political settlement to the earlier mining boom.

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History of Vale Sangora: Part Two
The Church’s power in Vale Sangora grew when Athanasius of Parlita became the new bishop. One of his crowning achievements was to expand the Svartrau Cathedral complex to also include an almshouse for the poor. This was funded by Knyaz Tiberiu, who was said…

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History of Vale Sangora, Vol. 3

A sweeping account of the valley's recent past. The succession runs from Ovidiu’s victory in 1263 through Stelian and Skender to Brencis in 1347. Its closing praise of Brencis is the chronicler’s stance; Secret History VII and XII provide a contrasting account of how rulers shape their histories.

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History of Vale Sangora: Part Three
As history teaches us, no rule can last forever. The Boarescu family finally lost their hold over Vale Sangora when Ovidiu Dragosti defeated their forces in the Battle of Maragir in AD 1263. Using his new position and political clout, he made sure that his…

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History of Vale Sangora: The Silver Rush

Dry but informative. The discovery of silver explains the arrival of settlers, the Boarescu family’s wealth and Svartrau’s growth. It supplies the economic beginning of the political history continued in volumes II and III.

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History of Vale Sangora: The Silver Rush
For many centuries, Vale Sangora was considered to be a place of no importance to the outside world. No major trade routes crossed these lands and natural barriers that secluded the valley kept most people at bay. And then the silver was discovered. As it…

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Hollow-Hearts

Makes your skin crawl. Crimson moths precede a night in which villagers lose their hearts. Their emotions fade, and they begin stealing other people’s hearts in a futile attempt to replace their own. The Moth Omen shares the connection between moths and an approaching supernatural presence.

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Hollow-Hearts
As the sun fell and the sky bruised purple, crimson moths filled the air. They clung to doorways and windows, silent as dusk itself. And in the night, something came. No one saw it. No one heard it. But by morning, the chests of the villagers were void, and…

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How to Know if a Man Loves You

Sangora's bestselling book. The love-divination ritual uses three hairs in cooled rosemary brew left overnight: floating hairs mean affection, while sinking hairs mean rejection in the writer’s account. Around Animals collects comparable household superstitions rather than a story about a named couple.

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To Know if the Man Loves You
For those who need to know if a man loves them or ever will, there is a way to see. Pluck three hairs from his head without him knowing – or gather them from his clothes. But be careful with those strays, lest you use another man's hair or that of a horse!…

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How to Run a Prosperous Manor

Earmarked and greasy. The author recommends punishing peasants before any offence while keeping them healthy enough to work. This exposes the violence beneath the ideal hierarchy described in On Ruling a Realm; the two documents approach the same social order from theory and estate management.

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How to Run a Prosperous Manor – An Overseer's Guide
Lazy and insidious by their very nature, peasants must constantly be disciplined. And not just after their crime, but before it! That way they shall remember the punishment for misbehaviour. Of course, we must still keep them in (relatively) good shape, or…

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How Uktash Met Nassur

Likely one of the last extant copies. Uktash travels east and is eaten by Nassur, the silver serpent-god. His brothers later find a silver vein formed from the serpent’s shed skin, enriching Urduk and helping protect it from vrakhiri. Mormo’s tale gives a different mythic explanation for silver’s role against blood-feeders.

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How Uktash Met Nassur
The old King of Urduk was dying. He had three sons, all of them brave warriors, all fit to be their father's heir. So the king ordered all three of them to go into the world and be tested by fate. Two older sons went to the west, where there were other great…

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Hunter's Journal

Notes of a huntsman bested by his prey. The hunter first finds elongated, human-like tracks, then sees a distorted humanoid stalking his camp at night. After snares fail, he plans to leave his bedroll as a decoy and watch from a tree.

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Hunter's Journal
Day 9 of the Autumn Hunt It has been a good year. The woods are quiet, rabbits are plentiful, and deer regularly come to the river. Today, I tracked a fine buck and brought him down with a clean shot. Then I lucked into a doe as well. Dressing them both will…

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Hunting Order

Mentions a lizard-like beast sighted in Briar Sloughs. Commander Resnik places the lizard-like beast in southern Briar Sloughs and orders its carcass brought to Stoneward Post. This is the letter's geographical lead; Lizard Hunter's Note gives a separate observation of the larger brood mother's leaping attack.

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Hunting Order
A lizard-like beast has been sighted in the southern reaches of Briar Sloughs. We believe it’s responsible for the disappearance of several messengers and at least one of our patrols. You are ordered to raise a hunting party. Beyond weapons, take hounds,…

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Iancu's Note

Iancu's letter to his friend Ciprian. Iancu tells Ciprian that he is leaving Parlita to climb Balaur and deliberately avoids a farewell that might stop him. He imagines returning as the beast’s slayer. Leontin’s Letter to Iancu reveals the personal reason behind the journey: a report connecting a beast sighting with his parents’ disappearance.

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Iancu's letter to Ciprian
Ciprian – my dearest friend*, I'll have to leave Parlita for a few days. I'm heading for the mountains, to reach the Balaur's peak! Yes, I know what you must be thinking now. Dear Iancu fell on his big thick head and went mad, right? I'd bet a hundred…

A Letter to Iancu

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Ink-Stained Journal

It belonged to Xanthe's apprentice. Xanthe’s apprentice goes to investigate uriashi stones with two guides and four soldiers. Her account makes clear that she expects the guides to oppose her purpose; the Unsent Report gives the escort’s version of the same arrangement.

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Ink-Stained Journal
Everything is different now. The girl who feared persecution; who trembled at night knowing that if her own family found out about the gifts she possessed, there would be only fire awaiting her… well, that girl is gone now. I can wield my power openly and if…

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Inspirational Message

Letter meant to boost the morale of Ambrus's soldiers. Sergeant Chenko orders blood-cellar guards to keep their weapons ready, raise the alarm at unusual activity and request reinforcements when needed. His emphasis on protecting the stores complements Ambrus’s later missive, which names Coen as the attacker and admits that the blood supply is running low.

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Blood Cellar Duty
Soldiers, In this day and age, blood is the most valued of currencies – more precious than even silver or gold. Therefore, we must guard it with utmost dedication and care. When assigned to blood cellar duty, make sure that you remain vigilant at all times…

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Instructions

Signed by one of the manumits. Drogos orders an extra, secret batch of Skender's banners and sashes from a tailor. Compare Search for Manumit Caches: its guards also identify the rebels through a symbol resembling the former ruler's family sigil.

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Instructions to Tailor
To Master Tailor, I'm writing on C.'s behalf. Apart from the batch for the official shop, we'd like to request some more items off the record – and quickly. First off, we need banners bearing Knyaz Skender’s coat of arms. Refer to the attached drawing.…

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Instructions for the Hound-Keeper

A note to the man who handles the castle hounds from his superior. The warning ties the hellhounds’ agitation to the scent of blood during Brencis’s visit to the pit. On Hellhounds supplies a longer account of their feeding and their relationship with a keeper.

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Instructions for the Hound-Keeper
Lad! I heard the knyaz is coming to the pit today, so watch out for the hounds. With the scent of blood so heavy in the air, I bet they’ll go rabid again, just like before. I'm not patching you up this time, so keep the beasts in check. Just don't spare them…

On Hellhounds

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Instructions from Ambrus

Letter concerning leech collection. Ambrus explains that live leeches produce the spittle needed to store blood, so collectors must deliver them quickly and meet their quotas. The Urgent Letter adds a seasonal deadline: gather as many as possible before the marshes freeze. Directives from Ambrus describe where the spittle enters the storage process.

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Instructions from Boyar Ambrus
To all my subordinates, I am aware that, in the light of the many challenges facing our sacred covenant, leech collection may seem like a trivial pursuit. But make no mistake: these critters are essential for storing blood and hence the nourishment of your…

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Instructions from Codrin

Written in exquisite cursive. Iulian Codrin authorises the seizure of five carts to replace worn blood-transport vehicles. The letter shows his role in keeping Ambrus’s collection network moving. Read it with the Ledger, which records four barrels being sent to Codrin and the remaining stock being written off as lost.

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Instructions from Codrin
In the name of Boyar Ambrus, I hereby authorise you to commandeer five carts, to be used for blood transports. The carts currently in use are in dire need of repairs due to constant use. I take this opportunity to remind you that blood collection and…

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Instructions from Xanthe

Written by the boyaress herself. Xanthe’s list specifies a person aged fifteen to twenty, five to six feet tall, no heavier than ten stone and fair-complexioned; hair colour is unrestricted. The requirements define the physical profile she wants her subordinates to find.

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Instructions from Boyaress Xanthe
Age – between fifteen and twenty Height – five to six feet Weight – no more than ten stone Complexion – fair Hair colour – any

Xanthe

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Instructions Written out of Desperation

Despite the situation, people still try to find help. Emilian sends Znamir, Alexandru and Dimitrie to seek help outside Vale Sangora, providing money and suggesting bribery, mountain paths or a departing merchant cart. Folded Letter shares the goal of bringing the valley's situation to outsiders.

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Instructions to Look for Help
Znamir, We can’t win this fight alone. The vrakhiri are simply too powerful, and they sway the loyalty of too many people. We must look for help outside. Take Alexandru and Dimitrie with you – they’re trustworthy and smart lads – as well as this pouch of…

Folded Letter

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Instructions: Shipping

Sheds light on Bakir's operations. The shipping orders require free alcohol to be distributed across ages and social classes until it runs out. Anyone obstructing the distribution is to be sent for draining, while soldiers are forbidden to drink the cargo. Bakir’s Letter of Reprimand explains the political purpose of keeping the population supplied.

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Instructions
Alcohol is to be handed out indiscriminately, to people of all ages and stations, until supplies are exhausted. Anyone interrupting the process or harassing men assigned to this duty is to be restrained and handed over for draining. Soldiers caught dipping…

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Intel on Crake

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Rateld infiltrates a recruitment meeting and overhears Crake called an outsider. Lieutenant Abod turns that single word into several theories about his origins. The useful distinction is between the overheard description and the officer’s guesses; On Crake’s Identity records a suspect the army actually dismisses.

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Intel on Crake
Captain, One of my men managed to discover something interesting about the manumit leader, the man they call ‘Crake’. Sergeant Rateld was able to pose as someone looking to join the rebels and was contacted by a pair of recruiters. They didn’t tell Rateld…

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Interrogation Protocols

Makes one's stomach churn. The record follows Rutger, Aldin and Gert through repeated torture and draining. Rutger eventually accuses his mother; Aldin maintains his innocence and Gert loses consciousness. Branko is listed as cooperating immediately. Aldin and Gert’s Thank-you Note continues their story after being freed.

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Interrogation Protocols
Rutger of Silberstein Day One Nail-pulling Half-hour on the breaking wheel Draining Maintains innocence Day Two Full hour on the breaking wheel Teeth-pulling (3) Draining Maintains innocence Day Three Thirty lashes Teeth-pulling (2) Incriminated his mother,…

Thank-You Note

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Intriguing Letter

Addressed to Vlad. Mert tells Vlad to suspend deliveries of the substance they call “flour” because he thinks he is being watched, and asks him to warn Crake. The Smeared Note identifies Mert the miller as a supporter willing to hide Novak from Bakir’s rebel hunters, connecting the two messages to the manumit network.

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Letter from Mert
Vlad, Something is off. I think I'm being watched. No more 'flour' for now. Stay away until told otherwise. Warn Crake. Mert

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Investigation Orders

They mention some shady dealings. Pergis has lost contact with a meat delivery sent to the kobold caves after rotten pig hearts were added to the load. Ardi is being sent to find out what happened. Read it with Meat Transport Orders and Orders — Carrion for the soldiers’ use of food deliveries to manage kobolds.

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Investigation Orders
Ardi, Take your team and check what happened to the last meat transport to the kobold caves. I haven’t heard back from them and I made it exceedingly clear I needed to get a delivery report to pass to the commander. The cave rats were being unruly around…

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Invitation from Bakir

Only a fool would take it at face value. Bakir answers someone seeking eternal life with a meeting invitation: the following night, beneath the old oak beside a pond in the Silts. The letter records that particular rendezvous and his promise to change the recipient’s life. His public Call offers another example of how he draws people into his plans.

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Invitation from Bakir
My dearest friend, Your story moved me very deeply – truly! Your dreams of eternal life, so relatable and so touchingly described! I admit I shed a tear or two – such is the power of your words. But! There shall be a happy ending to your story, a fulfillment…

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Isbrand's Letter

A harsh letter written by Isbrand. Isbrand objects to Brencis settling in Vale Sangora, announces that his overseas business is finished and says he is returning. His final warning rules out a third chance, establishing a prior history between the two and an approaching confrontation.

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Letter from Isbrand
Brencis, I did not appreciate the notice of you settling in Vale Sangora. I certainly hope the choice is a mere coincidence or a geographical preference for the mountains. My business overseas is concluded. I am headed back and you will meet me soon. Make no…

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Journal

A passionate address to the people. The group intends to attempt the border crossing at dawn. Read Checklist alongside this entry: it records the ropes, food, water, money, blankets and equipment prepared for the journey.

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Journal
So close to the border now. We make attempt with dawn. I'm writing this note, so someone reads it should we fail. We're not cattle. We have dignity. There is yet hope. Oppose the vrakhiri however you may: run away, fight, hide. But do not surrender. Do not…

Checklist

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Journal Fragment

Just one page, but its contents are interesting. The writer has carried a chest of gold to a peak but can no longer find the descent. The entry ties the hidden wealth to the climb and the author's predicament at the summit.

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Journal's Fragment
Day 12 My hands are bleeding, and my feet feel numb. I’m tired, cold, and hungry. But the chest is safe here, and that’s all that matters. The vrakhiri won’t be able to put their bloody claws on my gold anymore. No thief would ever reach this peak either.…

Climber's Note

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Knyaz Skender's Orders

Instruction on how to deal with the infected. Skender orders plague sufferers and their families confined inside boarded homes, with weekly inspections and lethal enforcement against concealment or escape. He cites Father Florin’s religious approval. Plague Warning is the short notice posted on one condemned household, putting the general decree into local form.

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Burnt Note
To all units, By the authority granted onto me by our Father above, I order the following, effective immediately: - anyone displaying signs of the sickness, irrespective of their station, as well as the family of the affected, are to remain inside their…

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Last Journal Page

A soldier's private confession. The defenders have retreated to a tower with few supplies and no further escape route. Verek tries to hold their morale together, while the diarist privately expects the position to fall.

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Last Journal Page
Day 17 This might be the last page I ever scribble on in my life. I don’t think we can hold this tower, and there is nowhere else left to fall back to. The valley is closed, the mountains are a certain death this time of year, and our supplies are pretty…

Motivational Letter

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Ledger

Documents blood collection from prisoners. The accounts total nine barrels of blood: three from lethally wounded manumits and two each from regular drainings, executions and volunteers. Four go to Iulian Codrin; the other five are recorded as lost in transit. Bakir’s Letter provides the related account of blood diverted from Ambrus to his rival.

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Blood Collection
3 barrels collected from lethally wounded manumits 2 barrels from regular drainings 2 barrels from executions 2 barrels from volunteers Of these, 4 barrels sent back to Iulian Codrin, as instructed. The remaining ones marked as lost in transit.

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Legend About a Greedy Boy

May contain a kernel of truth. The boy enters a hidden passage through a ruined building’s basement and finds an ancient maze beneath Svartrau. He keeps abandoning one treasure for another, becoming trapped by the hope of a better prize. The Forever Stone offers a darker treatment of the urge to pursue ancient hidden things.

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Legend About a Greedy Boy
There once lived a small boy in Svartrau. His parents were poor and he had many siblings, and so he was always skulking around the city searching for something to eat. Sometimes he would steal a pie cooling off on a window sill, sometimes he’d fight stray…

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Letter Fragment

A short but hopeful note.

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Letter Fragment
May our small joy know his father’s arms before long...

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Letter from a Loved One

A bandit's girl's affectionate correspondence. Mina writes to Nicu, a member of Constantin's gang injured by Racovitza's men. Compare Gheorghe's Instructions to see the orders behind that violence, and Letter of Protection for Xanthe's backing of Racovitza.

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Letter from a Loved One
My Dearest Nicu, I cried all night after having read what Racovitza's men did to you and the lads. I hope that one day the mad thug and all his henchmen rot in Hell for that. I wish I could be with you now and tend to your wounds, but there's so much work at…

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Letter from Ambrus

A newly turned vrakhir's letter to his lover. Two different documents share this title. In the letter to his lover, Ambrus announces his transformation and promises to visit at the full moon; the order to subordinates instead threatens punishment for failures in blood collection. Rozalia's two letters belong to the personal correspondence.

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Letter from Ambrus
My Love, By now, you will have heard of the punishment that wretched bastard imposed on me. Fear not, because my wounds are healed, and I am a free man again. No, not a man. More than that. You may find it hard to believe, but I write to you as one reborn,…

Castigations
To all my subordinates, In light of recent disruptions, be vigilant at all times and put in extra effort to compensate for reduced manpower. The collection, storage, and distribution of blood needs to continue smoothly, without further interruptions. And…

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Letter from Bakir

Addressed to Ambrus's men. Bakir thanks the recipients for a shipment of blood stolen from Ambrus and promises generous payment for more. This identifies the buyer behind the diversion. The Ledger records the accounting side: barrels sent to Codrin and the rest concealed as losses in transit.

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Letter from Bakir
My most corrupt friends, The last shipment of blood was truly delicious! I enjoyed it thoroughly. Leathery notes, sweet aftertaste – a true delicacy! And knowing that it was swiped from under Ambrus's nose only adds to the pleasure. Oh, he'd be so mad! I…

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Letter from Brother Ilie

A cleric's message to his persecuted flock. Brother Ilie urges his Christian congregation to keep praying but prepare to flee persecution. His warning complements the shrine documents about preserving the old faith under vrakhiri rule.

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Letter from Brother Ilie
To my dear flock, I must confess that I grow ever more worried, for that tyrant has become even more relentless in pursuing our faith. He possesses neither soul nor mercy. Of course, I'm not saying we should stop our devotion. Continue in your prayers, my…

Last Request

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Letter from Father

A message from a concerned parent. A father asks his son to return to Silberstein after a quarrel, offering to teach him the family shop’s trade and welcome him without questions. His concern centres on his son’s recent companions and activities. The Letter from Mother presents another family’s plea against the attraction of military service.

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A Letter from Father
Son, I know that we haven’t seen eye to eye lately. And I know that the last time we talked I shouldn’t have raised my voice. But please, understand that we worry about you. The things you’ve been doing, the people you’ve been seeing… I was young once too…

Letter from Mother

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Letter From Florin

More of a thinly-veiled threat. Florin is pressuring Luben to come to the cathedral, using knowledge of his secrets as leverage. It reveals how Florin recruits help for his plans, alongside the more direct orders he sends to Boris.

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A Letter from Florin
Luben, I believe that God chose you for something grander than whatever ill-intentioned scheme you’re currently involved in. A man of your skills, of your knack for getting things done – no, I simply cannot let you go to waste. So once again I beseech you –…

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Letter from Home

A piece of correspondence from a disappointed father. Stibor disowns his son Istvan for enlisting with the vrakhiri and refuses to send money. Letters From Home gives the opposite family response: a mother urging her son to seek promotion.

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Letter from Home
Istvan, I received your letter. Thank you for your wishes; my health is good despite the drainings, thank you. As for your thinly veiled requests for money, my answer is simple: no. I don't care about your woes, I don't care about your troubles. I told you…

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Letter from Matei

A master's scornful letter to his subordinate. Matei orders his new charcoal worker to stay near camp, keep the fire tended and avoid the woods after dark. The note explains the sacks and delivery work as well as the worker's concern about nocturnal creatures.

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Letter from Matei
To the new lad, Pack the sacks tight. Heaviest at the bottom, lightest on top, and lash them all down with rope. Spill any charcoal and it goes out of your wages – no excuses. Stay close to camp and tend the fire. The woods may seem quiet by day, but strange…

Hunter's Journal

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Letter from Mother

Written by the distraught mother of a Blood Guard recruit. Ethel urges her son to leave soldiering and come home, arguing that vrakhiri blood will not make him suited to military life. Her plea sits alongside the Evaluation Letter’s account of recruiters using the boyaress’s blood to entice men into the Blood Guard.

