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[BOOK 29]
{//Grimmoch Journal 1
PAGES=5
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=450
PAGE=451
PAGE=452
PAGE=453
PAGE=454
}

[PAGE 450]
{
LINE= Day One :
LINE='Tis a grand sight,
LINE=this primeval tomb,
LINE=I agree with Tavara
LINE=on that. And we've
LINE=a good crew here,
LINE=they've strong
LINE=backs and a good
}

[PAGE 451]
{
LINE=attitude.  I'm a bit
LINE=concerned by those
LINE=that worked as guides
LINE=for us, however.  All
LINE=seemed well enough
LINE=until we revealed the
LINE=immense stone doors
LINE=of the tomb structure
}

[PAGE 452]
{
LINE=itself.  Seemed to send
LINE=a shiver up their
LINE=spines and get them all
LINE=stirred up with
LINE=whispering.  I'll
LINE=watch the lot of them
LINE=with a close eye, but
LINE=I'm confident we won't
}

[PAGE 453]
{
LINE=have any real
LINE=problems on the dig.
LINE=I'm especially proud to
LINE=see Thomas standing
LINE=out - he was a good
LINE=hire, despite the
LINE=warnings from his
LINE=previous employers.
}

[PAGE 454]
{
LINE=He's drummed up the
LINE=workers into a
LINE=furious pace - we've
LINE=nearly halved the
LINE=estimate on the
LINE=timeline for
LINE=excavating the Tomb's
LINE=entrance.
}

[BOOK 30]
{//Grimmoch Journal 2
PAGES=7
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=455
PAGE=456
PAGE=457
PAGE=458
PAGE=459
PAGE=460
PAGE=461
}

[PAGE 455]
{
LINE=Day Two :
LINE=We managed to dig out
LINE=the last of the
LINE=remaining rubble
LINE=today, revealing the
LINE=entirety of the giant
LINE=stone doors that sealed
}

[PAGE 456]
{
LINE=ol' Khal Ankur and
LINE=his folk up ages ago.
LINE=Actually getting them
LINE=open was another
LINE=matter altogether,
LINE=however.  As the
LINE=workers set to the
LINE=task with picks and
}

[PAGE 457]
{
LINE=crowbars, I could have
LINE=sworn I saw Lysander
LINE=Gathenwale fiddling
LINE=with something in that
LINE=musty old tome of his.
LINE= I've no great
LINE=knowledge of things
LINE=magical, but the way
}

[PAGE 458]
{
LINE=his hand moved over
LINE=that book, and the look
LINE=of concentration on his
LINE=face as he whispered
LINE=something to himself
LINE=looked like every
LINE=description of an
LINE=incantation I've ever
}

[PAGE 459]
{
LINE=heard.  The strange
LINE=thing is, this set of
LINE=doors that an entire
LINE=crew of excavators
LINE=was laboring over for
LINE=hours, right when
LINE=Gathenwale finishes
LINE=with his mumbling...
}

[PAGE 460]
{
LINE=well, I swore the doors
LINE=just gave open at the
LINE=exact moment he
LINE=spoke his last bit of
LINE=whisper and shut the
LINE=tome tight in his
LINE=hands.  When he
LINE=looked up, it was
}

[PAGE 461]
{
LINE=almost as if he was
LINE=expecting the doors to
LINE=be open, rather than
LINE=shocked that they'd
LINE=finally given way.
}

[BOOK 31]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 3
PAGES=7
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=462
PAGE=463
PAGE=464
PAGE=465
PAGE=466
PAGE=467
PAGE=468
}

[PAGE 462]
{
LINE=Day Three - Day Five:
LINE=
LINE=I might have
LINE=written too hastily in
LINE=my first entry - this
LINE=place doesn't seem too
LINE=bent on giving up any
LINE=secrets.   Though the
}

[PAGE 463]
{
LINE=main antechamber is
LINE=open to us, the main
LINE=exit hall is blocked by
LINE=yet another pile of
LINE=rubble.  Doesn't look a
LINE=bit like anything
LINE=caused by a quake or
LINE=instability in the
}

[PAGE 464]
{
LINE=stonework... I swear it
LINE=looks as if someone
LINE=actually piled the
LINE=stones up themselves,
LINE=some time after the
LINE=tomb was built.  The
LINE=stones aren't of the
LINE=same set nor quality
}

[PAGE 465]
{
LINE=of the carved work
LINE=that surrounds them
LINE=- if anything, they
LINE=resemble the grade of
LINE=common rock we saw
LINE=in great quantities on
LINE=the trip here.  Which
LINE=makes it feel all the
}

