Environmental lore

Act 2

Etchings on Wood

Etchings on Wood I and II are found in The Crossroads. They are both located in a ruined building next to the path between The Old Fields and the waypoint.

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

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