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Smeared Letter
My son, I beg of you, stop this foolishness. You are not cut out to be a soldier, and no amount of vrakhiri blood will change that. Please, please, please – come back home before you get hurt. And we both know that you will, and then I will tell you I told…

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Letter from Rozalia

A message from Ambrus's worried lover. Rozalia is still searching for Ambrus and plans to go to Svartrau for news of his campaign. Her second letter follows the discovery that Skender imprisoned him, while Ambrus's personal letter announces what happened after his punishment.

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Letter from Rozalia
My dearest Ambrus, It troubles me that you have not replied to my last two letters. Clearly, they never reached your hand, for I refuse to believe you could so easily forget me. Tomorrow, I set out for Svartrau to learn how your last campaign fared. Once I…

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Letter from St. Tyna's

Mother Bernice's message to a suffering child's father. Mother Bernice asks Henkel to bring bear fat to St. Tyna's for an ointment for his son's painful joints. This is a healer's letter about that family, paired with Business Notice's account of the herb-and-ointment trade.

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Letter from St. Tyna's
Henkel, I'm so terribly sorry to hear about your son. For someone so young to be thus afflicted is exceedingly saddening – joint issues so severe usually affect only the very old. There's one remedy that comes to mind – but I'm afraid the key component is…

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Letter from the Prioress

Written in crisp cursive. Bernice orders Anghel to secure the sacristy discreetly. The letter supplies the reason for the boarded windows and reinforced doors; for entering the sacristy and bell tower, follow the separate Monastery Keys route.

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Instructions from Prioress
Sister, Find Anghel and tell him to drop everything and go to the sacristy. He's to reinforce the doors and board up the windows. Make sure there are no witnesses to your conversation and tell him to be as discreet as he can. Mention this to no one, not even…

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Letter from Xanthe

Orders for the captain of the military camp. Xanthe directs Asen toward a mountain abyss and an ancient treasure held by the creatures inside. Her separate Missive warns of danger in those mountains, so the two documents describe the objective and the risk from different angles.

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Letter from Xanthe
Captain Asen, I saw your camp in my dreams, and the gaping abyss in the mountains nearby. I peered within, and saw greedy glowing eyes. The creatures who live therein, shrouded in the darkness, possess something that doesn't belong to them, a piece of…

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Letter of Admonishment

Stern words addressed to Ambrus's soldiers. Sergeant Chenko orders soldiers to conceal a prisoner transport’s destination and purpose from its captives. He wants to prevent resistance before draining, preserving the blood Ambrus expects to receive. Directives from Ambrus describe the operation awaiting those prisoners.

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Regarding Prisoners
Soldiers, When transporting prisoners for draining, refrain from informing them about the nature of their imminent punishment. Best if they remain ignorant of what awaits – else they are likely to cause trouble. Enough blood has been spilled pointlessly,…

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Letter of Denial

Military document. Meant for an uriash soldier. Leon of Parlita refuses an uriash trainer’s request to leave service on Xanthe’s behalf. The trainer must keep preparing soldiers, with his entire village threatened if his work displeases the court. The letter is to be read aloud to him by the camp captain.

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Letter for the Uriash
Captain, This letter is meant for the uriash stationed at your camp. Read it out loud to him and make sure he understands. Soldier, I'm writing to inform you that your request for discharge from service has been denied. You need to continue your work until…

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Letter of Denunciation

A loyal lieutenant's testimony against his own wife. Lieutenant Barbu denounces his wife for a hidden Christian altar and names Grozav as her accomplice. Love Letter is Grozav's side of the story, including his fear that the husband will discover their meetings at the shrine.

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Letter of Denunciation
To the High Officers, It grieves me to report that I recently discovered treachery has taken root under my own roof. My wife has betrayed both our household and the law. She has clung to the old faith by harbouring a hidden Christian altar. I swear I did not…

Love Letter

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Letter of Encouragement

Inspiring words from boyar Bakir himself. Bakir tells pillory guards to encourage crowds to mock prisoners and throw rotten food at them. He treats the spectacle as a way to reduce resentment of the rulers. His alcohol distribution orders pursue the same aim through free drink and settlement-level rewards.

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On Pillories
My dearest vermin, I hear that some of you, when assigned to guard the pillories, drive gawkers away. A grave mistake! The common folk need entertainment like they need bread! So don't shoo them away, don't give them sullen looks. To the contrary! Encourage…

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Letter of Protection

Proof that the robber baron Gheorghe Racovitza remains under Xanthe's aegis. Xanthe's protection covers Gheorghe Racovitza and expressly allows him to carry the key to Greifberg Castle's side gates. For obtaining and using that key, follow the Side Gate Key route.

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Iron Letter
This document is to state that Gheorghe Racovitza is under my protection and no harm shall be rendered unto him by whomsoever. Let it also be known that Gheorghe Racovitza is entitled to carry the key to the side gates of Greifberg Castle and may enter and…

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Letter of Punishment: Bohdan

Military document. Mircea accuses Bohdan of stealing Xanthe’s blood and orders a public punishment witnessed by the whole unit. The letter explains the Blood Guard’s dependence on her blood and its discipline. Its associated encounter is Xanthe’s Blood Guards: Unquenchable Thirst.

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Punishment: Bohdan
I read the report concerning Recruit Bohdan's case. Stealing the boyaress's blood is the most grevious crime that a Blood Guard can commit, as this holy substance is the very foundation upon which our illustrious order is built – as precious as it is scarce.…

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Letter of Punishment: Viorel

Military document. Mircea orders Viorel’s punishment as a lesson in obedience to Xanthe, demanding loyalty in exchange for the boyaress’s blood. It belongs with the Teach with Pain camp encounter. Bohdan’s separate punishment letter names the theft of her blood as his offence.

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Punishment: Viorel
Recruit Viorel is to be punished with utmost severity – if he dies in the process, so be it. In exchange for her blessed blood, the boyaress expects nothing less than blind loyalty. Let your men see what happens to those who dare disappoint her. Mircea,…

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Letter of Refusal

Official answer to requests from Ambrus's soldiers. Sergeant Chenko rejects soldiers’ repeated requests to leave draining duty and warns that further requests will be treated as treason. The letter reveals discontent inside Ambrus’s operation. His separate Letter with an Offer recruits carriers for blood barrels by promising double pay.

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Regarding Draining Duties
Soldiers, I have received multiple letters requesting reassignment from draining duty. Let me answer them all at once: no, you shall not be relieved of this service. Collecting blood for our suzerain Ambrus is an honour that should be relished. Perform it…

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Letter of Reprimand

Sheds some light on Ambrus's operations. Two letters share this title. Bardil rebukes Makar for missing blood quotas and watering down barrels. Bakir’s version instead targets distillery guards drinking on duty: he reserves the alcohol for the population and threatens offenders with drowning in the vats. Match the author to distinguish the two incidents.

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Reprimand from Bardil
Makar, You have fallen below the quota yet again. I know what it means – the collectors are slacking off, and I shan't allow this. Provide as many barrels as agreed – and make sure they're filled to the brim. And if I catch you thinning the blood with water…

On Drunk Soldiers
My dearest vermin, News has reached me that guardians of distilleries partake in the alcohol that we brew – while on duty! An understandable urge, for sure – nothing like a swig of slivovitz to improve the mood! Sadly, inebriation has a negative effect on…

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Letter of Warning

Written in neat, elegant cursive. Tialla warns Deron about meeting a boyar alone at night and sends a silver cross for protection. Her letter explains the cross’s place in the planned meeting and supplies the human correspondence connected with Come Hither.

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Stay Safe
Deron, I read your words with apprehension – meeting with the boyar himself? Alone, in the hours of darkness and in the middle of nowhere? I understand he made promises regarding your safety, but I wouldn't put too much faith in them, if I were you. Please,…

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Letter to a Merchant

Supplier's message. V. refuses further deliveries because hounds repeatedly follow the smell of the merchandise, even when dummy transports are used. The letter explains why the courier abandoned the arrangement with K.

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Letter to a Merchant
K, I can’t keep bringing you the goods. Last time, I barely got away from a pack of hungry hounds ready to tear the sacks apart. And then I’d have shared their fate, no doubt. The merchandise has become too smelly to keep it safe in transport, if you know…

Trapper's Letter

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Letter to Boyar Ambrus

Catnica's lustful message to the boyar. Catnica signs herself the Lustful Witch of Boar's Back and asks Ambrus for a private meeting and immortality. Compare her journal and the other petitions to see how she courted several vrakhiri at once.

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Letter to Boyar Ambrus
To Most Illustrious Boyar Ambrus, My heart races when I think of you. I watch you closely every Mass, burning with desire to come closer, speak to you, touch you... Please, I beg you, end my torment! Meet with me – let it be just the two of us, away from the…

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Letter to Boyar Bakir

Catnica's unusual request to the Mad Khan. Catnica calls Bakir her chosen liege and renews her plea to become immortal. Her journal gives the continuation: repeated unanswered letters, rituals, then Bakir's visit with the tooth.

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Letter to Boyar Bakir
To My Eternal Liege Bakir, I remain forever hopeful for your response to my earlier pleas, as none of the boyars shines more brightly in my eyes than you! I beseech you again – claim me! Make me as you are, eternal and unyielding. My soul has long been…

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Letter to Boyaress Xanthe

Catnica's plea to the boyaress. Catnica flatters Xanthe's strength and centuries of wisdom while asking to serve her for eternity. It is one of four appeals to different vrakhiri, all tied together by Catnica's Journal.

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Letter to Boyaress Xanthe
To Honoured Boyaress Xanthe, I must confess that none of the lords of this land commands my soul as you do. Your strength and wisdom, honed over centuries, leave me trembling in awe. Every day, I dream of being claimed by you. Meet me, and I swear I can…

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Letter to Brother Albertus

A letter predating the vrakhiri takeover. Adalbert identifies Esme of his Laslea congregation as a childhood witness to the Saxon Revolt of 1324. He says she no longer speaks and refuses to record the account she once gave in confession. The letter preserves a survivor’s identity while leaving the traumatic events themselves unwritten.

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Letter to Brother Albertus
Dear Brother in Faith, I hope this letter finds you well. My congregation in Laslea is doing well, thank you, although we are troubled by reports of the plague spreading beyond the mountains. May it never reach our valley, so help us God. How is your work on…

Another survivor’s account of a suppressed revolt

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Letter to Knyaz Brencis

Catnica's humble appeal to the sovereign of Vale Sangora. Catnica offers Brencis her magical knowledge in exchange for becoming a vrakhir. Her journal reveals the broader campaign behind this apparently exclusive declaration of devotion.

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Letter to Knyaz Brencis
To His Eternal Grace, Knyaz Brencis, I adore how the valley prospers under your rule. You brought wealth and order where there was once only hardship and injustice. And yet… my heart aches for more. I am consumed by a yearning that no one else can satisfy. I…

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Letter to Tonis

Written on cheap, reused vellum. Father Ovidiu found no parish record for Tonis’s missing sister Heile. The failed records search explains Tonis’s unanswered question.

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To Tonis
Dear Tonis, As requested, I consulted the parish records, looking for any mention of Heile. Unfortunately, I didn't find any matching records. I am sorry I couldn't be of more help. I hope that God Almighty will reunite you with your missing sister – if not…

Tonis

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Letter to Wifey

A husband's report from his fishing trip. The fisherman lists pike, perch and carp from his trip and praises the strong spirits now available under the new knyaz. It gives a working fisherman's perspective alongside the shepherds' rural diaries.

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Letter to Wifey
Dear Wifey! Fish are neither good nor bad today. I pulled two nice pike and a few small perch. By midday, I hauled in a fat carp that fought me hard till the very end. Now my back hurts like hell, and my feet are colder than the river stones. But I’ve got a…

Shepherd's Journal

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Letter with Advice

A well-meant piece of advice with fatal consequences. Vera passes on a folk remedy involving a wolf's heart to Petko. The document belongs with the valley's animal and healing stories; Letter from St. Tyna's records a different remedy involving bear fat.

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Letter with Advice
Petko, Sorry to hear about your affliction. Happens to men your age more often than you'd think. Nothing to be ashamed of. As for remedies: I've heard about one, indeed, but cannot vouch for its effectiveness, so follow these instructions at your own risk…

Letter from St. Tyna's

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Letter with an Offer

Meant for soldiers in Ambrus's regiments. Sergeant Chenko seeks volunteers strong enough to carry full barrels of blood and offers double pay for the work. This recruitment notice complements his refusal to release soldiers from draining duty, showing the different pressures used to staff Ambrus’s blood operation.

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Porters Needed
Soldiers, Our beloved boyar seeks able-bodied men, who won't buckle under the burden of a barrel filled with blood. Volunteers will be offered double pay. Seek me out if interested. Sergeant Chenko

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Letter with Intel

A hesitant delivery. Ivek's informant identifies a cave behind the tower as the hiding place discussed by two people at the inn. The note gives that landmark relationship without naming the object stashed there.

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Letter with Intel
Ivek, I overheard two of them talking at the inn last night. They said that they stashed it in the cave, the one behind the tower. I still think it’s a bad idea to mess with them, but a deal’s a deal, I guess. You got your information. Whether you listen to…

Treasure Hunter's Note

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Letters From Home

A proud mother's letter to her up-and-coming son. The mother urges her soldier son to obey the vrakhiri and earn promotion to Blood Guard, citing Ambrus's rise from an ordinary soldier. Letter from Home provides the contrasting response of a father who disowns his enlisted son.

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Letter from Mother
Dear son, I hope this letter finds you well. I pray every day to the Knyaz and the God he tells us about to watch over you. Follow your orders to the letter and beyond. With time, the vrakhiri will notice your dedication and promote you to Blood Guard, and…

Letter from Home

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Like Cures Like

Illegal samizdat. The rebel writer accuses Brencis of causing the plague so that he could claim credit for curing it, using a venom-cures-venom analogy. The accusation turns his public image as healer against him. The Saviour presents the regime’s opposing portrayal of Brencis as humanity’s protector.

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Like Cures Like
The Good Knyaz Brencis cured us of the plague. Praise be to Him! But how was he able to do it? If you want to know, ask any doctor about the cure for snake bites. They will surely tell you it's snake venom itself! For there's only one way Brencis was able to…

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List of Necessities

Someone's list of things to obtain. The list calls for leather, an apprentice's hammer and tongs, a replacement sword, torches and oil.

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List of Necessities
It feels like we need fucking everything, every day there's another fucking shortage. 1. Tanned leather – including strips; all we can get 2. New hammer and a new pair of tongs for the apprentice 3. Sword to replace Y.’s broken one; take it straight to him…

Delivery List

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Lizard Hunter's Note

A detailed description of some deadly fauna. Leyo describes a large brood mother crushing a wolf and nearby creatures when it lands from a leap. The hunters also note that the smaller lizards hide under mud; Hunting Order places a separate lizard hunt in southern Briar Sloughs.

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Lizard Hunter's Note
These lizards will be the death of us, but the price their skins can fetch, it’s simply life changing. Especially if we somehow managed to bag the big one. Erden’s been watching them for days, he managed to spot them hunting their prey. Most of them, they’re…

Hunting Order

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Lost Bet

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Gostibor boasts to Balich about killing manumits and demands drinks in Svartrau as his wager winnings. This is soldiers’ correspondence, separate from the numbered histories; it shows the attitude behind the regime’s pursuit of rebels.

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A Lost Bet
Balich, I’m glad to let you know that you’ve lost our bet – this month my lads got rid of half a dozen manumits. And from what I hear, you unlucky bastards couldn’t even find a single rebel. So – I believe you owe us a few rounds when we’re all on leave back…

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Love Letter

Juding by the splotches, tears were shed. Grozav asks his lover to stop meeting at their secret shrine because her husband could expose both their relationship and worship. Letter of Denunciation identifies the husband as Lieutenant Barbu and records his accusation.

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Love Letter
My beloved in Christ, Thank you for last night. Every moment spent at your side, kneeling together in prayer, is more sacred than a hundred sermons. Your gentle presence, your ever-graceful touch, is a blessing in itself. Yet, I confess, fear stirs in me. I…

Letter of Denunciation

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Lover's Scribbles

The account of the one who waited. The writer waits from dusk through the night for a missing lover, gradually caring more about their safety than the relationship. Graveyard Letter provides another personal account of love and loss.

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Lover's Scribbles
Is he all right? It’s been hours that I’ve been sitting here, waiting. He was supposed to be here by dusk. It’s almost dawning. First, I talked to myself for hours; now I’m writing down my thoughts. I just don’t know what to do with my hands. Did he decide…

Graveyard Letter

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Lovers's Instructions

A letter detailing two lovers's daring escape plan. Zavid arranges a midnight meeting on Jerina's roof before a promised escape through the city gates. He asks her to take her father's money and jewellery to pay the intermediary, explaining the valuables in his plan.

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Lover’s Instructions
My dearest Jerina! Everything is ready – my friend will take us through the city gates tomorrow night. Can you believe it? In a few days we shall be happily married – and your family be damned! Still, there’s the matter of paying my friend. It won't be cheap…

An Anonymous Tip-off

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Manumit Cache Note

Either helpful or threatening – depending on one's loyalties. The message identifies the supplies as a manumit stash and invites supporters to take what they need. Compare Note from Rebels for the same distinction between aid to the resistance and theft from its stores.

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A Manumit Cache Note
Found this stash, ey? It belongs to us, the brave people fighting against the vrakhiri monsters. If you share our cause, feel free to take whatever you need. But if you’re a vrakhiri lapdog or some pissant still thinking that we can’t overthrow those…

Note from Rebels

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Manumit Manifesto

Illegal samizdat. The manifesto rejects the vrakhiri’s claim to divinity by pointing to their aversion to silver and sunlight. It uses those weaknesses to encourage collective resistance. Meditations on the Superiority of Vrakhiri over Men attempts to reinterpret the same aversions in the rulers’ favour.

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Manumit Manifesto
The leeches want us to think they're gods. But gods are not repelled by silver. Diseases are. Gods do not fear the light of the sun. Worms and spiders do. That's what these leeches are. They reject all that's good and embrace everything that's dark, sick and…

How loyalist writing explains the same weaknesses

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Manumits Spotted

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The notice orders patrols to report suspicious activity and attack before asking questions. A Manumit Camp Destroyed shows the result of one such operation, including the failure to take prisoners and the cost to the attacking unit.

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Manumits Spotted
Soldiers! Manumits have been spotted in the area recently. Be vigilant. Report every little thing, no matter how seemingly inconsequential, to your superiors. As a rule - strike first, ask questions later.

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Marcus's Journal

The owner wrote his name on its back. Marcus first visits Henrik’s bookshop near Altenmarkt Square in Svartrau for magical research, then becomes determined to protect Henrik from people in his own past. He borrows a ritual book and chooses a bracelet for the enchantment. This explains the personal stakes of The Price of Magic.

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Marcus’s Journal
(...) I am quite aware that my research into magic is – well, it’s madness. People have burnt for far less. But curiosity and risk always go hand in hand, as my father used to say. To properly study the arcane, I need research material. Books, to be precise.…

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Master's Instructions

A note regarding important matters, written to someone's apprentice. The master postpones lessons because Brencis wants research on his coronation ritual. The requested subjects are Anachora and blood as a conduit; the letter also links the researchers to Brencis’s undying troops.

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Note to Svetlana
Dear Apprentice, I fear our lessons must be postponed yet again. Knyaz Brencis demands our further assistance, as though conjuring him up an entire troop of undying creatures was not enough. Now we are to investigate a certain ritual he intends to perform at…

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Meat Transport Orders

Instructions for a carrion handler. Olli is to return alone after delivering carrion because Torev and Agnar must be back for guard duty before dusk. The note describes a repeated delivery route to kobolds and the reason one traveller will be separated from the others. Compare it with the missing-delivery investigation.

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Meat Transport Orders
Olli, Torev and Agnar will help you cart the carrion to the kobolds this week, but I need them back at the camp before dusk for guard duty – so you’ll be travelling back alone. You’ve been down the path a few times now, even an oaf would find his way back…

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Medical Journal

Doctor Simeon's account of his medical practice. Simeon’s patient in this entry is Elina, Ivo’s daughter at the farm south of the city. This identifies the family later addressed by his warning about Vicho; it is a patient history within the story.

