Environmental lore

Act 2

Etchings on Wood

All four etchings are found in The Crossroads. Etchings on Wood I and II are located in a ruined house next to the path between The Old Fields and the waypoint. Etchings on Wood III is found in a ruined mill next to the path between the waypoint and The Broken Bridge. Etchings on Wood V is in what appears to be the remains of a church across the road from the mill.

Etchings on Wood I

I haven't slept. No-one has slept. Not for three days, not since the black storm in the northern ranges. Not since the nightmares began.

Violent and twisted night terrors. They whisper to us, tempt us, threaten us, beguile us. They promise terrible things in return for even more terrible acts.

My husband, Denirus, went to Alliston to find a doctor who might help. He should have been back yesterday. I fear for him. I fear for all of us.

-Tani

Etchings on Wood II

It has been a little over a week since the black storm.

My husband has not returned and sickness now sweeps though our village. Many have died and those that lived have... changed.

These were folk we once called neighbour and friend. Now they limp and stagger through the night, their deformities as grotesque as the madness in their eyes.

-Tani

Etchings on Wood III

The moon was full the night of the black storm. It is full again.

They have come for me. They have come for my daughters. Bravalo called out while the others skulked and muttered in the darkness. Corin went to them, arms open, welcoming. The nighmares told her to.

My uncle tried to stop her. Bravalo crushed his skull with his smith's hammer. I barred the doors and windows but they screamed like monkeys and beat themselves bloody trying to get in.

I had no choice. I took my two youngest and fled to the cellar, following the tunnel to the mill.

All we can do is hide and hope. God help us.

-Tani

Etchings on Wood IV

Three lunari gone now, since it all began. Perhaps I am the only one who still looks upon Lunaris, who remembers her name. Soon, I will be gone and the moon will go on, alone.

My husband has returned and he hunts for me. My dead husband hunts me. Corin too, and my uncle. Corpses rise and walk and feed. My girls, they walk now... and feed.

God has forsaken us. Lunaris is my witness. Tonight, I return to my family.

-Tani

Ancient Reverie Device

The Ancient Reverie Device is located in The Chamber of Sins Level 1. It can be found in the center of the zone in what appears to be a ruined map device room. The unique spider Black Death can be found nearby.

Inquisitor,

If you were to attempt to transmogrify a virtue gem without the proper mental preparation, you will be a puppet master working strings made of vipers. Remember, these gems are phantasms in crystalline form, alive, with volitions inscrutable. Master conscious dreaming, as I instructed you. Your death means little to me, Maligaro. It's what your demise will unleash that concens me.

Malachai, Thaumaturge Laureate to the Empire

Transmutia Device

The Transmutia Device can be found in the boss room in The Chamber of Sins Level 2 behind Fidelitas and the Strange Device that drops the Baleful Gem.

I bequeath this Transmutia Device to you, Inquisitor Maligaro, in recognition of your devotion to our sublime Art. May it be the chariot that conveys your dreams into reality.

Malachai, Thaumaturge Laureate to the Empire

Proclamation

The Proclamation can be found in The Western Forest surrounded by a circle of stones. The exact location is somewhat random, but it is usually close to the path slightly below the waypoint.

We, the Court of Reckoning find you, Doedre Stamatis, guilty of the following transgressions against God:

Perversion of God's Creation

Promotion of Heretical Beliefs

Unlawful Enslavement of Eternal Citizens

Torture of the Innocent

Murder of the Servants of Purity

For these most severe crimes, I do sentence Doedre Darktongue to burn at the stake till naught is left but ashes on the morrow, 4th Fiero of Verusi, 1334. May her life serve as penance for the lives she has taken, and let Purity sweep away the dust of her deeds from our firmament.

"Only will and truth can prevail over the evil of our own kin."

- Emperor Voll

Arteri's Letter

Arteri's Letter can always be found in The Western Forest at the end of the road on a table next to the Blocked Pass and the unique boss Captain Arteri.

Arteri, my beautiful captain.

I wish it were not you, but I cannot bring myself to trust any other with this most vital of tasks.

This is the only pass between the inner and outer Empire. No further exiles are to enter the inner Empire. We have material enough for our work.

Ensure that the barricade remains in place, and if any exile should somehow pass through, kill them.

I will send for you when my work is complete in Sarn.

Until we share our next night together,

Piety

Plaque

The Plaque is located in The Fellshrine Ruins at the entrance to the ruined church. Following the path from The Crossroads all the way to the end will bring you directly to it.

On this day, the 2nd Sacrato of Verusi, 1334 IC, the Army of Purity remembers its most devout and beloved servant, Archbishop Geofri of Phrecia.

"Only will and truth can prevail over the evil of our own kin."

- Geofri