KCambush[]
Description: A Letter for Garrett
Location: In Caducas chamber
Garrett - Surprised, are we, to see a note, a paper naming you by your very own name? Are you answering your questions, or are you simply questioning your answers? I know what you seek, and you seek what I know.
KCanalects[]
Description: Recovery of the Imbris Analects
Location: On a table in the Dining Hall / On a table next to the entrance to the Lower Library
The Imbris Analects finally arrived by ship, undamaged by the salt spray. Our agents were able to secure it, though the price was quite steep. The captain seemed surprised that the package contained no platinum or diamonds, as he could conceive of no objects of greater value. It has been brought to the Scribe Room for immediate transcription.
KCartemus[]
Description: Journal of Keeper Artemus
Location: On Artemus desk in his chamber
There is indeed something amiss with Garrett, but I am not convinced of his guilt. The prophecies do not lie. The clocktower speaks ill of the future. First Keeper Orland acts hastily. The balance is no longer within him, and I fear for the future of our order. I could use my Keeper Ring to open the passages leading to his quarters, but suppose I found nothing to validate the intrusion? I can only hope that my night journeys uncover something before I am discovered acting outside protocol. Keeper Morrow has gifted the Order with a set of golden scales. It speaks to what we have become, that such a trinket, precious only for its metal, is so valued. They have been placed on display in the Elder's Library - perhaps I am mistaken, and they will serve to inspire. At last, I may have learned something of the one who lies dormant. My investigation may take several days, and I must leave without permission. Will I be the next to be accused of treachery? It hardly matters. I do not even bring my robes and my ring with me, for fear that if I die, our secrets may be compromised.
KCartifacts[]
Description: Ogilvy's Treatise on Sentients, Section 24
Location: In Caducas chamber
To trace the history of the Artifacts is to trace a history of strife and chaos. Where they appear, war follows, or catastrophe. Several factions have ascribed a beneficent purpose, or even a religious origin to the Artifacts that fall into their hands, but they delude themselves. An Artifact serves no master but itself. To name them 'Artifacts', as if they shared one origin or motive, is misleading. Several are sentient, but whether they share a common sentience is unknown. They have never gathered in one place. To speculate what might happen is beyond current knowledge - the end of the world, or the beginning of something entirely new. Following the movements of these elusive objects is relatively easy, as each subsequent owner falls prey to their influences. An exception to this is The Crown, the whereabouts of which is unknown. References to it can be found in Pagan mythologies, who believe it was given by the Trickster to an offshoot race, though we can find no evidence that this race ever existed.
KCbafford[]
Description: A letter for Keeper Emory
Location: On a table in the lower library
Keeper Emory, I spied an initiate reading the Bafford Chronicles in the Dining Hall this eve. Such travesties of the written word may have their place in a nobleman's store, but are inappropriate here. The monetary value of this book matters not to a scholar. See to it that the book is removed from the hall and destroyed.
KCblueflame[]
Description: A magical flame's description
Location: Keeper Library
The Blue Flame Requires no fuel yet burns without ceasing
KCCaducaPlq[]
Description: Caduca's Chamber plaque
Location: Caducas chamber
Caduca's Chambers
KCcouncilPlq[]
Description: Council Room plaque
Location: Council Room
Council Room
KCdictionary[]
Description: Compiled Lexicography, Volume IV: Religion
Location: Caducas chamber
Malcontent (Hammer) - A member of the lower class who has publicly spoken against the worship of the Builder. Malefactor (Hammer) - One who has actively tried to harm the religion of the Builder. Could theoretically be applied to a Hammerite actively trying to harm the religion of the Wood Lord, but not applied to such by the Hammerite church. Manfool (Pagan) - A non-believer, especially an urban resident. Mechanist Religion - A schism of the Hammerite Religion (see) formed by the prophet Karras. The Mechanists were characterized by a focus on machinery and technology, and an overwhelming desire to destroy elements of nature. After the destruction of their primary cathedral Soulforge and the death of Karras, the religion was disbanded. See Hammerite Heresy Trials, The for more information.
KCdiningPlq[]
Description: Dining Hall plaque
Location: Dining Hall
Dining Hall
KCdoors[]
Description: Note concerning glyph doors and acolyte behavior
Location: On several doors in the library
Until further notice, all Glyph Doors shall be sealed. Until the Brethren and Betrayer has been dealt with, we cannot allow unfettered travel through our compound. Acolytes should take care to travel in pairs, and remain vigilant.
KCdormPlq[]
Description: Dormitory plaque
Location: Dormitory
Dormitory
KCelderLibPlq[]
Description: Library plaque
Location: Elder's Library
Elder's Library
KCgrandHallPlq[]
Description: Grand Hall plaque
Location: Grand Hall
Grand Hall
KCnorthTowerPlq[]
Description: North Tower plaque
Location: North Tower
North Tower
KCnote1[]
Description: A letter dealing with Garrett and how he can be of use for the Keepers
Location:
I have given the matter consideration. Direct Garrett to steal the Jacknall's Paw from the Pagans, and the Builder's Chalice from the Hammer fanatics, for study. This will prove him worthy to hear the prophecies, and will reflect well upon you that directs him, and we will gain valuable knowledge from their secrets.
KCnote2[]
Description: A Letter dealing with Garrett's motives
Location: First Keeper Orland's chamber
I am sure you have been concerned as well as I over Garrett's motives, and I applaud your caution. I advise that you restrict his access to the upper libraries in particular. Those books are our most prized repositories of knowledge, and we cannot risk them being ill-used.