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Doctor Simeon’s Medical Journal
(...) I'm glad that Ivo decided to contact me rather than ask a ‘wise’ woman for help. It is unsettling how many people still depend on some old crone’s muddled advice rather than ask a professional medicus! Luckily for young Elina, her father is cleverer…

The warning to Ivo

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Meditations on the Superiority of Vrakhiri Over Men

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The author recasts aversion to silver as refined taste and nocturnal habits as a preference for dreams over labour, then proposes turning all silver into gold. The Manumit Manifesto treats those same traits as vulnerabilities rather than signs of superiority.

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Meditations on the Superiority of Vrakhiri Over Men
Silver has been believed to ward off evil spirits. But I think this is a misconception. Alchemists established long ago that silver is less valuable, less pure and in all other ways inferior to gold. Why, then, do vrakhiri detest silver, but not gold? I…

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Meeting Note

A letter about a vague but enticing proposition. Sil asks Kat to meet on the hill near the swamp in Tantari Woods after a discovery promising wealth. Compare Offer and Thug's Journal for the other accounts of lights, treasure-seekers and the people waiting for them.

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Meeting Note
Kat, meet me in Tantari Woods, on the hill near the swamp. You know where. I discovered something – you won't believe me until you see it with your own eyes. Let's just say you won't need to count your denarii ever again. - Sil

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Merchant's Letter

A soon-to-be-father's letter to his loved one. Matei promises Alexandra that this is his final delivery before returning home and plans to buy baby clothes in Svartrau. Merchant's Note shows the different family pressure behind an urgent delivery to Maragir.

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Merchant's Letter
Alexandra, I know this will be the third letter reaching you saying the same thing, but I give you my word this time – I’ll be home this month. This is the last delivery. I told him: No more, I need a break. I will stand by it, I promise you. I'll buy some…

Merchant's Note

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Merchant's Missive

A note about some new customers the merchant is very happy with. Jereno tells Weyri that the mountain goatmen are unusually profitable customers and offers to introduce their fabrics. Read Bounty Hunter's Contract for a very different relationship between local rulers and a kobold colony.

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Merchant's Note
Weyri, We’re going to be fine, mate. I never thought the mountain goatmen would be what saves my business, but here we are. Never had better customers – anything they need and want, they want three times as much of it as a regular customer, and never think…

Bounty Hunter's Contract

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Merchant's Note

Seems like he's quite desperate. Stribor asks Milosh to hurry through the woods to the Maragir post because Dana needs medicine before the next blood mass. The letter ties the merchant's urgency to a household illness.

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A Pleading Note from a Merchant
Milosh, We need the goods I ordered as soon as possible. Please, make haste to your Maragir post – take a shortcut through the woods. I know it’s safer to stick to the roads, but I’ll pay you extra if you get here by Wednesday. Dana is not feeling all too…

Merchant's Letter

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Message from C.

It's signed only with an initial and talks about overthrowing the vrakhiri. C. acknowledges desertion among the rebels but urges them to hold out against the vrakhiri. Missive from Bakir describes the rulers' pursuit of the manumits and their leader from the opposing side.

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Message from C.
Men, There’s talk of desertion among our ranks. Some of you feel helpless, and I understand that. But remember why we fight these monsters. If we give up now, this struggle will never end. Hold fast a little longer. Soon, the vrakhiri will be no more, I…

Missive from Bakir

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Message of Hope

A call to fight against the vrakhiri. The writers fled Maragir after the vrakhiri punished opposition and intend to regroup before returning. Compare An Unsent Letter for a named noble's account of escaping the same takeover.

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A Message of Hope
We are leaving this note as a testament to our unyielding spirits – although the vrakhiri took over Maragir and punished everyone who opposed, we decided to run and live to fight another day. Because there will be another day! We are the people of Vale…

An Unsent Letter

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Mevasser's Notes

Rabbi Mevasser's personal scribbles Mevasser describes repeated Jewish displacement and scapegoating for poisoned wells, missing children and plague. His account places Vale Sangora within that wider experience. The Tatars of Vale Sangora introduces another minority community and the history behind its presence in the valley.

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Mevasser's Notes
First they tore down our temple, took us under their boots... And they kept doing it – again and again. They made us wander across the world, ceaselessly looking for a place to stay and never finding one. 'Fine,' we said. 'We'll manage.' Then, centuries…

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Military Orders

Recently issued. Pribislav orders Janos to wait at the mine entrance and escort the newly turned Coen to Laslea that night. The note explains the soldiers’ presence at the exit and Brencis’s interest in his new “son” during the opening events.

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Orders: Escort
Janos, You are to stand guard by the mine entrance. Once the young vrakhir emerges, bring him to Laslea right away. The knyaz wishes to see his new son this very night. Proceed with caution. The vrakhir may be newly formed, but will make a formidable enemy…

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Military Report

Document concerning the recent prison break from one of Ambrus's dungeons. Two versions describe the aftermath of the prison break in Judge and Executioner. In one, Branko has disappeared; in the other, he was left in the cells and died without wounds. Both identify him as the soldiers’ informer, connecting the report to the prisoner decision.

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Report: Prison Break
Sir, I’m writing to inform you on the results of our investigation regarding the recent prison break. We came across multiple signs of struggle, indicating that our men were overwhelmed in a direct attack. The cells were empty of prisoners. The whereabouts…

Report: Prison Break
Sir, I’m writing to inform you on the results of our investigation regarding the recent prison break. We came across multiple signs of struggle, indicating that our men were overwhelmed in a direct attack. The cells were empty of prisoners – with the…

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Miller's Arrest Report

A report written by a soldier. Goran identifies the prisoner as Mert, the mill owner near Laslea, and names Stoneward Post as his destination. Follow Mert’s story from there; the report supplies a concrete lead beyond the missing flour delivery.

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Miller's Arrest Report
Commander, As ordered, we paid a visit to Mert, the owner of the mill near Laslea. Of course, he denied having any connection with the manumits. Per your wishes, we took the miller to the Stoneward Post – let Friedo get the truth out of him, he’s good at it.…

Mert

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Miner's Diary

Life is not easy down in the mine. The miner describes a deeper vein, a groaning mountain and an unsupported lower shaft that needs more timber. The diary connects the threatened collapse with pressure to keep ore moving for the collector's tithe.

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Miner's Diary
Another lovely day in the pit. The new vein runs deep, but it’s harder to mine with every strike. The mountain itself seems to groan louder each day, as if warning us. The overseer doesn’t care for excuses, though. We must clear the lower shaft and haul the…

Angry Note

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Missing Delivery

A note detailing Mert's possible whereabouts. The missing supplies came from Sloughside Mill. The writer suspects Mert’s capture; the Miller’s Arrest Report supplies the confirmed name and Stoneward Post destination that this message only anticipates.

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Missing Delivery
The last delivery from Sloughside Mill never reached us. After failure in Laslea, we suspect the soldiers might have caught Mert. If so, he has been taken to a nearby post and there’s little hope we can break him free. That bloody place is swarming with…

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Missive from Ambrus

Hastily written. Ambrus identifies Coen of Laslea as the man attacking his operations and warns that he is especially dangerous after dusk. He also admits the blood stores are running low. The Inspirational Message shows the standing orders for the guards charged with protecting those cellars.

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Reproof
To all my subordinates, The man behind the insolent attacks on my operations has been identified as one Coen of Laslea. Do not be fooled by his youthful appearance – he’s dangerous, especially come dusk. Do all in your might to stop him from causing further…

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Missive from Bakir

Addressed to Knyaz Brencis. Bakir tells Brencis that he is suppressing the manumits and pursuing their leader, Crake. Read the rebels' own Message from C. alongside it for the other side of the struggle over morale and desertion.

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A Letter from Bakir to Brencis
My Knyaz, As expected, the rebel vermin are causing us trouble again – but as you very aptly said yourself, they are just humans and they make many mistakes. Like dogs, they yap and yap and yap, wanting to be noticed. And so we give them the attention they…

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Missive from Xanthe

A cryptic warning to a soldier. The warning concerns the creatures beneath the nearby mountains, described as hungry for blood and marrow. Read Letter from Xanthe for the ancient-treasure objective behind the captain’s presence there.

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Orders from Xanthe
Captain, I see the thread of your life, silvery and thin, about to snap, cut by crooked claws. Beware of the nearby mountains, beware of what lies beneath them. I sense great hunger, great yearning for blood and marrow. Be vigilant, or you shall become prey…

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Mormo and the Tale of Cursed Silver

Freshly copied. Mormo exposes herself to Charon by offering a silver coin instead of a mortal’s bronze payment. The ferryman curses her and all blood-feeders to suffer from silver. How Uktash Met Nassur tells another silver-origin myth, this time through a serpent’s discarded skin.

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Mormo and the Tale of Cursed Silver
A long, long time ago, there was an evil spirit, Mormo, who fed on human blood. But no matter how much she drank, she could never satisfy her thirst. Restless and desperate, she decided to descend to the Underworld and feed on human souls, hoping that their…

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Motivational Letter

Rebel's hopeful message. The writer appeals to a wavering rebel to remain with the resistance for the sake of their families and fallen companions. Last Journal Page shows similar efforts to preserve morale in a tower running out of supplies.

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Motivational Letter
You can’t give up now. You can’t. I put my arse on the line to get you these. I heard from Nimir that you’re whispering about desertion. But it’s not desertion, it’s abandoning us. Abandoning me. And every one of us who had bled and died for us to get to…

Last Journal Page

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Mouldy Page

Barely legible. The cellar survivor records Rina’s decline from apparent health at dawn to death by dusk, then a desperate attempt to treat Adina by heating her in an oven. The fragment shows the human cost of plague panic; the longer plague essay records a scholar’s very different explanation.

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Mouldy Page
The scriptures were true – the world has come to an end. It's been days, maybe weeks. However many. Cellar walls seem to be moving, closing in on me. The stench of rot is getting stronger. Could be remnants of my food. God willing. Otherwise, it’s… them. I…

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Names for Passage

A list of people who paid to be moved beyond Vale Sangora. The list names the Dragoi family and Alana Moraru with her daughter Florica as passengers leaving the valley. Their confirmation seals stand for payment for passage within this arrangement.

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Names for Passage
The following folk are to be moved beyond the valley: – Bogda Dragoi, Ivan Dragoi, and their son Svyatoslav; – Alana Moraru and her daughter, Florica. They shall present their seals of confirmation, proving payment for safe passage. Ask them no questions.…

Crumpled Message

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Neighbour's Final Message

A letter to a dead man. The neighbour's grievance is a stolen hen sold at market, and the final message claims revenge for it. It explains the household feud behind the letter's hostility.

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Neighbour's Final Message
You prick, You thought you could nick my chickens and I wouldn’t notice? My damned hen, keeping my boys alive? Did you think I wouldn’t find out you sold it at the market the day after it ‘escaped’? What kind of a fool do you take me for? I’ve taken your…

Anonymous Threat

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New Orders

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Gunwald passes the shrine-destruction policy to Conbert, specifically naming worship of Tyna and Mihai and the prison destination at Greifberg. Read it after Brencis’s formal decree to see how the policy reaches soldiers in the field.

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Updated Orders
Conbert, I know you’ve been busy lately, so you might have missed the new orders – all the roadside shrines devoted to the old saints are to be destroyed by the order of our Knyaz. Seems like the vrakhiri are fed up with all the blasphemers who claim to be…

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New Orders from Ambrus

Signed by the boyar himself. Ambrus abandons earlier duties and orders an ambush for Coen outside a leech-collector camp. The letter directly connects the retaliation with attacks on his collectors. It explains the hostile response; the Ambrus guide covers the broader route to confronting the boyar.

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New Orders
Whatever your prior orders were – disregard them. Your sole objective now is to track down and kill Coen of Laslea – and make sure he suffers a fair bit before landing the final blow. I’m a patient man but this bastard has crossed one line too many. He has…

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New Rations Policy

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The order cuts soldiers’ rations by a quarter and reduces meat from weekly to once every two weeks during winter preparations. Criticism is classed as insubordination. Compare For Knyaz and Country for the optimistic message used to sustain the same army’s morale.

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New Rations Policy
Soldiers! Due to ongoing preparations for the winter, rations in the coming weeks are going to be lowered by a quarter. From now on, you will only be getting meat once a fortnight instead of once a week. Any criticism of the new rations policy will be…

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News from Maragir

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Sergeant Bodin orders Dimir to investigate soldiers killed while leaving Maragir, despite the army’s strong hold on the village. He suspects someone is passing information to the rebels. On Crake’s Identity later rejects the rumour that a Maragir baker is Crake.

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Tidings from Maragir
Dimir, We lost a couple of lads when they were travelling out of Maragir. Surprising, considering that our hold on the village is quite strong and we have no information about manumits fucking about near this place. But the dead bodies serve as clear proof…

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No Flying Dragons

Preowned and stained. The tale explains swamp-dwelling monsters as dragons cast down by a god, their wings rotted away in the mire. It turns the absence of flying dragons into an origin story for dangers below the water. Wisdom of the Mire gives another account of a strange encounter in the marshes.

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No Flying Dragons
There was a time when dragons invaded the sky. They hunted the helpless – the slow of step, the meek of heart, the faithful who bowed their heads in prayer. Their wings blackened the sun; their breath filled the air with ash. The land cried out, but men…

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No Stealing

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. The barracks notice threatens thieves with hanging the following morning and promises rewards for informants. Rewards for Your Duty extends that incentive system to other service, showing how the army combines punishment with paid reporting.

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No Stealing
Soldiers! There have been several cases of theft in the barracks. This will not be tolerated. Be warned - anyone caught stealing shall be hanged the next morning. And anyone who shares information about a thief may expect to be rewarded.

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Nobleman's Scribbles

Notes of a man who's constantly on edge. Fugitive nobles hide in a rundown lodge and hear something circling them at night. The writer cannot identify the pursuer; Bounty Hunter's Contract supplies separate context for violent encounters around kobold colonies.

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Nobleman's Scribbles
I thought the lodge was our salvation – the vrakhiri wouldn’t be looking for nobles in a rundown shack. But I’m starting to have my doubts… it sounds, especially at night, like something’s lurking around here, circling us. Do the vrakhiri know we’re hiding…

Bounty Hunter's Contract

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Note About Ambrus

Praises the boyar's actions. The writer welcomes Ambrus’s attacks on wealthy nobles and believes ordinary people will be spared if they behave obediently. The note captures support for the boyar among some residents. The Short Letter offers a harsher view of the same hostility toward aristocrats through the treatment of Voiescu.

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Note about Ambrus
People been throwing a wobbly about Boyar Ambrus, but they're all blind sods, every last one of 'em. Even I can tell he won't go after folk like us. The nobles, sure, the rich bastards, but not us! And good thing, too! Just keep your head down, act decent,…

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Note About Codrin

Discusess current affairs in Maragir. The writer says Iulian Codrin has retained influence around Maragir despite the boyar’s violence against other nobles. Seeing a familiar figure in power provides the writer with uneasy reassurance. Codrin’s own transport instructions show the practical work he performs for Ambrus.

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Note about Codrin
Codrin still has some say about what happens round Maragir. The boyar bit the heads off other nobles, I've heard, but Codrin weaseled his way out somehow. Didn't think I'd ever say it, but there’s something calming about seeing a familiar face up there.…

Instructions from Codrin

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Note About Manumit Activity

Soldier correspondence. Reties identifies increased manumit activity on the border between Xanthe's and Bakir's fiefdoms and asks Harok to coordinate searches. Search for Manumit Caches describes the complementary search inside Svartrau.

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Note about Manumit Activity
Harok, There’s increased manumit activity on the border of Boyaress Xanthe and Boyar Bakir’s fiefdoms. I’ve brought more of my men over to search the area from our side – you have to do the same. These people are up to something, and whatever it is, we must…

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Note about the Miller's Ring

A letter to a potential buyer. Lerto has obtained the miller’s ring and is demanding a higher payment from Bemon, who wants it for his wedding. This explains why the ring has left the miller’s possession; follow the ring’s own entry for its part in Mert’s story.

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Note about the Miller's Ring
Bemon, It took a lot of effort and flexing my spine to get this thing, but I’ve managed. Right before Boyar Bakir’s men got a hold of it, mind you – so it was a time-sensitive task. What I’m saying is – I’ll need you to pay double our agreed-upon price for…

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Note from Rebels

Found in a secret manumit stash. The rebels leave goods for other manumits and ask outsiders to leave them alone. Pair it with Manumit Cache Note to recognise the purpose of these resistance supply messages.

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Note to a Fellow Rebel
If you've found this stash, I hope you’re one of us. Feel free to take whatever you need – you’ll find some goods here that should help you survive out there. And if you’re not a manumit – leave it be. We’re fighting a good fight, so if you’re not helping,…

Manumit Cache Note

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Note from the Abandoned Tower

Journal of a starving man. The tower's isolated inhabitant is being overwhelmed by vermin eating the remaining food. Tower Owner's Journal describes a different tower resident who actively drove visitors away by staging a wolf sighting.

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Note from the Abandoned Tower
It’s just me and them. Day in, day out. All I can hear is their squeaking and skittering. I’m trying to get rid of them, I’m killing ten a day, maybe more. Twenty? Thirty? At some point it’s easy to lose count. But there are always more. Sneaking out of…

Tower Owner's Journal

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Note to Dim

A rather curious short note. G. tells Dim that the goods are hidden beneath a heap of stones. It is a container clue, while Hastily Scribbled Note describes a separate chest beside a fallen tree to the west.

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Note to Dim
Dim, I’ve hidden all the goods beneath the heap of stones, you know where. Be careful when you fetch them. – G.

Hastily Scribbled Note

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Oaf's Orders

Soldier's final chance. Oret temporarily puts Livic in charge of new guards while taking Malli and Erlin away for the week. The letter explains the change in camp supervision and Livic’s attempt to earn responsibility. Read it alongside Xanthe’s broader orders for the demands being passed down through her forces.

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Oaf's Orders
Livic, You wanted a chance to prove you’re capable and worthy of being listened to – here you go. Take the new guys to the guard duty and show them the ropes. I need Malli and Erlin with me for the rest of the week. I want to come back and see everything is…

Xanthe’s military secrecy

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Offer

A letter about a quick and easy way to get rich. Kornel proposes following the strange lights near Maragir in search of treasure. Read Thug's Journal before following that lead: bandits describe waiting to ambush people drawn toward lights near the swamp.

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Offer
Trivo, I know we've had our differences in the past – honestly, there were times I wished you dead, and I know you feel the same about me – but hey, there's an opportunity to get filthy rich, so how about we let bygones be bygones? Here's the thing: the odd…

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Old Letter

An emotional account of the night when Brencis took over Vale Sangora. Damyan tells his mother to flee after the knyaz’s death, taking small valuables and meeting him near the Northern Cleft bridge. He urges her to leave his father behind because his condition would slow her escape. The Craftsman’s Journal records another frightened traveller trying to reach that bridge.

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Old Letter
Mother! Something horrible is happening. The knyaz is dead. I don't know who killed him, and I have only heard rumours too preposterous to be true. But death is coming for us, too. For all of us. We must flee before it is too late. Pack as many small…

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Old Letter from Xanthe

Describes the boyaress's dreadful demand. Xanthe orders the people of Old Sheepfold to surrender their youngest daughter before the moon wanes, signing as Lady of the Howling Keep. The demand explains the household's danger without identifying a purpose for taking the child.

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Old Letter from Xanthe
To the folk of Old Sheepfold, I command what is long overdue. Bring your youngest daughter before my gates ere the waning of this moon. Fail to do so, and I shall come to your homestead and take her myself. Question not what I require this girl for. Such is…

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Old Military Note

Written to soldiers serving the Dragosti. Matei describes the tower posting as punishment and still invokes the Dragosti family, placing the note within the old garrison’s service. Gambling, alcohol and fistfights are expressly forbidden. Compare it with Final Report for the later soldiers’ refusal to keep fighting after Skender’s fall.

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An Old Military Note
Soldiers, Do I need to remind you that being posted in this tower is a punishment? Each and every one of you have shown you’re scum and until you prove otherwise in the line of duty, you will stay in this place, far away from your families and taverns.…

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Old Missive

A century-old letter. Dietmar dates Ovidiu Dragosti's defeat of Alexandru Boarescu to 1263 and reports the change of rulers to the Archbishop of Trier. Very Old Letter describes an earlier Boarescu ruler's dealings with the bishopric.