[PAGE 466]
{
LINE=more like someone
LINE=hauled them in and
LINE=deliberately covered
LINE=this passage.  But then
LINE=why not decorate them
LINE=in the same ornate
LINE=manner as the rest of
LINE=the stone in this
}

[PAGE 467]
{
LINE=place?  Lysander
LINE=wouldn't hear a word
LINE=of what I had to say -
LINE=to him, it was a quake
LINE=some time in the
LINE=history of the tomb,
LINE=and that was it, shut
LINE=up and move on.  So I
}

[PAGE 468]
{
LINE=shut up, and get back
LINE=to work.
}

[BOOK 32]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 6
PAGES=7
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=469
PAGE=470
PAGE=471
PAGE=472
PAGE=473
PAGE=474
PAGE=475
}

[PAGE 469]
{
LINE=Day Six :
LINE=
LINE=The camp was
LINE=attacked last night by
LINE=a pack of, well, I don't
LINE=have a clue.  I've never
LINE=seen the like of these
LINE=beasts anywhere.
}

[PAGE 470]
{
LINE=Huge things, with
LINE=fangs the size of your
LINE=forefinger, covered in
LINE=hair and with the
LINE=strangest arched back
LINE=I've ever seen.  And so
LINE=many of them.  We
LINE=were forced back into
}

[PAGE 471]
{
LINE=the Tomb for the
LINE=night, just to keep our
LINE=hides on us.  And
LINE=today Gathenwale
LINE=practically orders us
LINE=all to move the entire
LINE=exterior camp into the
LINE=Tomb.  Now, I don't
}

[PAGE 472]
{
LINE=disagree that we'd be
LINE=well off to use the
LINE=place as a point of
LINE=fortification... but I
LINE=don't like it one bit, in
LINE=any case.  I don't like
LINE=the look of this place,
LINE=nor the sound of it.
}

[PAGE 473]
{
LINE=The way the wind
LINE=gets into the
LINE=passageways,
LINE=whistling up the
LINE=strangest noises.
LINE=Deep, sustained echoes
LINE=of the wind, not so
LINE=much flute-like as...
}

[PAGE 474]
{
LINE=well, it sounds
LINE=ridiculous.  In any
LINE=case, we've set to work
LINE=moving the bulk of the
LINE=exterior camp into the
LINE=main antechamber, so
LINE=there's no use moaning
LINE=about it now.
}

[BOOK 33]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 7-day 10
PAGES=5
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=475
PAGE=476
PAGE=477
PAGE=478
PAGE=479
}

[PAGE 475]
{
LINE=Day Seven - Day Ten:
LINE=
LINE=I cannot stand this
LINE=place, I cannot bear it.
LINE=I've got to get out.
LINE=Something evil lurks
LINE=in this ancient place,
LINE=something best left
}

[PAGE 476]
{
LINE=alone.  I hear them,
LINE=yet none of the others
LINE=do.  And yet they
LINE=must.  Hands, claws,
LINE=scratching at stone,
LINE=the awful scratching
LINE=and the piteous cries
LINE=that sound almost like
}

[PAGE 477]
{
LINE=laughter.  I can hear
LINE=them above even the
LINE=cracks of the
LINE=workmen's picks, and
LINE=at night they are all I
LINE=can hear.  And yet the
LINE=others hear nothing.
LINE=We must leave this
}

[PAGE 478]
{
LINE=place, we must.
LINE=Three workers have
LINE=gone missing - Tavara
LINE=expects they've
LINE=abandoned us - and I
LINE=count them lucky if
LINE=they have.  I don't care
LINE=what the others say,
}

[PAGE 479]
{
LINE=we must leave this
LINE=place.  We must do as
LINE=those before and pile
LINE=up the stones, block all
LINE=access to this primeval
LINE=crypt, seal it up again
LINE=for all eternity.
}

[BOOK 34]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 11
PAGES=4
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=480
PAGE=481
PAGE=482
PAGE=483
}

[PAGE 480]
{
LINE=Day Eleven - Day
LINE=Thirteen :
LINE=
LINE=Lysander is gone, and
LINE=two more workers
LINE=with him.  Good
LINE=riddance to the first.
LINE=He knows something.
}

[PAGE 481]
{
LINE=He heard them too, I
LINE=know he did - and yet
LINE=he scowled at me
LINE=when I mentioned
LINE=them.  I cannot stop
LINE=the noise in my head,
LINE=the scratching, the
LINE=clawing tears at my
}