KCnote3[]
Description: A letter explaining how to take actions against Garrett
Location: First Keeper Orland's chamber
Now is the time to act with decision and certainty, and see that things fall as you wish. If you arrange for Garrett to escape, then Keeper law and custom will brand him a traitor ever more strongly than you can alone. And then you shall have no choice but to call for his demise. -C.
KCoddglyphs[]
Description: A letter to Glyphwarden Ruehan
Location: Next to the entrance to the Scribe Room
Glyphwarden Ruehan - Have you heard of any further untoward behavior on the part of the glyphs in the Scribarium? Be sure to make note of exactly which scribes and which glyphs have proved difficult. Notify me immediately should any further changes occur.
KCoqPassagePlq[]
Description: Passage to Old Quarter
Location:
The Old Quarter Passage
KCorland[]
Description: Journal of First Keeper Orland
Location: First Keeper Orland's chamber
I wonder if Caduca keeps secrets even to herself. Twice, she has sent me a note with instructions, but said nothing in council. But she speaks little beyond prophecy. I am not pleased that the Council allows Garrett back into our midst. He cares nothing for balance, or the knowledge we guard. Even Artemus will rue this decision. I take no joy in being proven right about Garrett, for it resulted in the death of my most trusted colleague. Had I stood more strongly against him, Caduca would not now be dead. And none has the skill to take her place as Interpreter. Gamall is far untrained, but she is all we have. I must make arrangements for her promotion. Another note has arrived in the hand I knew as Caduca's. If it is her - no, that is madness. If not her, then who have I obeyed for so long? Our halls are not safe. I am binding the Keeper Door Glyphs shut so all must pass in full view. The Enforcers have had no luck destroying Garrett - he has learned more of our secrets than we thought. Tonight, I shall see if I still remember the art of the unseen. If Garrett is in the City, I shall find him, and the Enforcers will finish this. With the Binding Seal still in place and kept safely in my room, no one may enter through the Old Quarter passage. Only when Garrett is dead shall I melt the seal with fire, lest our safety be compromised.
KCpendulum[]
Description: Chronicles of the three Dark Ages
Location:
The blue flame blazes, the deadly shadows amass, the pendulum swings in wider and wider arcs. Our efforts have garnered not balance, but chaos, and the Unwritten Times will be upon us. The first sign was mapped out in darkness in the return of the Trickster. The Eye was opened, and the City seemed sure to fall into madness. The balance tipped from civilization towards savagery. While the darkness was defeated by the True Keeper, trickery thrown back onto the Trickster himself, the balance shifted, and the second sign was graven in steel. Iron triumphed over flesh and leaf, and the Hammer faction stood in full force behind a mad prophet. The machine fell to its own power, and the prophet's tongue was stilled, but the pendulum swings yet. Both factions, greenwood and machine, will again strive against each other and the world will turn between them. All will be darkness and shadow, and the future shall be unwritten forever.
KCreport[]
Description: Several city reports
Location:
City Report, #236 Factional discontent is rising. The pagans, long in hiding, have begun to move covertly, co-opting the weak and unwary into their schemes. The Hammerite temples have begun to send out patrols openly again, ostensibly to guard against pagans, but they are not above taking action against other sinners they encounter. City Report, #237 Several Hammer patrols have been pelted with garbage and offal; a tavern believed to house a pagan storehouse was burned to the ground. I renew my recommendation, that a concerted effort be made to turn both Pagan and Hammerite energies elsewhere, before it is too late. City Report, #238 At all times of the day, honest citizens fear to walk alone, lest they be mistaken for one faction or another. First Keeper Orland, you cannot continue to ignore these reports because they are inconvenient! The wrong catalyst might throw the City into open war. This is not balance, but chaos. Where are we?
KCscribeRmPlq[]
Description: Scribe Room plaque
Location: Scribe Room
Scribe Room
KCstatuesPlq[]
Description: Hall of Statues plaque
Location: Hall of Statues
Hall of Statues
KCthreesigns[]
Description: Letter from First Keeper Orland to Keeper Kasadra
Location:
Keeper Kasadra - I am anxious to see what is happening in the City of late. Bring me a copy of your reports as quickly as possible. Artemus will use his Keeper Ring to provide you access to the passages leading to my quarters. -First Keeper Orland
KCtoCaducaPlq[]
Description: Plaque pointing towards Caduca's chambers
Location: Caduca's chamber
to Caduca's Chambers
KCtoLowerLibPlq[]
Description: Plaque pointing towards the Lower Libraries
Location: Elder's Library
to Lower Libraries
KCtoStatuesPlq[]
Description: Plaque pointing towards the Hall of Statues
Location: Hall of Statues
to Hall of Statues
KCtranscriptions[]
Description: Note on how to deal with transcriptions and compendia
Location: Dining Hall
Transcription of received volumes must be current, with at least three true copies of all new works, and four true copies of Compendia. Acquisition of knowledge is an arduous journey; to lose what we have learned takes but a moment. The brethren and betrayer seeks to destroy all that we have. Do not let sloth become his ally.
KCunwritten[]
Description: Note on the Third Dawn
Location: North Tower
The coming of the Third Dawn shall be seen upon the land as the beginning of the end, as the opening of the Unwritten Times. The order of the glyphs shall be touched by the ancient and the wretched, and the words of the glyphs shall unwind.