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An Old Missive
To His Excellency Heinrich II von Finstingen, the Archbishop-Elector of Trier, My Lord, as you requested, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the political situation in Vale Sangora. I believe that your decision to keep me posted in Svartrau should finally pay…

Very Old Letter

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On Alchemy and Alchemists

Copied in exquisite cursive. The essay argues that Church membership and alchemical study can coexist, naming Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon. Arnaldus de Villanova’s changing treatment by different popes illustrates how scholarship, reform and accusations of heresy overlap in its account.

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On Alchemy and Alchemists
Contrary to what many people might think, the Church's teaching and alchemical methods are not mutually exclusive. In fact, many renowned alchemists were priests and monks, like the Dominican friar Albertus Magnus, or the Franciscan Roger Bacon, who, if…

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On Crake's Identity

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. This correction explicitly clears Ludvik, a baker living in Maragir, of being Crake. It is the firm conclusion among the army’s identity notices; Intel on Crake contains broader speculation based on an overheard remark about an outsider.

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On Crake's Identity
Soldiers! The rumours stating that the traitor known as Crake is in fact a baker by the name of Ludvik, living in Maragir, have been disproven. Continue your search.

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On Hellhounds

Xanthe's thoughts on the hellish dogs. The author presents feeding as a way for a keeper to maintain cooperation, with violence returning when blood is withheld. Compare the practical warning in Instructions for the Hound-Keeper with this broader account of hellhound behaviour.

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On Hellhounds
Hellhounds display an uncanny intelligence beyond that of any dog. They appear to comprehend speech as well as dark, evil-born concepts such as hatred and revenge. Yet they know nothing of loyalty, and they refuse most commands, unless those commands happen…

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On Heresies

Full of righteous anger. This book explains the Church’s opposition to independent religious teaching, naming Bogomils and Cathars. Read it as the doctrinal background to the convent documents, alongside the prioress’s practical response to the crisis.

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On Heresies
All of the faithful strive to be closer to God. But in doing so, they need to follow the teachings of the Holy See. Seeking to understand divine designs on their own, they may easily be blinded by the absolute – and lose their way. Such was the case of the…

St. Tyna’s crisis

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On Ruling a Realm

A dusty old book. The work divides society into working commoners, ruling nobles and spiritually guiding clergy, all beneath a sovereign appointed to maintain God’s order. How to Run a Prosperous Manor shows how that hierarchy is used to defend routine violence against peasants.

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On Ruling a Realm
There are three estates in this world, each with its own distinct purpose, intended by God. The commoners, or peasants, live to work the fields and to be ruled. The nobility keep the commoners in check. And the clergy serve as the bridge between God and man,…

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On the Origin and Spread of the Plague

Copied in haste. The author traces the disease through Kaffa, Sicily, Italian ports and Marseille, while attributing its beginning to the 1345 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Keep those two strands distinct: the text combines a route of spread with an astrological prediction about its end.

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On the Origin and Spread of the Plague
Despite what I keep hearing from other priests, I don't think it was God's wrath that brought the plague on us. To me, a much more probable culprit is the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – an event of great astrological significance, which took place…

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On Wallachia’s Independence

Dry but informative. The account identifies Basarab’s rejection of Hungarian allegiance and victory at Posada in 1330 as the basis of Wallachian independence. The Hungarian’s Campaign describes an earlier period of conquest in the Carpathians, providing a contrast between the expansion and rejection of Hungarian authority.

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On Wallachia’s Independence
Of all the independent states in the Carpathians, Wallachia is the youngest. It was conceived in the mind of a voivode named Basarab, who decided to renounce his allegiance to the Hungarian King. The King, of course, didn't accept this. He sent his army to…

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Orders for Boyar Ambrus's Troops

Instructions for soldiers previously commanded by Ambrus. These orders address Ambrus’s soldiers after they lose their commander. They are to keep their existing duties while awaiting reassignment; the State of the Castle Guard describes the resulting morale problem.

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Orders for Boyar Ambrus's Troops
All soldiers previously commanded by Boyar Ambrus are ordered to maintain discipline and perform their regular duties until informed about their new assignments. Any act of insubordination will be considered treason and duly punished.

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Orders from Ambrus

Details the boyar's activities. Ambrus orders careful handling, cool dry storage, leak checks and secrecy around the blood barrels. The warning about rebel attacks explains the guards at the storage facility. Read Blood Transport Orders for a separate shipment explicitly destined for Xanthe’s keep.

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Orders from Ambrus
Soldier, This is to inform you that you have been assigned to guard our blood storage. Your duties are as follows: - Upon delivery of barrels, unload them with greatest care and ensure they are stored in a cool, dry place - Check for any leaks or seepage -…

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Orders from Bakir

True to form – grandiose and blood-curdling. Bakir sends his men to hunt manumits in his fiefdom. Report of Suspicious Activity supplies the concrete lead: Dythmar’s farmstead in Rockfalls and wounded visitors arriving at night. The two records connect the broad command with Smoke Them Out’s local investigation.

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Orders: Manumits
My fearless men! For months, you lazed about in the barracks, enjoyed the wines we took from nobles's cellars, gorged on venison your human masters denied you. But then you grew restless, listless. For true warriors long to shed blood, dance to the singing…

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Orders from Master Aurelius

A note concerning the theft of an old tome – a task ordered by someone named Aurelius. Svetlana relays Aurelius’s order to search beneath St. Tobias’s Cemetery for a book bearing Silas’s name. This is the origin of the search, while the book’s current recovery route continues through Aurelius’s tower after Svetlana.

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Orders from Master Aurelius
My master's orders are simple. Retrieve a certain book from the ruins beneath St. Tobias's Cemetery. He believes the old crypts are sealed, so you'll have to dig your way in. Once inside, search for a tome written in a cryptic tongue – I've included a…

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Orders from Xanthe

Signed by the boyaress herself. Xanthe demands every recovered object, with containers left closed and inscriptions copied accurately. This explains the handling of antiquities in Past Glory’s transport. Her separate excavation order emphasises secrecy and protection for the workers collecting those objects.

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Orders from Boyaress Xanthe
Captain, You will fetch me anything you find. Not just gold, not just gems – all of it. Do not open any containers, do not break any seals. Should you find any paintings or inscriptions, trace them on the vellum I provided, and be accurate. Fail me, and you…

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Orders on the Tantari Mill

An annoyed robber baron's instructions for his men. The writer says the attackers killed the wrong miller, then orders them to keep the captured mill as a hideout near Tantari. It is a mistaken raid, distinct from Mert’s arrest at Sloughside Mill. Read the arrest report for Mert’s confirmed destination at Stoneward Post.

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Orders on the Tantari Mill
You bloody morons! The miller you killed – he wasn't the one the soldiers were after. You stormed the wrong fucking mill! And even if you hadn't, what did you think they were going to do?! Reward you?! You'd have been thrown into a cell at Stoneward Post,…

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Orders Pertaining to Manumit Encampments

A soldier's distribution of important information. The scouts are given three search areas for suspected manumit camps: southeast of a river fork near the Middens, across the river from Tantari’s watermill among the rocks, and the swamps in the southwestern Silts. Use those landmarks to follow the orders’ regional leads.

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Orders Pertaining Manumit Encampments
Odel, We have reason to suspect there are three encampments nearby harbouring the manumits. We can’t be certain yet, but it’s critical that you keep these areas under close watch. First one: go up the river until you reach its fork. It’s a little south-east…

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Orders Regarding Carrion Collectors

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. Patrols are instructed to let carrion collectors pass without conversation or questioning because they are acting for the knyaz. The notice explains their exemption from ordinary patrol scrutiny, contrasting with the aggressive orders issued when manumits are suspected.

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Orders Regarding Carrion Collectors
Soldiers! Should you spot carrion collectors travelling the road while on your patrol, let them pass. Do not talk to them, do not ask questions. Rest assured they're doing the Knyaz's bidding.

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Orders to Protect the Banners

A stern letter demanding action. Nadalrad’s order follows the removal of a gatehouse banner and the deaths of its guards. He demands reprisals and tighter protection for the remaining banners. Read it as the garrison’s reaction to attacks on Brencis’s symbols, alongside the orders targeting older shrines.

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Orders to Protect the Banners
Corporal, I’m sure you’re pretty busy these days, but please tell me: is there something wrong with your eyes? Because I walked by your gatehouse yesterday and noticed one important thing missing – the bloody banner! And I hear a few of our boys on duty are…

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Orders to Scour the Middens

Instructions sending more soldiers to look for the rebels. The soldiers are told to concentrate on the northeastern Middens. Layos is the exception to their arrest order: they are to follow him while letting him believe his infiltration has succeeded. This reveals the threat to the rebels’ hideout.

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Orders: Middens
Proceed to the Middens district – focus on the northeastern quarter, where rebel forces are likely to seek the remains of their fallen comrades. Watch for scouts, couriers, or signs of coordinated movement. If you encounter anyone, detain all individuals for…

Svartrau’s underground routes

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Orders: Carrion

Addressed to Bakir's footmen. Captain Ion’s instructions reveal the cargo’s purpose: bodies are left at a cave in daylight for kobolds to consume, while soldiers watch from a distance and prevent witnesses. This is the background to Bakir’s Transports: Curious Shipment; investigate the cargo to follow that activity.

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Orders: Carrion
Dispose of the collected carrion in the vicinity of the cave entrance, during daytime. Afterwards, make sure to wash your uniforms thoroughly and then observe the clearing from afar, until all the cadavers are removed from view. Should any kobold break away…

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Orders: March Out

Military document. The destination in these orders is St. Tyna’s Convent. The commander acknowledges the dangerous situation there but sends the troops anyway, connecting the soldiers’ presence with the sickness described by the pilgrims.

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Orders: March Out
Soldiers, You are to gather supplies and march out for the convent of St. Tyna's. I understand this is a highly risky, perhaps even unwelcome assignment, given the recent reports regarding the situation inside. Yet when duty calls, we are not to question, we…

Convent bell signals

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Orders: Patrol

Military document. Bohumil sends Lubor and an uriash to investigate lights and sounds where lumberjacks are clearing woods outside Laslea. The forest worksite is the patrol’s destination, and the lumberjacks’ reports are the reason it was dispatched.

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Orders: Patrol
Sergeant Lubor, There are reports of disturbing activity in the woods just outside of Laslea. Lumberjacks sent to clear the forest for new fields spoke of unsettling sounds and lights. Maybe they made it all up – you know full well how superstitious these…

Vale Sangora map

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Orders: Rebels's Meeting Point

A manumit girl is to be apprehended and interrogated there. The search location is a clearing southeast of the bridge near Stoneward Post. The orders say the lead came from the miller and that a girl may be waiting there. This is the rendezvous connected to Sara’s Shadows in the Woods story.

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Orders - Check the Rebels's Meeting Point
Soldiers! You are hereby ordered to investigate a possible manumit meeting point near Stoneward Post: a clearing in the woods southeast of the bridge. The rumour seems credible – we squeezed it out of a rebels's accomplice, the local miller, during his…

Sara’s rendezvous and story

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Ovid’s Exile

Copied somewhere in Italy. The writer claims an early copy of Metamorphoses contained Dawn and Dusk, then speculates that Ovid’s exile concealed a search for forbidden knowledge. Read the poem itself next: it describes travellers balancing the powers of day and night.

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Ovid’s Exile
As is well known, the famous poet Ovid was exiled from the Eternal City to the farthest reaches of the Empire, namely to Moesia on the Black Sea. Most think this was because Ovid angered Emperor Augustus by writing the obscene “Art of Love”, but I have come…

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Page from a Collector’s Journal

Personal notes on some intriguing new additions to the collection. The collector came from Cracow to seek Sangora’s ancient objects and has stayed despite the rulers closing the roads out. His latest acquisition is a pendant bought from Vicho in Svartrau. The Collector’s Notes continue with the purchase negotiations and the strange tremor he feels while examining it.

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A Page from a Collector’s Journal
(...) And once more, my collection grows in number. Coming to Vale Sangora was a grand idea – the place is chock-full of trinkets, artefacts, and treasures of historical value. I’m not sure how I’m going to return to Cracow – all roads out of the valley have…

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Painter's Diary

A foreigner's opinions on Sangora. Jacopo da Rimini sees a wolf's shape in the mountain visible from his cottage. His exile from Lombardy and fear of the Malatesta family explain why he remains in Vale Sangora despite longing to leave.

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A Painter’s Diary
Oh, how I wish I had my paints and a proper canvas with me. I yearn to paint Vale Sangora. The skies at dusk. The meadows. That mountain looming on the horizon I can see from the humble cottage I shelter in. People see a rocky formation, but I, Jacopo da…

Traveller's Diary

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Panicked Note

A rebel's final realisation. The writer identifies Bernold as the informer who brought soldiers into the manumits' refuge at night. The letter records the betrayal as it happens and admits that an earlier warning was ignored.

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Panicked Note
If you’re reading this, most of the manumits here are dead and I’ve likely joined them. It was Bernold. All this time, just like you said. He led the soldiers inside at night. I can hear the clinking of steel. The screams and everything else. I think they’ll…

Last Journal Page

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Path to Her Salvation

Xanthe's scribbles about the weird resin and... God knows what else. This short research entry describes resin strengthening a connection while the woman’s pain persists. Read it beside Where We Belong for the researcher’s wider struggle with the boundary beyond ordinary life.

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Path to Her Salvation
Promising. The resin took quicker. Bound better. Pulling the two apart took effort, so perhaps this time the connection will hold for longer. I pray it does. The pain is still there. I can see it in her eyes.

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Patient Notes

A list of people who used Simeon's services. These are Simeon’s ordinary appointments and payments, including Costin’s repeated burns and Adela’s unpaid treatment. They help distinguish his daily work from the more consequential account of Ivo’s daughter in Medical Journal.

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Doctor Simeon’s Patient Notes
Marcu – broken arm. Reset the bone, applied balm, made a splint. Paid in full. Check-up next week. Costin the blacksmith – burnt elbow. Applied ointment. Paid in full. Costin the blacksmith – burnt left hand. Applied ointment. Paid in full. Adela – recurring…

Medical Journal

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Persica

Likely the last extant copy. The traveller describes Arimaspian tribes on the steppes claiming descent from heroes who fought vrakhiroi. Monumental tombs and temples persuade him to take those traditions seriously. Arimaspians and Their Secrets expands the interpretation of their wealth, wisdom and battles.

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Persica, by Ctesias of Cnidus
The land of the Persians is full of wonders, as can be ascertained by anyone who has travelled to those distant lands. The Persians themselves, however, claim that true miracles lie further to the north of their realm, in the vast steppes spanning Europe and…

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Pieter's Unfinished Letter

Found hidden in Pieter's secret stash. Pieter connects the family’s misfortunes to deeds committed in Flanders in 1328, but cannot finish the confession. The prayer-book investigation supplies the next step toward learning about his past through Maragir and Volk.

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To My Children
They say children are not responsible for the sins of their fathers, yet at the same time we still pay the price for Adam's mistakes. And so, I worry that all the misfortunes that befell us over the years – Alin's passing, Esme's sickness – aren't mere…

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Plague Warning

A note forbidding entry. The notice marks a specific household as condemned under Skender’s plague policy and forbids entry or exit. The longer decree explains that family members were confined with the sick and homes boarded up. Read the two together for the meaning of the warning on the building.

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Plague Warning
Keep out! The family inside has the plague and therefore was condemned. No one is to enter or leave the building on pain of death. By the order of Knyaz Skender

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Pleading Letter

It's a family matter. The father asks his son to stop chasing old Viel's stories of swamp treasure and look after his siblings while he is in Parlita. Offer records a separate invitation to seek riches around Maragir's strange lights.

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A Pleading Letter
My son, Please, keep away from the swamps. I know that old Viel filled your head with all those stories about lost treasures only waiting for someone brave enough to find them – but they are just that, stories! If there was any grain of truth to them, don’t…

Offer

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Poison Weeds

Notes treating about poisonous herbs found in the area. This is Vera’s comparison of plants considered for predator bait. Vera’s Lizard Note identifies why the creature matters to Iulian’s plan, while Ritual Instructions describes the later blood-binding stage.

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Poison Weeds
All of these should be within reach. Wolfsbane, known for its gorgeous purple flowers, is easy to find and easy to avoid. But it’s not the flowers that can help deal with the beasts, but the roots. Black hellebore, mixed with fat or honey, can serve as an…

Why Vera needs the lizard

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Poorly Scribbled Order

Bakir's order to Farkas concerning a new vrakhir in the valley. Bakir asks Farkas to report an unfamiliar vrakhir near Svartrau’s northeastern wall while making excuses for his own inaction. The missing uriash and the same wall appear in the other two city reports, giving the three documents a common investigation lead.

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Poorly Scribbled Order
Farkas, Be a good pet and write me one of those puffed-up, noble-like letters to Brencis. You know the kind – flourish at the top, bootlicking at the bottom. Inform him that some vrakhiri bitch was spotted last night in Svartrau, lurking near the…

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Prayer to St. Tyna

Nowadays no one says it – at least not in public. The prayer asks St. Tyna for protection and peace, emphasizing her kindness to the vulnerable. Read her biography for the childhood healing and wolf episode behind her reputation.

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A Prayer to Saint Tyna
O Holy Saint Tyna Your goodness and gentleness have showed us His light on Earth You stood against cruelty and protected the meek You gave hope to the hopeless I beseech you – keep me in your good will And let me find peace both here and in His Kingdom when…

From Life of St. Tyna

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Prioress's Journal

Sheds light on the convent's last days. The entries trace the crisis in order: shortages and polluted water, more sick arrivals, overflowing graves, then the opening of St. Tyna’s coffin. The final entry records the prioress falling ill herself; it explains why the convent’s later condition differs from the institution described in its punishment book.

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Mother Bernice's Journal
— Food running short. Cut down rations. Water polluted. More sickness. — More people came. Most sick already. Sisters panicking. Thank God for Leonica and her steady hand. — Anghel dug up more graves. Already full. Running out of space. People are scared.…

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Prison Report

A note on the state of the dungeons after Boyar Bakir's death. The report describes the prison after Bakir’s death: a new warden has taken over and interrogations have become quieter. It supplies the prison’s changed story context, while the ending guide covers the player’s castle approach.

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Prison Report
A new warden has been appointed to oversee the prison, following the demise of Boyar Bakir. Thus far, the man shows little of his predecessor’s enthusiasm for interrogation and rack-work, but it’s no great surprise. The late boyar’s dedication to the art of…

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Proclamation of Treason

A chilling announcement regarding the fate of one Zlatna. The proclamation identifies the executed resident as Widow Zlatna and gives adherence to the old faith and alleged unrest as the charges. Letter of Denunciation supplies another example of worship inside a home being reported to the authorities.

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Proclamation of Treason
Hear Ye, Hear Ye Let it be known to all good folk that Widow Zlatna, formerly resident in this house, was tried and found guilty of high treason against our noble knyaz. For stubbornly clinging to the old faith and conspiring to stir unrest throughout the…

Letter of Denunciation

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Promising Lead

Contains a tip on manumit presence in the vicinity. Captain Matviy orders Sergeant Endres to follow Fedir, a shepherd accused of leading the manumits near Parlita. The informant Roman knows Fedir but cannot name the hideout’s exact location. The actionable lead in the letter is surveillance of the shepherd, rather than a marked camp.

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Promising Lead
To: Sergeant Endres We received a promising lead from a man called Roman, from Parlita. He approached us with information about a manumit hideout near his village. He doesn't know its exact location, but insisted we'd find it if we followed a shepherd by the…

Bounty Announcement

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Rebel Missive

A call to fight against the vrakhiri. The missive rejects the claim that the vrakhiri are divinely appointed saviours and calls for collective resistance. Compare Call to Revolt, whose target is the earlier ruler Skender, to distinguish the two appeals.

