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CorruptedIt rejects youCenser D_Look at the young general. Spin around. Look at the young general. Spin around. The next time you look to young general, it will change your surrounds.FP_ Spin D_Day III. Freedom is in sight. Atop of the gate, the latch sits exposed. If only I had some way to reach it, but alas all I have is this quill.L04_ N1 D_Gaze upon your king so true, back and back you shall pass through.L08_ N1 D_Don’t tell the others, but I hid the chest beneath the lift. We’ll tell ‘em we found nothing and return the next day.L16_ N1 D_Do not enter! You will find no fortune inside this mine, only a terrible infestation. Stay out.L16_ N2 D_What is honor but another chain around the fool’s neck. If you have courage, seize the war-engine and turn it upon these louts. Prove yourself their better and a reward awaits.L21_ N1 D_Brether, your journey nears its end. Keep going. Delve deep into the caverns. We’ve left behind a shred of the Mether’s flesh. Through her your final path will emerge.L27_ N1 D_I’m tellin’ you, Larreth. This is the spot. Plenty of rats to eat. Nice ol’ tree to piss on. Very defensible, too. Only one way in or out. What more can a brev ask for?L30_ N1 D_You wish for riches? Well, then it’s a simple contest. Slay the others and take the key for yourself. Look for a weapon rack. It’s accompanied by the dead. They failed, but you…L33_ N1 D_A curious extract from this botanical. With a little tempering, it’s far more than a healing salve. I’m seeing signs of genuine regrowth on our subject. More testing will be…ML_ 26_ N1 D_Success. The Stellarium is complete. See how it recreates the beauty of night? Even more encouraging. The ovum appears to be responding. It must yearn for the heavens.ML_ 26_ N2 D_Failure. While the subject appears healthy, his bestial temperment remains. Despite the setback, even you, Rickart, must admit, it’s a wonder to see his grafted limbs working in…ML_ 26_ N3 D_As requested, the fungal extract has been thoroughly tested. I’ve confirmed it will dissolve even solid Thoracium. We can finish sealing the second wing without fear.ML_ 26_ N4 D_It’s fur, pale as moonlight. It’s mouth, a maw of stars. Tonight we hunt the Pale One and we pray its death is ours.ML08_ N1 D_The Great Sage, Batushka, welcomes all into his hall. Do not fear. Forget what you think you know. Truth will only come to those that embrace confusion.ML09_ N1 D_My love, do not worry. We’ve finally picked up the Grisha’s tracks again. I left the key by our hut. It's in the usual spot.ML15_ N1 D_Please, let me go. I see it in your eyes. You know this is wrong. The others, they won’t listen, but you see it. This “soup” I cannot stomach it any longer. I’d rather starve.ML21_ N1 D_Gaze upon the young general. Spin around and look again. Once more, spin around. Now the next time you look to the young general, it will change your surrounds.ML21_ N2 D_Ingredients: Pinch of salt. Ounce of Tar. Grisha broth. And do not forget the mushroom again.ML21_ N3 Egon_By the will and royal order of High Lord of Mammon, it is hereby decreed that the Grand Prince Egon shall be stripped of all titles, lands, and put to death.Decree EndProphet Smert was right. The chamber beneath Marrowkeep. The divine presence of the Mether. All true. I etch this stone by light from a torch which was not here but moments ago.…Stranding_ 01 EndThis must end. I’ve stayed longer in this place than is sane. I hear a beating heart. I know now I’ve heard it all along. I know what it represents.Stranding_ 02 Head_Do not weep for me, brethers. I have been called by the Blessed Mether. Here I shall remain with her forevermore.N1 Hex_This creature, it’s unlike anything we’ve ever hunted. The signs of its passing grow more clear each day. Bite marks on bone. Strange patterns scratched in the sand. Even blood.N1 Hex_It’s strange, but I swear I’ve heard the creature wailing in the distance. There’s something wrong with it. It must be injured. We thought it came here to feed, but no. It's…N2 Hub_And what is it She’s given us? In a word: clarity. There is no need to doubt or wonder evermore.N1 Hub_With Her, we require no sester, no lover, not even our own progenitress. For She is maiden, matron, and crone. She is all.N2 Hub_Then [indecipherable] came with crude machines and wicked tools. They dug and tore, taking what was not