[PAGE 482]
{
LINE=senses.  What is it?
LINE=What does Lysander
LINE=seek that I can only
LINE=turn from?  Where
LINE=has he gone?  The
LINE=only answer to my
LINE=questions comes as
LINE=laughter from behind
}

[PAGE 483]
{
LINE=the stones.
}

[BOOK 35]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 14
PAGES=5
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=484
PAGE=485
PAGE=486
PAGE=487
PAGE=488
}

[PAGE 484]
{
LINE=Day Fourteen - Day
LINE=Sixteen :
LINE=
LINE=We are lost... we are
LINE=lost... all is lost.  The
LINE=dead are piled up at
LINE=my feet.  Bergen and I
LINE=somehow managed in
}

[PAGE 485]
{
LINE=the madness to piece
LINE=together a barricade,
LINE=barring access to the
LINE=camp antechamber.
LINE=He knows as well as I
LINE=that we cannot hold it
LINE=forever.  The dead
LINE=come.  They took
}

[PAGE 486]
{
LINE=Lysander before our
LINE=eyes.  I pity the soul
LINE=of even such a
LINE=madman - no one
LINE=should die in such a
LINE=manner.  And yet so
LINE=many have.  We're
LINE=trapped here in this
}

[PAGE 487]
{
LINE=horror.  So many have
LINE=died, and for what?
LINE=What curse have we
LINE=stumbled upon?  I
LINE=cannot bear it, the
LINE=moaning, wailing cries
LINE=of the dead.  Poor
LINE=Thomas, cut to pieces
}

[PAGE 488]
{
LINE=by their blades.  We
LINE=had only an hour to
LINE=properly bury those
LINE=we could, before the
LINE=undead legions struck
LINE=again.  I cannot go on...
LINE=I cannot go on.
}

[BOOK 36]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 17
PAGES=6
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=489
PAGE=490
PAGE=491
PAGE=492
PAGE=493
PAGE=494
}

[PAGE 489]
{
LINE=Day Seventeen - Day
LINE=Twenty-Two :
LINE=
LINE=The fighting never
LINE=ceases... the blood
LINE=never stops flowing,
LINE=like a river through
LINE=the bloated corpses of
}

[PAGE 490]
{
LINE=the dead.  And yet
LINE=there are still more.
LINE=Always more, with
LINE=the red fire gleaming
LINE=in their eyes.  My
LINE=arm aches, I've taken
LINE=to the sword as my
LINE=bow seems to do little
}

[PAGE 491]
{
LINE=good... the dull ache in
LINE=my arm... so many
LINE=swings, cleaving a
LINE=mountain of decaying
LINE=flesh.  And Thomas...
LINE=he was there, in the
LINE=thick of it... Thomas
LINE=was beside me...
}

[PAGE 492]
{
LINE=his face cleaved in
LINE=twain - and yet beside
LINE=me, fighting with us
LINE=against the horde until
LINE=he was cut down once
LINE=again.  And I swear I
LINE=see him even now,
LINE=there in the dark
}

[PAGE 493]
{
LINE=corner of the
LINE=antechamber, his eyes
LINE=flickering in the last
LINE=dying embers of the
LINE=fire... and he stares at
LINE=me, and a scream fills
LINE=the vault - whether
LINE=his or mine, I can no
}

[PAGE 494]
{
LINE=longer tell.
}

[BOOK 37]
{//Grimmoch Journal day 23
PAGES=1
TITLE=The daily journal of Grimmoch Drummel
AUTHOR=Grimmoch
PAGE=495
}

[PAGE 495]
{
LINE=Day Twenty-Three :
LINE=
LINE=We no longer bury the
LINE=dead.
}

SECTION BOOK 38
{//Lysander's Notebook day 1
PAGES=3
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=496
PAGE=497
PAGE=498
}

[PAGE 496]
{
LINE=Day One :
LINE=
LINE=At last, it stands
LINE=before me.  The doors
LINE=of Thy Sanctum will
LINE=open to me now, after
LINE=all these years of
LINE=searching.  I give
}

[PAGE 497]
{
LINE=myself unto Thee,
LINE=Khal Ankur, I have
LINE=come for Thy secrets
LINE=and I will kneel
LINE=prostrate before Thee.
LINE= Blessed are the
LINE=Keepers, praise unto
LINE=Thee, a thousand
}