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A Call to Action
Brothers and sisters! They will tell you that it’s no use fighting against the vrakhiri. That they are our lords and saviours, sent here to rule us by God Almighty himself. It’s all lies! The vrakhiri are here to bleed us dry and grow fat on our blood. They…

Call to Revolt

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Recruit's Letter

A determined request. The writer wants to join the resistance after noticing increasing blood collections and disappearances. It explains a recruit’s motive through the connection between religious gatherings and the blood transports. Pair it with the actual shipment order for the named destination of Xanthe’s levy.

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Recruit's Letter
The vrakhiri sicken me. This isn’t how this ends, I can feel it in my bones. Each mass, they take more. Each week, someone new disappears. There are transports filled with our blood, moving through the valley. If you don’t pay attention, it seems like Vale…

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Recruitment Instructions

Military document. The recruiters are told to target isolated people and offer Xanthe’s blood before asking for service. A longer version also excludes Vicho’s Curio Emporium in Altenmarkt from their operations by the knyaz’s order. That exception connects the recruitment campaign with Vicho’s protected position in Svartrau.

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Recruitment Instructions
In your recruitment effort for the Blood Guard, focus on drifters: people without families, commitment, or purpose. They tend to be most responsive to our promises of strength and prestige. Offer them the first sample of the boyaress's blood without…

Recruitment Instructions
In your recruitment effort for the Blood Guard, focus on drifters: people without families, commitment or purpose. They tend to be most responsive to our promises of strength and prestige. Offer them the first sample of the boyaress's blood without demanding…

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Recruitment Letter

Informs Rovin of Maragir that he was accepted into the army. Rovin of Maragir has been accepted into Brencis’s army and ordered to report to Sergeant Ante at Svartrau’s East Gate within a week. The letter identifies the conscript’s planned destination in the Star-Crossed Lovers investigation.

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Recruitment letter
Rovin of Maragir, Your request to join the Knyaz’s army has been approved. You have one week to wrap up any personal business and go to Svartrau for basic training. Report to sergeant Ante by the East Gate. Serve with honour! Serve Knyaz Brencis – may His…

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Report about Excavations

Seems like Xanthe is up to something. Riquin confirms that the southern Silts dig is working for Xanthe, but a Blood Guard prevents him from learning more. The report establishes secrecy even between soldiers serving the same knyaz. Follow Unsealed Secrets for the investigation and the collection of research notes at the excavation.

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A Report about the Excavations
Sir, As you requested, I travelled south, to the Silts, and found the excavation site you mentioned. You were right – everyone there is working on Lady Xanthe’s orders. I tried to chum up with one of the officers, a fellow I remembered from our service…

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Report of Suspicious Activity

Military document. Dythmar’s farmstead in Rockfalls is the named location. Neighbours report late-night visitors, including wounded people, leading the soldiers to suspect manumit activity. This supplies the farmstead lead behind Bakir’s Smoke Them Out operation.

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Reports of Suspicious Activity
Suspicious activity reported in the farmstead of one Dythmar of Rockfalls. Neighbours noticed people arriving in the middle of the night, some wounded. Likely connected to manumit activity. Investigate and punish all found in said farmstead with utmost…

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Report on Bandit Activity

Pinpoints the locations of some bandit camps in the area. Severin identifies Rockfalls, the Silts and Tantari Woods as the main regions where his scouts found bandit camps. Start with those three regions when following the report’s leads.

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Report on Bandit Activity
Captain, It would appear that the threat of ending up in a draining dungeon isn't enough to dissuade people from banditry. They always try to pick the easy path, the greedy fools. I sent out a few of my scouts into the valley to see what the new bandit…

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Report on Missing Women

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Andras reports disappearances across Xanthe’s domain and requests permission to investigate. His accusation against the manumits is the captain’s suspicion; the letter itself establishes the disappearances and ignored requests.

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Report on Missing Women
Sir, You didn’t really answer my last report, so let me get straight to it: more women have disappeared from places all around Lady Xanthe’s domain. I urge you to allow me to gather a few boys and investigate this properly. Mark my words, we will surely find…

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Report on the Blood Guard

A note on the state and morale of the Blood Guard after Boyaress Xanthe's death. The Blood Guard’s deteriorating discipline is linked to Xanthe’s death and the loss of their sustenance. The writer proposes that Brencis provide another vrakhir to drain, explaining the connection between their hunger and Xanthe’s role.

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Report on the Blood Guard
Discipline in the Blood Guard continues to deteriorate. Several members have grown increasingly volatile and have begun showing open aggression toward other garrisoned soldiers. Since the death of Boyaress Xanthe, we have been unable to address their…

Xanthe

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Report on Unknown Vrakhir

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. The missing patrolman is Nish, an uriash last seen near Svartrau’s northeastern wall. Stefen’s request to search for him supports the city location mentioned in the suspicious-vrakhir note and Bakir’s dictated order.

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Report on Unknown Vrakhir
Captain, Once again, I’m writing to you regarding the alarming reports about an unknown vrakhir prowling the streets of Svartrau. I know that at first it was they were to be treated as gossip, as it is unfathomable that our Knyaz wouldn’t notice another of…

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Reprimand from Ambrus

Blunt like the author. Ambrus has received less than half the expected blood and orders an audit of the collectors’ records. He threatens to make up any shortfall from their own veins. Read the Ledger and Bakir’s Letter for the parallel trail of blood recorded as lost and sold to another boyar.

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Reprimand
Listen to me, you repugnant knaves – the quotas I assigned you were not a gentle suggestion, not a nice-to-have, but a task you were to fulfil. The last shipment contained less than half of what I was expecting and required. This is unacceptable. Expect your…

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Reproachful Letter from Bakir

Full of hyperbole and threats. Bakir complains that well-paid, well-equipped soldiers continue to suffer defeats and specifically demands Coen’s severed head. His Threatening Letter goes further, promising to drain the soldiers himself if they cannot stop Coen’s interference.

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Reproachful Letter from Bakir
My dearest serfs, What is it I hear? More disruptions? More defeat? Why? I feed you well, I pay you handsomely, I spare no expenses on your armaments. And this is how you repay me? I’ll be honest with you – it smacks of ingratitude. Next time one of you…

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Requisition Letter

Signed by a certain Armaya, in boyaress Xanthe's employ. Armaya requests strong, reliable men to escort treasures recovered from the distant past and makes the commander responsible for losses or damage. Her Demand Letter concerns the digging crew and equipment; this requisition covers moving the discoveries out of the excavation.

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Request from Armaya
Commander, I need several strong, dependable men to report to my camp. They will be entrusted with most precious cargo: wondrous treasures from the deepest past. Should any of these items go missing or be damaged in transit I will hold you directly…

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Research Notes

Testament to Boyar Bakir's dedication to his craft. The account concerns Bakir’s treatment of a captive and his rejection of an experiment as too slow. It develops the same prison context as the later Prison Report, which describes what changes after Bakir’s death.

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Boyar Bakir’s Research
This time, Boyar Bakir ordered us to try the method of scaphism, as mentioned in Plutarch’s ‘Life of Artaxerxes’. The procedure went as follows: Out upon the lake, we prepared two boats, fashioned to fit one atop the other, with suitable openings cut to…

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Rewards for Your Duty

Orders to Brencis's soldiers. Patrol leaders are promised extra leave passes and better equipment when their men perform well, and personal accountability when they fail. Bring Results identifies the work being demanded: capturing manumits and confiscating silver.

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Rewards for Your Duty
To all patrol leaders! Those of you whose men do their duties well, may expect to get rewarded with additional leave passes and better equipment. Similarly, should your men fail their duties, you will be held accountable.

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Safehouse Notice

An offer of kindness. The writer has stocked the shelter with basic supplies for fugitives and asks visitors to leave the notice for the next arrival. Compare the two manumit cache notes for supplies explicitly reserved for the resistance.

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Safehouse Notice
This place is sheltered from vrakhiri eyes and from the men who serve them. We’ve stashed it with some basic supplies – take a look around. I hope there is still enough left to let you rest your head and forget about your worries for the night. Please, leave…

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Saint Mihai: The God’s Warrior

Hagiography of the valley's most popular saint. This biography pairs Mihai with Tobias and describes the fatal fight near Maragir, Tobias’s lost arm and the return of Mihai’s body to Svartrau. Sancti Mihai Historia Vera gives the concealed version relevant to finding the magic sword.

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Saint Mihai: The God's Warrior
As we all know, many of those who we nowadays consider saints started as pagans and came to the Lord’s light only later in life. Such was the case of Saint Mihai. A warrior hailing from some distant lands, Mihai arrived at Vale Sangora with one mission on…

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Saint Tyna: Protector of the Meek

Life of the founder of the valley's convent. The biography connects Tyna’s healing gift with the founding purpose of her convent. Compare the Prioress’s Journal for the later shortages, illness and opening of her coffin; these are accounts of different periods.

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Saint Tyna: Protector of the Meek
When St. Tyna’s name is mentioned nowadays, we all see one of the patron saints of Vale Sangora; we think of acts of charity and of the miracles she performed; we think of the convent built in her name, and the pious nuns toiling inside its walls night and…

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Saints of Vale Sangora

Official biographies of the valley's saints. This short guide distinguishes Mihai’s protection, Tobias’s faith and Tyna’s healing in the valley’s religious tradition. Use the saint biographies for their stories and the relic guide for the associated player objectives.

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Saints of Vale Sangora
Vale Sangora, though small and remote, has already given the world three saints. First was Mihai, noble warrior and smiter of evil, who fought a vicious dragon that terrorised our land many, many centuries ago. Pray to him for protection. Second was Tobias,…

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Sanctum Praeputium, or the Holy Foreskin

Makes for a riveting read. The author compares rival claims to the same relic, including one preserved in Rome and another said to have bled at Charroux, before listing still more claimants. Arman’s Letter to Skender offers another example of relic authenticity supported by visions and reported miracles.

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Sanctum Praeputium or the Holy Foreskin
Of all the unusual relics a Christian may venerate, the Holy Prepuce, or Foreskin, is surely the most mysterious. It is known that a few days after he was born, Jesus was circumcised. Right after it happened, an old woman decided to take our Lord and…

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Scribbled Poem

Desperate poet's scribbles. The repeated movement from “the blood” to “our blood” and finally “my blood” makes the defeat increasingly personal. Pews and a false god’s shrine place the speaker’s loss within corrupted worship. Habeas Sanguinem supplies the official language of the blood covenant.

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Scribbled poem
The blood, the blood Is flowing down the pews We knew, we knew That our fight we would lose Our blood, our blood Is filling their mouths foul They come, they come Predators on the prowl My blood, my blood It feels no longer mine It dries, it dries On our new…

The official blood covenant

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Search for Manumit Caches

A call to action to the guards in Svartrau. Look for the former ruling family's sigil when following the manumit cache clues in Svartrau. Captain Nadalrad tells patrols to watch these marked hiding places; Initial Instructions explains where Coen is asked to bring the messages collected from stashes.

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Search for Manumit Caches
To all guards on duty, We have reliable information that the manumits have secret caches of weapons and other gear hidden throughout the city. During your patrols, be vigilant and look for places marked by a sigil very similar to the one used by Skender and…

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Second Letter from Rozalia

A heartbroken lover's note. Rozalia now knows that Ambrus defied Skender and was imprisoned. Read her first letter before this one, then Ambrus's personal reply, to follow the correspondence from missing news to punishment and transformation.

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Second Letter from Rozalia
Ambrus, I scarcely know why I put quill to paper, for I have finally learned what befell you. And I am furious! Furious and heartsick, you reckless fool! What possessed you to defy Knyaz Skender himself? Always too bold, always too brave for your own good...…

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Secretive Letter

Unsigned and very cryptic. The sender offers Coen an armour schematic, a component list and a map to a smith. Follow the Arbiter equipment guide for the materials, forging and ritual stages that turn that offer into usable armour.

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A Mysterious Letter
Coen of Laslea, Your fight against Brencis might seem a lonely one, but it is not so. His transgressions echoed around the world, and they shan't be ignored. His punishment has already been determined and will be meted out in due time. But we are aware that…

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Sergeant's Note

A doubtful soldier's standpoint concerning soldiers going missing. Zoran asks his commander to stop sending patrols into the underground caves after repeated losses. It complements the excavation orders by showing the human cost of holding those passages.

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Sergeant's Note
Commander, With all due respect, I still insist we stop sending patrols to the underground caves. The men seldom return, and when they do, they bring us what seems to be gnawed remains of those who went before them. No man goes down there by choice. Nor…

Brencis’s excavation orders

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Servant's Letter

Some people were loyal to Maragir nobles. Cetin directs his displaced lord to an old cottage in the hills west of Maragir and plans to deliver provisions by day. An Unsent Letter gives another noble's account of fleeing Ambrus and seeking shelter outside the village.

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A Servant’s Letter
My lord, You’ll find my old cottage in the hills west of Maragir. To be honest – it’s in a terrible state and offers no comforts, but should do as a shelter for the time being. I’ll come to you with provisions during the day, when that monster Ambrus is…

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She Who Rambles

Copied by a trembling hand. A missing girl returns years later, warping vegetation and speaking of something beyond the world seeking an ancient vessel. Villagers burn her, but a dark fang survives in the ashes. Teeth, or The Essence of Being develops the related idea of teeth preserving a being’s essence.

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She Who Rambles
There was once a girl. One moment, she was chasing butterflies through the fields; the next, only her small footprints remained, fading into nothing. People searched every hollow and house, even the well in the middle of their village, but she was gone.…

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Shepherd's Diary

Seems like things were getting worse and worse. The shepherd loses sheep to sickness and then burns Iancu's body and belongings before burying more animals. Shepherd's Journal describes a separate flock's disappearance, involving small nocturnal intruders instead of this outbreak.

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Shepherd's Diary
The sheep bleat uneasily at night as the flock grows thinner with each passing week. Yesterday, I found more lying dead on the slopes, their bellies swollen, much like the bodies in the plague pits. Old Iancu has been taking care of the carcasses till now,…

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Shepherd's Journal

A study in stubbornness. Nemoy first celebrates leaving Svartrau for a mountain cottage, then watches small, bright-eyed creatures steal his sheep. He decides to defend the flock with fire and an axe; Shepherd's Diary describes a different cause of losses.

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A Shepherd’s Journal
And they said, ‘Nemoy, that’s a bad idea.’ Ha! They can stuff it – moving out from Svartrau and into the mountains was the best decision I’ve ever made. True, I had to sell my house, and this cottage I bought instead is much, much smaller and offers fewer…

Shepherd's Diary

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Shipping Ledger

Details Bakir's operations. Bakir adjusts liquor deliveries for political ends: Sever receives two extra barrels for a Lunar Tournament victory, Rockfalls receives double for a visit, and Parlita loses half until rebels are surrendered. Laslea is removed after its destruction, while Maragir’s woodcutters lose their allocation for drinking at work.

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Shipping Ledger
The following changes are to be made to the next liquor shipment, as instructed by Boyar Bakir: Boar’s Back – Add two extra barrels. Deliver directly into the hands of one Sever, in tribute to his triumph at the previous Lunar Tournament. Rockfalls, Uriash…

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Short Letter

Pithy but informative. Marku announces a shipment rich in noble blood and singles out Voiescu’s humiliation during capture. His wish that Ambrus drain the nobles connects this transport to the boyar’s preference for prisoners of aristocratic birth, stated in the Threatening Letter.

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Letter about Shipment
Shipment ready – rich in blue blood. Pity you weren't there to see old Voiescu beg for mercy, it was quite the sight – didn't seem so noble pissing his breeches. Hope Boyar Ambrus drains them all to the last. Leeches for leeches – poetic, eh? Marku

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Short Note

A friendly tip from one opportunist to another. Woymir sends Berg toward St. Tyna's Convent in search of the wealthy refugees' belongings. For the actual convent route, use the bell signals and monastery-key instructions together.

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A Friendly Tip
Berg, If what I heard is true, St. Tyna’s is full of riches. Rumours say that when the plague hit, the nuns welcomed many quite wealthy people inside the convent before they closed the door. It’s not hard to guess that all of them are long dead now, but if…

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Silver Cache Letter

Sheds more light on the whole affair. Sergeant Erik identifies the hidden silver as Catalin Dragosti’s property. His escort left Svartrau twenty strong, but monsters killed half and left the survivors wounded and afraid. He asks the finder to return the riches to Catalin or use them against the creatures that seized his throne.

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Silver Cache Letter
To whoever finds this cache, The treasures hidden herein belong to Catalin Dragosti, beloved heir of Skender Dragosti, rightful ruler of Vale Sangora. We were tasked with transporting this silver out of the valley, but we are not able to fulfil this task.…

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Skender's Sins

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The loyalist tract uses Skender’s massacre at Shrike’s Crag to justify Brencis’s takeover, then claims Skender rejected a chance to leave without his wealth. The Peasant Uprising in Vale Sangora covers the revolt itself, separating that event from the later argument for Brencis’s rule.

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Skender's Sins
Of all the tyrants and fools who ruled Vale Sangora in the past, Skender Dragosti was surely the worst. He cared nothing for us, his subjects, only for ways in which he could exploit us, as if we were mere tools. And when we dared oppose him, what did he do?…

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Smeared Note

Likely exchanged between manumits. The writer warns Novak that Bakir’s rebel hunters are pursuing him and directs him to Mert the miller for shelter. Mert’s Intriguing Letter supplies another part of this support network: communication with Vlad and a warning intended for Crake.

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Bloodied Letter
Novak, Bakir's rebel hunters are onto you. You need to disappear, and quick. Go to Mert the miller. He supports our cause and will hide you until things blow over. May God protect you, K.

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Soaked Letter

A message from a woman at her breaking point. Teresina asks Boris to find a refuge beyond the reach of the vrakhiri, accepting even a cave as the price of escaping the mass. Weathered Note describes another couple trying to hide outside the settlements.

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Soaked Letter
Dearest Boris, I can't take this anymore. One more mass, one more draining, and I shall lose my mind. You say you love me. Prove it. Find a safe place for us, somewhere to hide, somewhere even the vrakhiri are scared to go. I can put up with every hardship –…

Weathered Note

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Soggy Letter

Found deep inside Laslea mines. Grgur sends Sandor into the mine’s lowest levels to inspect supports before reopening old galleries for silver production under Skender. Other workers refuse because they fear knockers. The letter explains both the production pressure and the feared danger surrounding that descent.

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Work Orders
Sandor, I want you to go down to the lowest levels and check the stanchions. Knyaz Skender demands we increase production so we might revisit the old galleries. Perhaps there's some silver left there. I'm depending on you. The other fools won't do it because…

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Soggy Note

Read and reread many times. Lyuda rejects Vidmar and gives him the forty-pelt demand to keep him away. The deliberately discouraging request explains their disagreement.

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Soggy note
Vidmar, How many times do I need to tell you? I'm not interested. NOT INTERESTED. So stop leaving flowers on my doorstep (I know it was you), stop sending poems (they make me sick), stop making puppy eyes as I walk past. It's not going to happen, ever. And…

Volk and the surrounding Buried Past story

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Soiled Letter

A sombre rumination. The sick writer left his wife Mialle and daughters as soon as symptoms appeared, hoping isolation would protect them. Unfinished Missive records another plague sufferer's isolation near St. Tyna's.

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Last Words of a Plague Victim
Lord, I wish I could speak to my Mialle, not scribble my thoughts on damp pages. But it’s all I’ve got left. And it’s all I’ll ever have, isn’t it? I do wonder, how long till the plague takes me? Is it days that I have, or mere hours? When the weakness…

Unfinished Missive

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Soldier's Letter

A curious story for his wife. Ignat describes a secluded smithy north of Parlita near the mountains, run by an uriash with broken horns. The unusual metals and smithing equipment connect the letter to Nareh’s craft; the Mihai guide covers finding him and restoring the sword.

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Soldier's Letter
My dearest Bilyana, I hope my letter finds you in good health. I’m fine – well-fed and doing good work in our Knyaz’s name. They moved us recently to a new camp. I should be able to write more often now - not much going on around here. And nothing as weird…

Nareh and St. Mihai’s sword

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Soldier's Orders

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Volomir orders guards to protect woodcutters producing lumber for Ambrus’s construction near Maragir. The note connects the guarded forest worksite with the boyar’s building plans and supply network.