theirs. And with their spoils, the intruder—the dark passenger went, too.N3 Hub_Despite her suffering, she shared the fruit of her bosom with the low and wretched mortals. She gave them sup and for a time, they thrived in harmony.N4 Hub_Womb, heavy with children-to-be, She fell from the heavens. But all was not bliss, for a passenger had wormed its way inside her flesh.N5 Hub_She swam through darkness, our Blessed Mether, called by distant kin to redeem a damned world.N6 Hub_Though Her womb was laden with eggs, only one shall be promised to us, the Harbinger, he who harkens the end and the new beginning.N7 MF_The reek of the mether shrouds you like a cursed mantle, its scent a maddening call to the slumbering beast in the abyss below.N1 Moth_In the darkness, we are lost. Let the light preserve us in truth. It is a wondrous gift, allowing us to keep serving our prince.N1 Moth_You stand in the hall of Lord Isaac, the Scholar-Prince, the one true heir to the throne of Mammon. May his reign be as eternal as words etched in this stone.N2 Pro_In a shower of light and fire, she arrived—a great, scattering multitude.1st Chapel Pro_Oh, Blessed Mether, forgive us for our ignorance. We only sought to give seed to your precious ovum, but instead we gave birth to… [violently scratched out]N1 Pro_It’s followed us for days.The crow-beast. I know itN2 Pro_There is a strange crow up above. I swear it. None believe me, but it is too big.N3 Pro_Take heed, brethers. You walk the Disciple’s Path. As many have before you in search of deeper purpose. You may be fearful, cold, bloodied. So be it. It is the struggle that binds…N4 S1_You stand within the Blessed Mether’s first gift. Before her arrival, she sent forth these beacons. They fell like seeds from the heavens and took root. As they grew, they called…Beacon_ 01 S1_Hark, dear brethers! You will not find safe passage ahead. Those who we once called friends have shuttered their windows and locked their doors. Greenhaven, as we know it, is no…Core_ N1 S1_An odd fellow ushered me into his home, raving about the Lady of the Woods. He said she’d returned, but his description made no sense.Core_ N2 S1_It is said that at the end of each harvest season, the Lady of the Woods would join the locals in celebration.Core_ N3 S1_Welcome all to Fainweald. You stand at the heart of the Mether’s Cradle. Look upon her bounty and give thanks.Core_ N4 S1_Warning. Gate closed until further notice. A traitorous cretin has made off with the lever and a reward will be granted for its return. The culprit was last seen escaping into the…Core_ N5 S1_The more I give, the less he cares. Why must our master test me so? I’ve given up all that I own, abandoned my kin. And yet he says I don’t understand nothing?Core_ N6 S1_Rejoice! For our fair maiden, the Lady of the Woods, has returned. And what does she ask of us? No more than a small tribute, a share in all we harvest.Core_ N7 S1_By the light of day, the truth remains sealed. And yet in the darkness all shall be revealed.Core_ N8 S1_Dear Silent One, are you Smart One? You should know where to find me. Any others, especially bandit, begone! P.S. You want drink? Ask Grom for recipe.Hilga_ N1 S1_Here lies Harwald. Best teacher I ever know.Hilga_ N2 S1_Do not weep for me, brethers. I have been called by the Blessed Mether. Here I shall remain with her forevermore.Methers Flesh S1_A true heir will be born of the Sacred Passenger’s seed. It will take root in the Blessed Mether’s flesh. And what is the result of this most heavenly union? An end, finally, a…Passenger Shrine_ 01 S2_Let us not forget, sesters. Before we were many, we were one. It is only by the grace of the Twiceborn’s cup that the first of us were born.Core_ N1 S2_With each sip, our sesters multiplied, each imparted with a glimpse of infinity. How else could we behold the universe’s untold promises?Core_ N2 S2_Do not stray, sesters. You must remember there is but one vision, one future, one self. We are but unraveling threads, soon to be gathered and woven back together.Core_ N3 S2_Scribe’s Note: One “Bartol” seeks remuneration. He entered into an agreement, ratified by mouth, for the construction of a “sealed wall” for another known hereafter as “Sariel.”…Core_ N4 S2_We seek the flame. Led only by our visions, we follow the path.Core_ N5 S2_Here lies Lady Lisbeth. Dutiful wife, bore two sons: Egon and Edric.Crypt_ 01