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Soldier’s Orders
Sergeant, Your orders couldn’t be any clearer – make sure that the woodcutters's work goes smoothly. If anything comes out of the forest and tries to harm them, you kill it. Boyar Ambrus himself requires the lumber for his construction plans around Maragir –…

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Soldier’s Testimony

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Sergeant Ilgen admits hanging captured manumits and defends the killings as retaliation for what happened to his men. Successful Operation records another unit’s summary executions in the language of an official success, giving the two reports sharply different tones.

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A Soldier's Testimony
Captain, Let me cut straight to the chase – yes, I killed all those manumit fucks and I’d do it again. Arrest me if you want, sir, but since you didn’t see what they did to my lads, I don’t really think you should judge me and my actions. Hanging the…

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Special Orders

Orders concerning a very valuable transport. Dimitar orders Skender’s treasure sent outside the valley to Catalin and singles out Durandal for special protection. Read it with Final Report to identify the intended heir and explain why the treasure convoy left during the fall of Greifberg. The Cursed Chasm follows the search for that lost transport.

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Dimitar's Orders
These chests are to be transported outside Vale Sangora at all cost. All of their contents are to be handed over to His Majesty's firstborn son, Catalin Dragosti, who – as a result of the horrifying events which unfolded tonight – became the rightful knyaz…

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State of the Castle Guard

Guard captain's note regarding the death of Boyar Ambrus. Ion the Ox reports desertions after Ambrus’s death and asks Brencis to turn him into a vrakhir to restore order. Read it beside the reassignment order for the distinction between the official instruction and the garrison’s response.

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State of the Castle Guard
Since the unfortunate demise of Boyar Ambrus, we noticed a sharp decline in guard morale. There were even a few incidents of desertion. Most of the culprits were apprehended and publicly executed, yet that didn’t seem to help raise morale. It is becoming…

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Stern Reminder

Communication between boyaress Xanthe's officers. Sergeant Leonard says new Blood Guard recruits must arrive at training camps fully equipped and carrying two weeks of provisions. Both a recruit and their direct superior face punishment for failing to comply. The Evaluation Letter explains how recruiters are pressured to find more men for those camps.

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Blood Guard Training
To all commanders, I am writing to convey the boyaress's wishes, so read this missive carefully and follow it to the letter. Once enlisted, new recruits for the Blood Guard are to report to one of the training camps, fully equipped, and with enough…

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Successful Operation

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Sergeant Ebelin reports using a captive to trap five rescuers, obtaining little intelligence because they were new recruits, then executing them without losses to his unit. The soldiers remain to catch further arrivals. Soldier’s Testimony supplies another account of reprisals against captured rebels.

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A Successful Operation
Lieutenant, The operation was a success. As you predicted, the manumits tried to free their comrade – and sprung our trap. We captured five of them, interrogated those still able to talk (no crucial information there, they were all fresh recruits) and…

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Suspicious Vrakhir in Svartrau

An account about a new vrakhir lurking around Svartrau. This account places Nish’s sighting at the northeastern wall and separates the unknown vrakhir from Brencis’s followers. It also records the writer’s hope that uriashi could become allies, a different concern from the soldiers’ missing-patrolman report.

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Suspicious Vrakhir in Svartrau
I spoke with Nish again after he'd finished his patrol. He mentioned a new suspicious vrakhir lurking around Svartrau (last seen around the north-eastern wall) – one not affiliated with Brencis. He wants to find out more, but the bloodsucker is being…

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Svartrau: The Heart of Vale Sangora

Copied on cheap vellum. The history traces Svartrau from a hilltop settlement called Svar to a silver-funded capital under the Boarescus. It dates the established city name and cathedral to 795. The Districts of Svartrau turns that broad history into a guide to the city’s contrasting neighbourhoods.

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Svartrau: The Heart of Vale Sangora
Although it is now the bustling and ever-growing capital of the region, Svartrau’s beginnings are much more humble. As the first settlement in the valley, it was just a collection of cottages, built on a hill for protection. Initially it was known simply as…

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Tattered Journal

A memoir of a scholar and explorer, whose name remains unknown. Dated March 15, 1346, the explorer’s journal describes a sealed ruin and a key later bought cheaply from a travelling merchant. The writer recognises a resemblance between the key’s design and the door, then plans to return through the mountains to try it. The journal explains the intended destination of the key.

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Tattered Journal
March 15th, AD 1346 It was all true – everything I have read in crumbling old chronicles at the university. There are few places in the world so wild at first glance, yet so dense with ancient secrets, if one knows where to look. Were it not for this…

Keys and their uses

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Tattered Letter

Barely legible. The surviving instructions mention Crake, useful supplies and a clearing with a hut. The precise hiding clue is underneath a flat stone marked with an X. The closing fragments refer to an imminent event involving the mines, linking the cache to manumit preparations.

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Tattered Letter
...useful items and... ...instructed by Crake himself... ...at the clearing... hut... underneath a flat stone marked with an 'x'... ...mines is imminent... ...with extreme caution... ...us all. Stronger together, D.

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Tattered Note

Written in big, blocky letters. Nada addresses Davor, whose brother Matiya has been missing in avalanche-prone mountains for weeks. These three names establish the family relationship behind the warning.

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Tattered Note
Davor, What a horrible idea. Don't go. Matiya's been gone for weeks – he's gone. Either fallen to his death or been crushed by an avalanche. You know very well how common they are in those parts. I know you love your brother but I beg you to reconsider.…

People of Vale Sangora

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Tavr Magh

Meant for an uriash soldier in Bakir's service. Captain Ion reprimands Tavr Magh for maiming three soldiers after they insulted the uriashi. He docks a month’s pay and threatens to report another incident directly to Bakir. The letter is to be read aloud with guards present, illustrating the coercion behind Tavr military service.

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Punishment: Tavr Magh
Note: this message is addressed to Tavr Magh, the uriash. Read it aloud to him at your earliest convenience. I suggest you do it accompanied by a few men, should there be need to restrain him. Soldier, your behaviour is unacceptable. The three of our men you…

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Teeth, or the Essence of Being

Clearly written by a disturbed mind. The author places the soul in teeth, citing their durability, serpents’ fangs, ivory, sanzhani and tooth-born warriors. The argument brings several separate stories together; Cadmus and the Dragon is the clearest companion for its claim that teeth can generate new beings.

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Teeth, or The Essence of Being
Many learned men ponder where the soul of Man resides. Some think it's situated in one’s heart, while others argue it lives in one’s brain. Both are wrong, however. I believe firmly that the soul of man is in his teeth. For are not teeth the last to…

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Thank-You Note

Signed by the lumberjack freed from Ambrus's dungeons. Aldin and Gert thank their rescuer and leave supplies before abandoning the camp. They suspect Branko has revealed its location to Ambrus’s men. The Interrogation Protocols explain the connection: Aldin and Gert endured repeated torture, while Branko was recorded as cooperating immediately.

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Thank You
Thank you again for setting us free – those bastards would’ve tortured us until we all went crazy. We couldn’t afford to wait for you there – Branko likely ratted out the location of this camp to Ambrus’s henchmen and we really don’t feel like running into…

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The Avignon Papacy

Informative though somewhat biased. The essay begins with Clement V’s move to Avignon in 1309 and criticises the French monarchy’s resulting influence over the papacy. The Trial of Knights Templar describes another dispute linking the French crown, Church politics and wealth.

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The Avignon Papacy
There are some things in this world that may seem obvious, constant, unchangeable – until someone decides to challenge them. Such a thing happened in the year 1309, when Pope Clement V, a Frenchman by birth, decided to reside in Avignon instead of Rome…

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The Battle of Crécy

Eyewitness account. The account dates Crécy to 26 August 1346 and emphasises English preparation, high ground, archery and the disorder of the French attack. Its closing line leaves the war unresolved. A Flemish Rebel’s Memoir provides a civilian rebel’s view of another French military campaign.

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The Battle of Crécy
As recounted by Jean Froissart, the grim and cruel Battle of Crécy took place on a Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of August in the Year of Our Lord 1346. It occurred in the ninth year of the bloody war for the French throne waged by King Philip of France and…

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The Charter of Rights

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The charter combines access to healing and limits on taxation with compulsory blood masses, an exclusive official faith and a ban on silver. It promises one fifth of surrendered silver’s value to owners and one third of confiscated value to informants. Habeas Sanguinem gives the separate blood-tithe rules.

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The Charter of Rights
Though we remain the unique sovereign of Vale Sangora, with respect for the rights of our subjects, we hereby establish the following laws: 1. No one shall be refused the right to be healed by the knyaz's blood without a valid reason. 2. All adults are…

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The Curse of Ham

Biblical commentary. Athanasius of Parlita uses the story of Noah, Ham and Canaan to justify hereditary peasant subordination. On Ruling a Realm develops the broader three-estates hierarchy, making the two texts companions on how religious arguments support social rank.

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The Curse of Ham
– from 'Explanations of the Bible' by Athanasius of Parlita We should always remember that all peasants in the world come from just one person – an unfortunate one, at that. As the Bible teaches us, the patriarch Noah had three sons: Shem, Japheth and Ham.…

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The Cursed Mine

Makes you shiver. A miner’s son survives by refusing to enter an old shaft with his friends. He hears hungry, mocking voices and none of the others return. The account centres on a warning whose original cause has been forgotten; Eat Thy Neighbours supplies another story of hungry beings hiding in caves.

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The Cursed Mine
Every mine has its ghost, or so my father used to say. Ours turned out to be no different. The old shaft at the mine’s bottom – we never went there. We knew better, though we couldn’t give a proper reason anymore. It was just a thing one mustn’t do. This…

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The Descent

Brief but unsettling. A father seeking forbidden knowledge sends his son into an ancient ruin, where a wound in the world is said to drain life. The boy returns changed and begins entering homes at night to attack their occupants. She Who Rambles similarly follows a missing child whose return brings contact with another realm.

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The Descent
Deep beneath the hills, beyond a crumbling arch, lies an ancient ruin, older than our cities, older than our books. Those who dare enter must descend a thousand stone steps as their torchlight trembles and chokes, until all that's left is a pathetic ember.…

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The Districts of Svartrau

A helpful guide. The visitor distinguishes wealthy Silberstein, the impoverished Middens, the Jewish enclave of Neustadt and the busy shops and taverns of Altenmarkt. These social and commercial roles explain the city’s contrasts. Svartrau, the Heart of Vale Sangora covers how silver wealth supported its growth.

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The Districts of Svartrau
My time in Svartrau allowed me to walk the whole city, see both its busy streets and some parts that I would not dare enter if not for one of the locals who accompanied me. Silberstein is where the rich and powerful lay their heads to sleep. The streets are…

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The Divine Comedy – A Reader’s Notes

More of a rant than a book. The reader attacks Dante’s self-insertion and imagined conversations with philosophers, yet admits the punishments in Hell made an impression. The Covenant’s chapter on Wrath offers a local example of eternal punishment used to frighten readers into obedience.

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The Divine Comedy – A Reader’s Notes
Some say God himself inspired the so-called 'Divine Comedy'. I'd say it was inspired by the beans and cabbage the author ate before sitting down to write. First of all, what narcissist makes themselves the main character of their own story? And then…

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The Empire of Mansa Musa

Incredible but true. The account moves from Sundiata Keita’s rise to Mali’s wealth from salt and gold, then the stories surrounding Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca. Its focus on trade-funded power offers a useful comparison with Svartrau’s silver-funded prosperity.

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The Empire of Mansa Musa
We may know a lot about the powerful rulers of Europe, but the world is much vaster, filled with wonders that strain credulity. Let's take the Mali Empire in faraway Africa. Its rise to power began, as is often the case, with an act of defiance. People say…

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The Faithful Hound

Frayed and tattered. An old dog abandoned during a food shortage returns as a monstrous avenger on the night its grieving owner dies. It destroys Caosti before lying on the owner’s grave. The Lady and the Mare offers another bond between a human and an animal that continues beyond death.

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The Faithful Hound
There was a man in the village of Caosti who lived with his hound. Though the dog grew old and useless, the man refused to put it down, instead taking care of the creature against all reason. When the food got scarce, his family ordered him to no longer feed…

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The First Blood Mass

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The account attributes the public defence of the Covenant of Blood to Leonard, who becomes an adviser after supporting Brencis. Pair it with A History Lesson for two examples of the court using religious language to justify vrakhiri rule.

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The First Blood Mass
On the first day of his rule, Knyaz Brencis gathered all his subjects at Svartrau Cathedral and said to them: 'Henceforth you shall join my Covenant of Blood. I shall drink your blood and you shall drink mine.' And many people feared those words as, in their…

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The Forever Stone

Some madman's scribbles. The writer adds an unseen force called the Stone, or Vrachos, beyond the four familiar elements. Its shards enter flesh and corrupt from within. Teeth, or The Essence of Being connects bodily fragments with enduring identity, making it a useful next step through this group of metaphysical texts.

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The Forever Stone
Some have said everything comes from Water, which courses in our veins and feeds all that grows. Some have said everything comes from Fire, which warms, hardens, and transforms. Some have said everything comes from Air, which fills our lungs and sails. Some…

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The Fruit of Famine

Disturbing little pamphlet. The horror tale makes starvation itself the lure: well-fed observers smell decay, while hungry people see inviting fruit. Eating it ends with vines consuming the victim. The Great Famine provides the historical suffering against which this food-and-hunger legend can be read.

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The Fruit of Famine
When famine grips the land, strange plants begin to sprout up under the cover of night. They twist out of the ground in tangled knots of fleshy vines, bearing fruit swollen with a dark liquid. To the well-fed, the plants reek like rotting meat left out in…

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The Golden Horde

An echo of recent history. The history follows the Horde from Genghis Khan’s division of his empire through Batu’s western campaigns and Berke’s demands on European rulers. The Tatars of Vale Sangora narrows the subject to the community living in the valley.

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The Golden Horde
Ulug Ulus' is a vast Mongolian state better known as the 'Golden Horde'. It's part of a bigger empire, but among all the Mongolian states, it may be the most ambitious and fearsome. It was founded after the great Genghis Khan divided his empire amongst his…

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The Great Famine

A harrowing read. The account begins with the cold, wet summer of 1315 and two more ruined harvest years, then describes desperation and rebellion. The World Is Getting Colder places worsening weather in a wider discussion, while The Fruit of Famine turns hunger into supernatural horror.

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The Great Famine
It all began with the cold and rainy summer of AD 1315, which ruined crops in the fields all the way across Europe. The two following years were no different. People prayed and prayed, but the Lord did not see it fit to answer their prayers. Soon, a great…

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The Grumbling Mountain, Part 1

As foreboding as it is enticing. The first part ends with ten would-be climbers killed by an avalanche after answering the mountain’s growl. Continue directly to Part 2: its opening resolves that unanswered call through a boy who hears the mountain differently.

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The Grumbling Mountain, Part 1
There was something hidden atop Sangora's peaks, a mystery, a treasure, a danger lying in the mists. To traverse the mountain pass was a journey most treacherous – one wrong step, and you'd lie in a snowy grave. Yet despite its dangers and the death that…

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The Grumbling Mountain, Part 2

As foreboding as it is enticing. The boy hears a song where others heard a growl, enters the pass and never returns. The mountain takes his name, Mirceas, and the story makes him a protector of later travellers. Part 1 supplies the failed expedition that precedes this change.

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The Grumbling Mountain, Part 2
Until one day, a young boy got lost in the woods and arrived at the foot of the mountain. It was singing to me, he said, it was calling to me in song. Not a growl, nor a rumble, but a song. And so we knew he was the one, he was the one the mountain was…

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The Guilds's Charter of 1336

Issued by Knyaz Skender Dragosti. Skender’s charter requires guild membership for producing, selling or exporting goods in Svartrau. It sets six years of apprenticeship and three years as a journeyman before eligibility for mastery, with an approved work required of artisans. The Charter of Rights gives the later regime’s rules for merchants.

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The Guilds's Charter of 1336
It is hereby declared that – in accordance with a common practice established in all major European cities – all traders and artisans who wish to either produce their goods in Svartrau, sell their goods in the city, or export goods produced in the city to…

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The Hungarians’ Campaign

Leafed through by someone with greasy fingers. The account follows Gelou, Glad, Salan and Menumorut, rulers presented as descendants of Arimaspian heroes, through their defeats or accommodation with Hungarian power. Persica provides the earlier traditions about the Arimaspians to which the narrative appeals.

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The Hungarians's Campaign
The times of legendary heroes roaming these lands may not have ended with the decline of the ancient Arimaspians. Not too long ago, 400 or so years back, a number of men claimed to be descendants of those great warriors. Their names were Gelou, Glad, Salan,…

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The Kind Witch

Few dare keep this on their shelf. Lora enters a swamp to gather healing herbs, returns wounded after escaping a beast and later rises from her grave to attack the village. The narrator turns her failed kindness into a warning against witches. The Restless offers another tale of a community facing a creature at its graveyard.

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The Kind Witch
In the village of Drasten lived Lora, the alderman's daughter. Folk claimed she was a witch, for milk soured at her passing and cats fled from her shadow. But her father, blinded by love, forbade any harm to her. One spring, to prove her kindness and…

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The Lady and the Mare

A made-up story – most likely. A mare carries her rider away from a violent husband despite a fatal crossbow wound. After the woman’s death they reunite as spirits and help other abused women escape. The Faithful Hound provides a darker version of animal loyalty continuing beyond death.

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The Lady and the Mare
On moonlit nights, when the clouds part like a curtain, you might catch a glimpse of a white mare and her lady rider galloping through the woods. Untouched by the passing of time, eternal. A long, long time ago, the mare was the beloved steed of a cruel…

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The Legend of Orudu

Smells of dust and candlewax. Orudu earns the immortality he requested from Sheemma through deeds, learning and magic, but wisdom makes him reject it. A holy Font appears where he dies. Edug and Elil offers a contrasting story in which passage through the goddess’s realm ends in a different kind of immortality.

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The Legend of Orudu
There once lived a man named Orudu and he wanted to live forever. He prayed to Sheemma for guidance and the She-Spider revealed herself to him. Sheemma requested of Orudu to demonstrate his worthiness and promised to fulfil his wish if he did. And so Orudu…

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The Legend of the Sanzhani and Áine

Fits in a back pocket. The Sanzhani steal Aine’s beautiful smile after being welcomed into Tir na nOg, then flee Manannan’s revenge. Their interest in teeth connects this legend to Teeth, or The Essence of Being; A Physician’s Journal gives a child’s account of meeting woodland fairies.

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The Legend of the Sanzhani and Áine
Far to the north, amidst thick mist and icy waters, lies a magic realm named Tír na nÓg. It is the birthplace of all beauty in the world. Brave Tuata warriors live and feast there, along with leprechauns and fairies and all sorts of magical creatures. But…

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The Manumit Problem

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Captain Barnim dismisses Crake as an invented folk hero and recommends public executions to end the rebellion. Warning to All Soldiers gives the opposite operational assessment: the rebels are capable ambushers, and prisoners are needed to identify their leader.

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The Manumit Problem
As for the rebels, those manumits – I don’t think they’re a real problem. Just a bunch of rabble-rousers and petty criminals with too much time on their hands. My solution: catch a few and execute them in full public view. Then some of the more hot-headed…

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The Many Letters: Excerpt from a Memoir

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The visitor describes Brencis’s collection of correspondence attributed to Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas and Dante, then uses those friendships as a measure of his worth. Skender’s Sins makes the related loyalist argument that Brencis’s long life grants him exceptional wisdom.

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The Many Letters
When Knyaz Brencis invited me to Greifberg castle, I expected to see the usual thing: the lavish riches I had beheld when visiting other rulers. I was surprised to discover that the Knyaz of Vale Sangora relished books and other writings above anything else.…

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The Many Mischiefs of Reynard the Fox

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The hooded recruiter’s name, A-Man-You-Meet, turns the fable into an anti-manumit lesson. Reynard persuades the animals that rebellion would serve a deceiver’s ambition rather than their needs. The Manumit Manifesto supplies the rebels’ own argument for overthrowing their ruler.

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The Many Mischiefs of Reynard the Fox
One evening, in the woods, Reynard the Fox stumbled upon Grimbard the Badger, Baldwin the Ass, and Kyward the Hare. They were all carrying pitchforks, scythes, and torches. 'Are you off to fight someone?', Reynard asked. 'We were just about to tell you!',…

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The Maragir Prayer Book, Appendix 1

A few tips on how to save your soul. The appendix bans charms, divination, consulting suspected witches and interpreting dreams while allowing relics, saints and divinely sent visions. Those distinctions show how the writer separates approved worship from forbidden magic. Around Animals records the everyday beliefs such rules challenge.

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The Maragir Prayer Book, appendix 1
Since the Devil never rests and loves confusing us, here is a list of practices that a Christian must renounce: - Using charms or amulets – which are not the same as holy relics, mind you! - Practising fortune telling, like searching for omens in the clouds…

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The Miracle Fields

By an anonymous writer. Segiu’s villagers trade the blacksmith’s unwilling daughter to a stranger for abundant crops, then die after eating the harvest. The promised rescue from hunger becomes the punishment. The Fruit of Famine uses the same temptation of plentiful food in a different supernatural tale.

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The Miracle Fields
Once upon a time, a sudden hailstorm destroyed the crops in the hamlet of Segiu. Then, a plague swept through their fowl, leaving the villagers gaunt and fearful of the coming winter. One dusk, a stranger visited them. His forearms were scarred with twisting…

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The Missing Informant

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. Ulbert reports finding the mutilated huntsman who revealed a manumit stash and asks Renz to join a retaliatory hunt. The missing ears connect the killing to the threats made in A Fair Warning and A Brother’s Warning.

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The Missing Informant
Renz, We finally found the huntsman who tipped us off the whereabouts of the manumit stash. Or to be precise: the dogs found what was left of him. Those fucking monsters took their time playing with him before they finally cut his throat. Of course, they…

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The Moth Omen

Went through a few owners, by the looks of it. This warning presents crimson moths as heralds of an older force, claiming their spawn turn a person into a vessel. Dream Stealers instead focuses on moths taking dreams, while Hollow Hearts links their arrival with the loss of human hearts and emotions.

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The Moth Omen
Beware the crimson moths. They are not of this world. They are not life. They come from something deeper, hungrier, older than me or you. Than the towns we live in. They drift in on silent wings, soft as dust, red as fresh wounds. Do not be fooled – they…

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The Peasant Uprising in Vale Sangora

Official account of the Shrike's Crag revolt. The author praises Skender’s repression and the massacre of cornered rebels at Shrike’s Crag. Skender’s Sins condemns the same ruler and massacre to legitimise Brencis. Reading the two together exposes how opposing governments use the uprising in their political arguments.

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The Peasant Uprising in Vale Sangora
Peasants, being as they are limited in their thinking and incapable of reflection, oftentimes forget their God-ordained place and dare to question the order imposed by their Father above, praised be His name. On such occasions, they need to be reminded, in…

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The Restless

Better not read after dark. Opened graves in Zerau are eventually traced to a huge black hound eating the dead. Neither a watchman nor an exorcism stops it, and the assembled villagers flee when it appears. The Faithful Hound offers another supernatural-dog tale with a different motive: revenge for an abandoned owner.

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The Restless
In the hamlet of Zerau, graves began to open at night. People spoke of demons come to devour the dead, for no man would dare such defilement. The elderman called for a watchman to guard the graveyard, but by dawn the man was gone, never to be seen again. A…

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The Resurrection

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The tract compares Brencis’s return from death with Christ’s resurrection and uses that parallel to justify drinking his blood. A Vicar’s Inquiry challenges the doctrine from within scripture, asking how blood consumption can fit the Bible’s prohibition.

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The Resurrection
Many of you will surely hear troublemakers and seditionists calling our knyaz slanderous names, such as 'a monster' or 'a walking corpse'. But their vicious words prove naught but one thing: that they have never read a single verse of the Bible. Yes, Knyaz…

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The Rise and Fall of Manesh

A story as old as time. Naneka reassembles Asser’s body and uses a tooth stolen from Manesh in a temporary resurrection. Their son later kills the vrakhir and restores peace to Urduk. Teeth, or The Essence of Being provides the wider argument connecting teeth with a being’s enduring power.

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The Rise and Fall of Manesh
A year after the first ziggurat was built in Urduk, the Vicious God sent a blight on men once again. His mighty offspring, a vrakhir named Manesh, descended upon the world in a storm of blood-red lightning bolts. And only Asser, the Priest-King of Urduk, had…

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The Saviour

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The text casts plague as the first Horseman of the Apocalypse and Brencis as protection against Famine, War and Death. It presents dependence on him as the route to survival. Like Cures Like reverses the healer image by accusing him of engineering the crisis.

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The Saviour
We all have been blessed and fortunate to have survived the plague. And yet, there are reasons to believe it was but the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. But fear not, brothers and sisters, for we are being watched over by the only hero who…

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The Scarlet Sorrow

Might give you goosebumps. A mourner first sees her dead lover after blood falls onto his grave, then returns nightly until the offerings consume her own life. You Left is a shorter poem of abandonment and grief, offering an emotional counterpart to this supernatural reunion story.

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The Scarlet Sorrow
There was once a young woman who lost the man she loved. They buried him beneath a quiet hill, under a crooked tree, where the wind always seemed to be sighing. Every day she came to his grave. She would kneel by the stone, speak to him softly, and clear the…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora I

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part I of XVI — The writer’s purpose. The opening prayer frames the work as a personal account of darkness in Vale Sangora. Continue to II for the journey into the valley.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora I
May the One and True God, in his infinite mercy, steady my hand and guide my quill, for what I am about to commit here to paper is hard to comprehend and even harder to describe. May He guard my soul as I write of the Devil’s doings. May He prevail in His…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora II

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part II of XVI — A secluded valley. The traveller introduces Vale Sangora’s remoteness and its narrow mountain approaches. III describes what happened while crossing those mountains.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora II
Despite years of learning, when I first heard of Vale Sangora, I could not even place it on the map. And no wonder, for it is remote and hard to reach. Encompassed on all sides by the mighty Carpathian Mountains, it is accessible solely through narrow…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora III

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part III of XVI — Crossing the Carpathians. The narrator’s confidence as a native of Turin gives way to wolves and avalanches. IV moves from the dangers of the journey to an unexpected ancient structure.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora III
As a native of Turin, I was no stranger to mountains and their many dangers, and so, in my arrogance, I thought myself well-prepared for crossing the Carpathians. God saw fit to punish me for my hubris. Throughout our passage, we were followed by packs of…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora IV

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part IV of XVI — An ancient worked stone. A large carved block with traces of paint suggests a monumental structure predating the scattered shelters along the road. V follows the traveller into Svartrau.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora IV
For most of our journey, we saw few traces of civilisation: shepherds' lean-tos, roadside shrines. One day, though, as we were nearing Vale Sangora, I noticed a huge block of stone amidst the dwarf pines, expertly hewn and marked with flaking paint. It must…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora IX

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part IX of XVI — The account of Mihai. This passage introduces Mihai as a pagan-born knight who died fighting a monster. Compare Sancti Mihai Historia Vera for the hidden account of his enemies, sword and burial.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora IX
Though through most of its history Vale Sangora was sparsely populated, it boasted two saints: St. Mihai and St. Tyna. The former lived many centuries ago and was born a pagan. According to the early chroniclers, he was a fearless knight who died fighting a…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora V

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part V of XVI — First sight of Svartrau. The cathedral and Greifberg Castle prompt the traveller to question how such a remote place became prosperous. The Silver Rush history gives the economic background to that question.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora V
Having arrived in Svartrau, the capital of Vale Sangora, I gazed at its imposing cathedral and the mighty Greifberg castle, looming on the crags up above. They seemed out of place here, at the edge of the world, miles away from the nearest town. Why would…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VI

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part VI of XVI — A city of many languages. Traders, shepherds, miners and mercenaries make Svartrau multilingual. The traveller’s admiration turns to anxiety about greed; VII introduces the ruler who summoned him.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VI
Another thing which surprised me during my first days in Svartrau was the variety of languages I heard on its cobbled streets. Romanian, German, Hungarian, Hebrew – and seemingly innumerable Slavonic dialects I could hardly tell apart. Jewish traders struck…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VII

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part VII of XVI — Skender behind the courtly image. The narrator contrasts Skender’s appearance with his cruelty and spending on Greifberg’s dungeons. Compare XII for the flattering version the writer was commissioned to produce.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VII
The man who had summoned me, Knyaz Skender Dragosti, cut a striking figure. Tall, handsome, and always richly dressed, he seemed the epitome of nobility. But, as is often the case, appearances were deceiving. I quickly discovered that Knyaz Skender was a…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VIII

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part VIII of XVI — Research in the cathedral. The traveller works in Svartrau Cathedral’s archives and describes its intimidating atmosphere. IX and X then turn to the saints associated with the valley.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora VIII
I spent most of my time in the archives of Svartrau Cathedral. Right from the start, I took a dislike to this building – though undoubtedly grand, it seemed dark and foreboding. Rather than representing God’s boundless love, it seemed to embody the wrath He…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora X

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part X of XVI — The account of Tyna. The narrator describes the healing traditions surrounding Tyna and visits to her sarcophagus. The convent’s later crisis is recorded separately in the Prioress’s Journal.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora X
The second of the Valley’s saints, St. Tyna, was a simple shepherdess turned miracle worker. According to the legends, there was no illness she could not cure, no festering wound she could not cleanse. Even today, people flock to the convent she established…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XI

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XI of XVI — Fear after sunset. Warnings from shepherds and miners lead into the nightly shutting of windows and doors. XII explains how this atmosphere drew the writer away from his official assignment.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XI
At first, the people of Vale Sangora struck me as deeply superstitious. Shepherds would warn me to stay away from certain slopes and ravines, miners spoke of terrors dwelling in abandoned shafts, and everyone had a deep, almost primeval, fear of the dark. As…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XII

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XII of XVI — The commissioned history and the private one. The writer admits praising Skender and omitting his wrongdoing in the commissioned work. His private interest lies in the valley’s history; compare VII for his own assessment of Skender.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XII
I wrote of Knyaz Skender’s deeds, as instructed, extolling his supposed virtues and omitting his many sins. But what truly interested me was the history of the valley itself. It was unlike any place I had ever been to. It seemed to thrum with a dark energy,…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XIII

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XIII of XVI — Questions the locals will not answer. The narrator describes unsuccessful attempts to make suspicious residents speak. XIV introduces Zdislav as a willing storyteller.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XIII
The locals were suspicious of me. At the sound of my questions, they would wince, as if I had just touched a sore spot. Desperate to learn their secrets, I tried everything to get them to speak, but to no avail.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XIV

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XIV of XVI — Listening to Zdislav. Zdislav recounts warriors, forest folk, ruins and creatures of the mountains and bogs. XV follows with the traveller asking whether he believes those stories.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XIV
I visited Zdislav of Laslea many times. Wrapped in greasy sheepskins, lit by glowing embers and veiled in wisps of smoke, he shared his stories. He spoke of fearsome warriors from ages past, clad in gold and colourful plumes, fighting pale wraiths amid the…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XV

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XV of XVI — Questioning the stories. The traveller asks Zdislav about fairies, ancient heroes and likhos. The passage preserves the question; XVI turns to news brought into the valley from outside.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XV
Once, I asked Zdislav if he believed his stories. Were Vale Sangora’s dark woods truly the home of mischievous fairies? Did proud heroes and mysterious warlocks once tread its winding paths? Should we all fear the bloodthirsty likhos that emerged from the…

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XVI

A tattered page torn from Brother Albertus's magnum opus. Part XVI of XVI — News of the plague. A trader arriving from Constanța describes a spreading plague and overcrowded graves. This is the final numbered part in this collection, linking the secluded valley to the wider crisis.

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The Secret History of Vale Sangora XVI
Secluded as Vale Sangora is, it is not cut off from the world completely. A trader from Constanța arrived yesterday – his clothing in tatters, his voice shaking with fear. He spoke of a plague, spreading like wildfire through his city. Of people dying in the…

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The Song of Roland

Copied by a gifted scribe. The retelling follows Ganelon’s betrayal, the ambush at Roncevaux and Roland’s fatal delay in sounding his horn. Arman’s Letter to Skender connects this heroic tradition to a sword offered as Roland’s Durandal.

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The Song of Roland
The brave knight Roland was the great champion of the Franks and a loyal vassal of Emperor Charlemagne. Together, they fought the Saracens in Spain. After seven tiring years, the war was coming to an end, and both sides were ready for peace talks. Roland's…

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The Tatars of Vale Sangora

Brief but informative. The history traces local Tatar families to soldiers who remained after Batu Khan’s 1241 campaign and received grazing rights from the Dragostis in exchange for allegiance. It identifies Tantari as their main settlement. The Golden Horde supplies the broader account of the campaigns.

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The Tatars of Vale Sangora
The history of Tatars in the valley is not very long – most can trace their bloodline to the Mongol army led by Batu-Khan that crossed the river Danube in AD 1241 and sacked the region. While most of the invading army marched onward to attack the Kingdoms of…

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The Teutonic Knights

Smells like cured leather. The account describes the knights’ invitation to the Carpathians in 1211 to fight the Cumans, their growing settlements and eventual expulsion by Andrew II. The Trial of Knights Templar follows the downfall of a different military religious order.

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The Teutonic Knights
Not many people know this, but there was a time when one could easily meet a Teutonic Knight in the Carpathians. The former crusaders were invited here in the year 1211, for the usual reasons – they were meant to defend the Kingdom of Hungary against the…

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The Thirsty Giant

Author unknown. The Arimaspian story makes the giant’s stone body the cause of endless thirst, first for water and then for human blood. Killing him scatters fragments that continue entering flesh. The Forever Stone develops the same image of an indestructible power divided into corrupting shards.

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The Thirsty Giant
Once there was a giant, and his flesh was made of stone; hard and jagged. And since he was made of stone, the giant was forever dry, forever thirsty. And so, the giant drank. He drank streams, and rivers, and lakes. Soon everything was dry, and withering,…

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The Timeless Beauty

Makes you think. Ilinca buys a potion to outshine her sister Floarea, but perfect skin becomes marble and leaves her a statue. The Miracle Fields offers a parallel bargain in which a promised improvement is fulfilled through a destructive twist.

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The Timeless Beauty
She went by the name of Ilinca and all her life she lived in the shadow of her beautiful younger sister, Floarea. Where Floarea tread, heads turned in awe. Where Ilinca went, she was invisible. And the envy pierced her heart. Desperate to be adored, she…

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The Trial of Knights Templar

Recently copied – the ink has barely dried. The author weighs accusations of worshipping Baphomet and Sheema against the possibility that the Templars’ wealth motivated their destruction. The Avignon Papacy provides the companion criticism of French royal influence over the Church.

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The Trial of Knights Templar
The Knights Templar were once a force to be reckoned with. Tasked with protecting pilgrims in the Holy Land, they became a symbol of bravery and devotion. With every passing year, they grew stronger, wealthier and more prominent. But today, they're gone.…

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The True Story of the Manumit Rebellion

Written and circulated on Knyaz Brencis's orders. The purported former recruit describes coercion and atrocities by a group near Maragir, then urges readers to report rebels to soldiers. Its confessional framing makes it a counterpoint to the rebels’ manifesto and its promise of liberation.

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The True Story of the Manumit Rebellion
I am writing this confession of my own accord, in search of absolution, but also to deliver a stark warning. I was part of a local manumit group, hiding in the woods near Maragir. I joined them, deceived by their blatant lies about our knyaz. By the time I…

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The Ugly Angel

Author unknown. A widow protects a horned child from villagers and raises it peacefully in the forest. Years later an alderman chooses to leave them alone after seeing her restored happiness. The Kind Witch provides a contrasting narrator who interprets compassion for an outcast as a fatal error.

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The Ugly Angel
Long ago, at the edge of a village lived a widow. Her husband had gone to war and never returned, and sorrow had hollowed her out. One spring, she found a child at the forest’s edge – horned, rough-skinned, its face more goat than human. The villagers cried…

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The World Is Getting Colder

Few dare believe it. The writer records cooler summers, faster-moving glaciers, earlier closure of mountain passes and worsening harvests, interpreting them as possible signs of the end times. The Great Famine describes the consequences of sustained cold and rain beginning in 1315.

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The World Is Getting Colder
Something strange is happening to the weather. Summers are not as warm as they used to be. In the mountains, glaciers seem to be moving faster and passes become impenetrable earlier and earlier in the year. Rains ruin crops every other year, and the orchards…

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Thief's Orders

A short note describing a young thief's task. Dragan sends Filip to steal an ermine cloak from a merchant in Altenmarkt for Andrei. The letter identifies the employer, the district and the target garment. Guards’ Report supplies the separate location of Andrei’s butcher-shop hideout.

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Thief's Orders
Filip, Andrei’s not happy. And when he’s not happy… Well, you know what that means. So consider this your last fucking chance. One of the merchants in Altenmarkt boasts that he has a real ermine fur cloak for sale. The boss wants it. And seriously - if you…

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Threatening Letter

The manumits are not to be trifled with. The threat targets Rudolf for supplying soldiers at Stoneward Post. It reveals the resistance's pressure on civilians who trade with the garrison.

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A Threatening Letter
Rudolf, You’ve been warned. We told you to stop doing business with the soldiers in the Stoneward Post. You thought we were joking? That we didn’t have an eye on you? We are many and the vrakhiri will soon learn about it, too. And so will you. We are coming…

Note About Manumit Activity

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Threatening Letter from Ambrus

Written in response to the recent attacks on the knyaz's transports. Ambrus orders the next prisoner transport sent directly to Maragir, with paperwork identifying any nobles among the captives. He wants bodies for a message to an opponent. His Annoyed Letter names Coen and similarly requests collectors of noble birth for this purpose.

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Threatening Letter from Ambrus
My esteemed brother-in-arms, I'm writing to ask you to direct the next transport directly to me, to Maragir. Please make sure to attach a document regarding the prisoners – remember to inform me of anyone of blue blood. There's a message I need to leave for…

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Threatening Letter from Bakir

Full of hyperbole and threats. Bakir orders his soldiers to kill Coen after repeated disruption of his operations. He threatens to drain them all and deal with Coen personally if they fail. The Angry and Reproachful Letters show the earlier stages of his mounting frustration.

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Threatening Letter from Bakir
My despicable, lowly serfs, I am sick of hearing about this Coen of Laslea – and even sicker with all the problems he’s causing. Need I remind you that our work is necessary to keep the valley a happy place? And if and when that work is interrupted,…

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Threatening Note

Brother's warning. Jani's relative challenges her unwanted suitor to enter the Lunar Tournament and bring back a ring from the boyar's vault. The note explains the dare; follow Bakir's guide for the tournament and castle encounters.

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Threatening Note
Stop bothering my sister. She’s not interested in you. She never has been, and she never will be. You talk a big game, but you’re the only one who believes your yapping. Jani knows you’re a good-for-nothing coward, you've proved it time and again. You don’t…

Bakir and the Lunar Tournament

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Thug's Journal

Notes of a bandit preying upon the foolish folk. The bandit calls the lights Fool's Lights because treasure-seekers follow them into his gang's ambush. Compare this account with the invitation in Offer before investigating the lights near Maragir.

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Thug's Journal
Things are weird around here, the best kind of weird. Got them Fool’s Lights by the swamp and they get us loot like no other. Think Ma used to name them something or other, but methinks Fool’s Lights fits better. Fools keep coming to chase them, thinking God…

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To Fight the Miasma

Seems to be missing some pages. The pamphlet explains plague through corrupted air and bodily humours, recommending foul-smelling mixtures and drawing out illness with meat or frogs. Those ideas belong to its historical medical outlook. On the Origin and Spread of the Plague presents a competing astrological explanation.

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To Fight the Miasma
There is a simple yet effective remedy to fight the miasma in the air that is spreading the plague. To restore the balance, take a bucket of onions and lard, and leave it outside in the sun to rot. The stench that will soon begin wafting from it will counter…

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Torn Out Page

A page forcibly torn out from a book. This page supplies the spoken ending missing from the ritual book in The Price of Magic: “Vita et mors. Erige velamen inter eos, profer praesidium. Salva vitam, aufer vitam.” It completes the instructions for the bracelet ritual that Marcus describes in his journal.

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A Torn Out Page
(...) after the ritual is completed, one only needs to finish it by uttering the following phrase: ‘Vita et mors. Erige velamen inter eos, profer praesidium. Salva vitam, aufer vitam.’

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Tower Owner's Journal

Some people just want to be left alone. The supposed werewolf around this tower was its owner wearing a wolf skin and howling to frighten away visitors. His journal explicitly explains the staged sightings and his goal of living alone.

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Tower Owner’s Journal
(...) Finally, some peace and quiet! When I moved into the tower, somehow visitors started popping in every other day. ‘Oh, who are you, sir?’ ‘Are you some kind of a wise man? Maybe you can help me with my boil?’ ‘Please, can we stay the night in your…

Note from the Abandoned Tower

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Transylvania

Clearly copied by a lazy monk. The text explains Transylvania through names meaning land beyond the forest and seven towns or castles. It identifies the Apuseni woodland as the likely forest reference and ends by comparing regional fortresses with Greifberg. Svartrau’s history gives the valley’s own urban context.

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Transylvania
The land we know as Transylvania has been called many names, each an attempt to capture a fraction of its rich and complex essence. 'Terra ultra silvam', or 'the land beyond the forest', is the name we find in some documents. The 'forest' in question is most…

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Trapper's Letter

A reasonable warning. Vaclav leaves the trapping camp at dawn after hearing a non-human creature snarling nearby. Hunter's Journal provides a longer account of a different camp stalker and the hunter's attempted traps.

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Trapper's Letter
Danu, I saw it again. That thing. It came near our camp – I could hear it, snarling, mumbling something. I don’t know what it is. What it wants. But it wasn’t human. You told me that you didn’t believe me. And that’s fine, I don’t care anymore. I left at…

Hunter's Journal

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Traveller's Diary

A man's account of his journey to Vale Sangora. The traveller decides to return to Hispania after finding the valley's beauty inseparable from its dangers. Painter's Diary offers another outsider's view, from an exile unable to return to Lombardy.

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Traveller's Diary
I have been on the road for many years, but never seen a land like this. Oh, how I miss the warmth of my beloved Hispania now… The sun over Vale Sangora seems to shine dimmer, and the woods are full of creatures I thought belonged only in tales. There is…

Painter's Diary

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Treasure Hunter's Journal

Notes from an adventure.

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Treasure Hunter's Journal
Day 9 I think I’m in the right area. The clues seem to check out. I found the rocks by the path and they looked like the formation from the picture. Day 10 Those might’ve not been the right rocks after all. Come to think of it, one was missing. I thought…

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Treasure Hunter's Note

Found in long abandoned ruins. Yelto's next lead is below and west of the ruins: a small canyon that appears to end in a cave. Follow that direction from the note's ruins when investigating his trail; he leaves the note behind before checking the cave.

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A Note from a Treasure Hunter
Brase, I got to the ruins. The hike wasn’t as bad as I thought. And you were right – the place must be a few hundred years old. Must’ve already been in decay when the Boarescus were still in power. Still, you were wrong about the riches we were supposed to…

Explorer's Journal

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Unfinished Letter

A loyal soldier's letter to his not-so-significant other. The soldier refuses to leave his post despite trouble at home. Read it beside the castle’s military orders for the contrast between family obligations and service to Brencis.

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Unfinished Letter
Dearie, I know things are hard, but I won't abandon my post just because you're feeling a little worn out. My duty to the knyaz is far more critical than some leaking roof or wilting crops. You'll manage. We all make sacrifices...

Castle garrison correspondence

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Unfinished Missive

Plague victims didn't leave much behind them. The isolated writer is too weak from plague symptoms to reach nearby St. Tyna's Convent. Read Prioress's Journal for the crisis inside the institution he hopes can save him.

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An Unfinished Letter
I think I might finally be dying. The sickness people talk about, the one ravaging the valley – I think I got it, too. Living in my lonely hut, far away from civilisation, I still somehow got sick. The irony would make me laugh, but it hurts like hell when I…

Prioresss Journal

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Unmailed Letter

A note detailing a brazen heist plan. Bogun gains entry to the cathedral by volunteering for renovation work and plans a night-time escape through the bell tower onto the roofs. For the player's library investigation and night entry, follow the Annals route.

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An Unmailed Letter
Dragan, I can’t believe it, but you were right. I walked straight inside the cathedral and asked to help out with the renovation. They are so busy there, they didn’t give me a second glance – just a list of tasks to do! I will stay here for a couple of days,…

The Annals Of Svartrau Cathedral

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Unsent Letter

Never delivered to the addressee. Jozef writes to Hana from overcrowded St. Tyna’s, telling her to stay away. His failed plan to leave with Skender’s messenger adds a pilgrim’s account to the prioress’s record of sickness and deaths.

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Unsent Letter
Hana, Do not come to St. Tyna's. The place is full already. People everywhere – camping in the courtyard, sleeping in the chapel. All of them sick, dying left and right. Sisters pray day and night but to no avail. Knyaz Skender's messenger is here, he's…

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Unsent Report

A communication between soldiers. Valim leaves most soldiers at camp and sends four with Xanthe’s apprentice and the two uriashi guides. Pair it with Ink-Stained Journal: the apprentice describes the hidden purpose that the escort does not understand.

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Soldier’s Unsent Report
Captain, As ordered, we escorted Lady Xanthe’s apprentice to the area where one of the uriashi stones is supposed to be. In fact, we met two goatmen nearby – they showed proper deference to our uniforms, so the witch asked them to be her guides. They agreed.…

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Urgent Letter

Written by one of Ambrus's senior officers. Sergeant Chenko orders soldiers to direct vagrants and idle workers to the swamps to gather leeches before the marshes freeze. Instructions from Ambrus explain the urgency: live leeches supply the spittle used to preserve the court’s stored blood.

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Workers Needed
Soldiers, Should you come across any layabouts or vagrants, direct them to the swamps. Boyar Ambrus wishes to collect as many leeches as possible before the mires freeze over. We need as many hands as we can get. Sergeant Chenko

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Urgent Orders

Urgent soldier orders in Ambrus's absence. Girron is ordered to keep men in the ritual chamber after Ambrus’s death and attack Coen on sight. Pair this with Brencis’s Orders for the chamber’s wider defences, including barricades and the gargoyle.

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Urgent Orders
Girron, With Ambrus gone, we have reason to suspect Coen will try to make his way into Greifberg at some point. You are not to leave the ritual site unprotected – I want to see your men in the chamber at all times. If he arrives, kill him on sight. No…

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Utnapishtim and the Flood

A story from time immemorial. A warning vision leads Utnapishtim to build a boat that shelters his community from a flood which destroys approaching vrakhiri. The survivors found Hatum, whose largest temple honours Sheema. Edug and Elil is another myth in which her intervention changes the fate of humans facing death.

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Utnapishtim and the Flood
In the old days there was no sun and the world was dark. Armies led by the vrakhiri fought violent wars against men, burned their villages and cities, and killed them as they wished. In one of these villages there lived a man named Utnapishtim. One night, he…

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Vault Registry

Lists all the treasures amassed by Bakir. Bakir’s registry separates ordinary valuables from a crate of dangerous special trinkets. The note helps explain the treasury’s contents as a story location; for selecting an actual reward, follow The Lunar Game’s treasury choices.

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Vault Registry
Assorted holdings: 30 barrels o’ blood – drawn at the Masses 11 shields – wood 'n iron, one dented 23 goblets – mismatched, some encrusted with garnets 44 platters – also mismatched, all golden 1 gong and a pair o' golden scales 5 decorative mirrors – some…

Bakir

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Vera's Old Letters

An old letter from Vera's chest. Iulian’s letter describes his contact with Vera through Erdene while Anna watches over him after a fall. The trellis hook is a personal promise in their correspondence, helping explain the relationship behind Vera’s later preparations.

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Vera's Old Letters
Vera, Erdene said you made no secret of your displeasure at seeing her again at your door. You must be feeling it once again, reading yet another letter delivered by her hands. I apologise. But I simply can't risk a visit. Not yet. Anna has taken to watching…

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Very Old Letter

Signed by a long-dead bishop of Vale Sangora. Bishop Athanasius tells his cousin how he secured a grange from Knyaz Tiberiu and describes plans to add an almshouse to Svartrau Cathedral. Old Missive gives the later transfer of power from the Boarescu family to Ovidiu Dragosti.

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A Very Old Letter
My dearest cousin, I hope that your new grange serves you well. The knyaz wanted to give it to one of his lackeys, but I was able to persuade him that it’s God’s will that you have it. Valerian was not lying when he said that Tiberiu has no real backbone –…

Old Missive

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Vicho's Journal

The notes seem erratic and desperate. This farewell belongs to Vicho’s death outcome: he addresses Coen after deciding to walk into sunlight. His story also has a survival route, covered with the later conversation and blood delivery in the Vicho guide.

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A Farewell Note
Coen, This last entry in my journal I address to you. As you read this, I am no longer among the living. Last night, I realised that I had been a fool – there is no stopping the hunger in me from growing. There is no sure method to keep myself in control.…

Vicho

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Volk's Letter

Surprisingly legible, given the author's blind. Volk says he rejected an offer to trap Coen, leaves on another journey and asks Coen to look after his sword. The letter is his farewell within Buried Past; the Volk guide follows the earlier meetings and family history.

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Volk's Letter
My dearest Coen, Hope this finds you well. Excuse the messy penmanship and brevity – hard to write with no eyes. Brencis's men came to see me. Offered a fuck ton of denarii if I'd set up a trap for you here. Gave it a hard think and decided against it in the…

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Wake Up Before It’s Too Late

Illegal samizdat. The leaflet questions whether the promised blood levy can remain small if the court gains new vrakhiri or its rulers lose control of their hunger. Habeas Sanguinem records the formal limit being challenged: one pint per adult each month.

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Wake Up Before It’s Too Late
Do you believe the leeches when they claim they only need a few drops of blood from each of us? For now, this may be true. But what if a new vrakhir shows up? One invited by their Court or created by Brencis himself? We know they can do that – turn a regular…

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Wanted Poster

What a dashing young man.

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Coen Wanted Letter
Coen's actions affected local law enforcers. Now they are issuing an edict against him.

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Wanted: Coen of Laslea

Boyar Ambrus's orders concerning a dangerous thug. Ambrus orders Coen's arrest after another transport to Greifberg is delayed. The message also says his men have dealt with a manumit cell, connecting the wanted notice to disruptions in the blood supply network.

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Wanted: Coen of Laslea
To all units, Should you come across an individual known as Coen of Laslea, son of Pieter, apprehend him and notify me instantly. I’ve had about enough of his meddling. Another transport to Greifberg got delayed and I will not have the knyaz doubt my…

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Warehouse Stock

A list of goods once stored in the Grozavu Warehouse. This is Grozavu Warehouse’s dated inventory, including farm supplies, hides, rope, oil and food. Read it with Field Report to connect the warehouse supplies with the confiscations in Svartrau.

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Warehouse Stock
Grozavu Warehouse – stored goods (as of the 12th day of November, A.D. 1346) 1. Wheat – 26 sacks 2. Flour – 33 sacks 3. Cheese – 29 wheels 4. Honey – 5 clay jars 5. Fruit and vegetables (carrots, cabbages, onions, turnips, apples, etc.) – 15 crates 6. Wool –…

Confiscated supplies in Svartrau

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Warning

A cautionary note about Florica's alarming behaviour. Vasile reports that Florica Moraru’s mother refuses both access to her daughter and an offered vial of vrakhir blood. He also describes animal-like noises coming from their wagon and warns his correspondent about the family.

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Warning: Florica
Brother, Watch out for Florica Moraru. Her mother was acting very strange. Didn’t allow me to see her, saying the girl was sick. But when I offered to sell them a vial of vrakhir’s blood, the mother quickly refused. Also, I heard this strange noise coming…

Recruiters offering vrakhiri blood

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Warning from Xanthe

Ominous and creepy. Xanthe orders Coen killed because she believes his victories are making him more dangerous. Read it beside the Blood Guard punishment letters: one addresses the threat outside her ranks, while the others enforce loyalty within them.

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Warning from Xanthe
More and more often death comes our way, trailing Coen of Laslea. And with each life he presents to the Reaper, he grows stronger, more formidable. We cannot allow this. Honour my blood and my wishes: find him and cut out his cursed heart. Boyaress Xanthe

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Warning to All Patrols Near Parlita

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. The warning names the ravine on the road from Parlita toward Svartrau’s Northern Gate. Voices and spoiled rations are the travellers’ reported disturbances. Use the ravine and Northern Gate road to place the warning on the map.

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Warning to All Patrols Near Parlita
Soldiers, If you’re on patrol duty near Parlita and travel on the road from the village towards the Northern Gate of Svartrau, you might be passing through a ravine. Be warned: something weird is happening around that area. People say they’d heard voices…

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Warning to All Soldiers

Communication between Brencis's soldiers. The order warns that manumits can ambush larger forces and insists on live capture to uncover other cells and Crake’s identity. The Manumit Problem dismisses both the threat and Crake himself, so the two notices reveal conflicting assessments within the army.

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A Warning to All Soldiers
To all soldiers, More manumits have been spotted in the area, so stay vigilant. Do not underestimate the situation – they might be fewer than us, but they are smart and know how to draw our forces into an ambush. If you encounter the rebels, it is of utmost…

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Warning: Bandits

A friendly advice. Ilya places the suspected bandits west of the camp and tentatively connects them with Constantin Vulpea. The useful direction is west; the skill-book guide covers Constantin’s encounter and teaching route.

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Beware the Bandits
Bandits have been spotted in the area, west of your camp. Probably robber baron Constantin Vulpea's men – consider them very dangerous. Haven't attacked anyone yet, so they may be looking for someone or something specific. But even so, stay vigilant. If you…

Constantin’s teaching route

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Warning: Racovitza

A letter about Gheorghe Racovitza's powerful ally. Jochen reports seeing Gheorghe Racovitza speak peacefully with men in a vrakhiri faction’s colours and takes the meeting as a sign of protection. Read it with Constantin’s Orders for the rival gang’s response to Racovitza’s men.

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Warning: On Racovitza
Sir, As requested, we kept a close eye on Gheorghe Racovitza. It seems he is indeed under vrakhiri protection – we saw him discuss something with men wearing the old hag's colours and they parted in peace. Unfortunately, we weren't able to approach close…

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Weathered Note

The last thoughts of a desperate man. The couple has fled forced blood collection and is sheltering in an abandoned forest shack. The writer hears distant hounds and fears the search will catch up with them.

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A Weathered Note
They won’t take our blood. Not anymore. We ran and hid in the forest, found an abandoned shack. Risked a small fire to dry ourselves, and cook something to eat. Cetina’s asleep now, the fire brightening her tired face. Despite all we've been through, she’s…

Soaked Letter

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Where We Belong

Xanthe's bizarre ramblings. The writer is no longer certain whether the sought destination is a place or a state of existence. The repeated attempts and personal desperation give context to Path to Her Salvation’s experiment.

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Where We Belong
To think it might be folly, which I am guilty of. I've been trying for centuries, with one idea after another, one decade after the next. All in vain. All leading nowhere. I used to think it was a place: somewhere beyond the Earth, surrounding us like a…

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Wisdom of the Mire

The ink is smeared, the pages tattered. A displaced farmer trades blood for a swamp-dweller’s knowledge, replaces the lord who evicted him and then pays the continuing price with other people’s blood. The story turns personal liberation into another system of exploitation. The Covenant’s Pride chapter supplies a different justification for submission to blood-taking rulers.

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Wisdom of the Mire
They say he lived in a burrow in the swamp. The kind ones likened him to a lizard, others to a maggot or frog. They said his hair was covered in moss and his clothes rotten, yet none had seen him with their own eyes. He came out only on the darkest,…

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Wise Sayings

The words of sages. These coarse proverbs strip status and appearances of their dignity: king and beggar share bodily needs, and outward improvement does not change a rat’s nature. Their irreverence contrasts with On Ruling a Realm’s solemn defence of ordained social ranks.

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Wise Sayings
Better a goat on the roof than a priest in the cellar. A fart in the church is worth two in the tavern. Don’t trust a cow with dry teats or a nun with red cheeks. He that kisses the sow’s arse must smell the sty. The king shits as the beggar does. A rat with…

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Wound Care Manual

Splattered with blood and well-used. Aldo the Barber’s manual combines cleaning and binding wounds with humoral remedies, cautery and religious last rites. It shows the mixture of practical craft and belief in local medicine. A Physician’s Journal applies another practitioner’s assumptions to a child’s strange experience.

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Wound Care Manual
By the hand of Aldo the Barber Wash the wound with hot wine or vinegar. If none is at hand, fresh urine of a sober man will suffice. Do not let the wound close until all the filth's out. Bind the wound tight with linen or shirt hem. If the blood keeps…

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Xanthe's Instructions

Details the boyaress's activities. Xanthe directs her followers to ancient sites beneath rubble and peat, valuing their buried relics above Sangora’s silver. She orders armed excavation teams to bring the discoveries back. Armaya’s Demand and Requisition Letters supply the practical arrangements for digging and transporting those objects.

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Xanthe's Orders
Knyaz Skender thought Vale Sangora's treasure was the silver veins snaking their ways underneath the mountains. But there are far greater riches to be found here – crumbling memories of a distant past. I hear the murmurs reaching me from underneath the…

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Xanthe's Note

Xanthe's note to Brencis. Xanthe says she has secured the area and blocked accidental passage, then asks Brencis to honour their agreement. Read it with his ritual-site orders for the shared concern with controlling access.

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Xanthe's Note
Brencis, Per your request, the area is secured and any accidental passage will be prevented. I expect you to keep your part of the deal now and turn a blind eye.

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Xanthe's Orders

The Boyaress's instructions to her Blood Guards. Xanthe orders the Blood Guard to protect excavation workers and conceal the search for old knowledge. Read it with Riquin’s Report about Excavations for an example of that secrecy being enforced against another soldier, and with Accident Report for a relic-related incident at a dig.

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Xanthe's Orders
To all captains of the Blood Guard, The earth is old and keeps many secrets. We will pry them all, one by one, until all lost knowledge is retrieved. Those who undertake this work are to be protected at all costs and offered assistance when requested.…

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Yaromil's Contract

Signed by one Yaromil and Knyaz Brencis. Brencis promises to turn Yaromil, the Greifberg houndmaster, into a vrakhir within a fortnight of his killing Coen. The contract specifies placing a tooth in Yaromil’s heart for the transformation. Gisko’s separate contract offers help for Osterhild instead, showing the different rewards used to recruit the hunters.

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Yaromil's Contract
This contract was agreed upon by Knyaz Brencis, the sole and rightful ruler of Vale Sangora, and Yaromil of Parlita, the Houndmaster at Greifberg Castle, in Anno Domini 1349, in the presence of witnesses signed below, and stipulates what follows: Yaromil of…

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Yokel Utopia

A bit judgemental, but still makes for an interesting read. The author compares the Eternal Pass with Cockaigne and other lands of plenty, treating it as folklore. Dalyan's Tale presents the opposite perspective: a shepherd who says he returned from that paradise but cannot find it again.

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Yokel Utopia
Peasants, as is widely known, are as naive as little children and will believe in the most absurd tales. One such tale is of a supposed land of plenty, where sausages grow on trees, roasted geese fall from the skies, and wells brim with the sweetest milk.…

Dalyan’s Tale

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You Left

A poem by an unknown hand. The speaker moves from standing to sitting, lying down and finally becoming dust, making abandonment a gradual disappearance of the self. The Scarlet Sorrow turns a related grief into a story of repeated blood offerings at a lover’s grave.

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You Left
I’m standing here stranded Sea of blood at my feet You left Love is a bitter suite I’m sitting here empty Gaping hole in my chest You left And you made it a jest I’m lying here wailing Though my eyes are long dry You left And I’m still asking why I’m dust…

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Young Priest's Note

Confessions of a cleric who lost all hope. The priest refuses the blood mass and enters the mire expecting to die, asking the finder to pray for him. His note adds a human story to the swamp encounters described in the wisp guide.

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Young Priest's Note
The Devil has won. People have given their souls freely unto him, with not even a peep from most. They bleed and drink the cursed vrakhir ichor in surrender. I shan’t ever befoul myself this way. If death is my only escape, then so be it. I shall venture…

Wisp encounters

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