[PAGE 498]
{
LINE=fortunes in the night.
}

[BOOK 39]
{//Lysander's Notebook day 2
PAGES=6
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=499
PAGE=500
PAGE=501
PAGE=502
PAGE=503
PAGE=504
}

[PAGE 499]
{
LINE=Day Two:
LINE=
LINE=The woman, Tavara
LINE=Sewel, is unbearable.
LINE=Her entire demeanor
LINE=sickens me.  I would
LINE=take her life for Thee
LINE=now, my Lord.  But I
}

[PAGE 500]
{
LINE=cannot alert the
LINE=others.  Progress is
LINE=made too slowly, I
LINE=cannot stand this
LINE=perpetual waiting.
LINE=Today I knelt down
LINE=with the workers,
LINE=tossing stones and dirt
}

[PAGE 501]
{
LINE=aside with my very
LINE=hands as they dug at
LINE=the last of the rubble
LINE=covering the entrance
LINE=to Thy Sanctum.  The
LINE=Sewel woman was
LINE=shocked at my
LINE=demeanor, dirtying
}

[PAGE 502]
{
LINE=my robes, on my
LINE=knees in the muck as I
LINE=clawed at the rocks.
LINE=She thought I did this
LINE=for those sickly
LINE=scholars, or for her,
LINE=or for what she
LINE=laughably calls 'The
}

[PAGE 503]
{
LINE=Gift of Discovery', of
LINE=learning.  As if I did
LINE=not know what I went
LINE=to find!  I come for
LINE=Thee, Master.  Soon
LINE=shall I receive Thy
LINE=gifts, Thy blessings.
LINE=Patience, eternal
}

[PAGE 504]
{
LINE=patience.  I must take
LINE=my lessons well.  I
LINE=have learned from
LINE=Thee, Master, I have.
}

[BOOK 40]
{//Lysander's Notebook day 3
PAGES=5
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=505
PAGE=506
PAGE=507
PAGE=508
PAGE=509
}

[PAGE 505]
{
LINE=Day Three - Day Six:
LINE=
LINE=What are these Beasts
LINE=that dare to defy our
LINE=presence here?  Hast
LINE=Thou sent them,
LINE=Master?  To tear
LINE=apart these foolish
}

[PAGE 506]
{
LINE=ones that accompany
LINE=me?  That repugnant
LINE=pustule, Drummel, put
LINE=forth his absurd little
LINE=theories as to the
LINE=nature of the Beasts
LINE=that attacked our
LINE=camp, but I'll have
}

[PAGE 507]
{
LINE=none of his words.  He
LINE=asks too many
LINE=questions.  He is a
LINE=taint upon the grounds
LINE=of Thy Sanctum,
LINE=Master - I will deal
LINE=with him after the
LINE=Sewel woman.
}

[PAGE 508]
{
LINE=Speaking of Sewel, I
LINE=have convinced that
LINE=empty-headed harlot
LINE=that we should move
LINE=our encampment
LINE=within the
LINE=antechamber.  She
LINE=thinks I worry for
}

[PAGE 509]
{
LINE=her safety.  I come
LINE=for thee, Master.  I
LINE=make my camp in Thy
LINE=chambers.  I sleep
LINE=under Thy roof.  I can
LINE=feel Thine presence
LINE=even now.  Soon,
LINE=Master.  Soon.
}

[BOOK 41]
{//Lysander's Notebook day 7
PAGES=7
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=510
PAGE=511
PAGE=512
PAGE=513
PAGE=514
PAGE=515
PAGE=516
}

[PAGE 510]
{
LINE=Day Seven :
LINE=
LINE=The Sewel woman
LINE=pratters on endlessly.
LINE=And she dares to
LINE=speak Thy Name,
LINE=Master!  I wish so
LINE=vehemently to take a
}

[PAGE 511]
{
LINE=knife to that little
LINE=neck of hers.  She
LINE=struts around the
LINE=chambers of Thy
LINE=Sanctum with her
LINE=repugnant airs, her
LINE=scholarly conjecture
LINE=on this or that.  That I
}

[PAGE 512]
{
LINE=could peel the skin
LINE=from her face and
LINE=show her how vile and
LINE=ugly she truly is, how
LINE=unworthy of entrance
LINE=to Thy Sanctum.  I
LINE=must take her,
LINE=Master.  I must rend
}

[PAGE 513]
{
LINE=that little wench to
LINE=pieces.  I ask this gift
LINE=of Thee, that I might
LINE=cleanse Thy Sanctum
LINE=of her presence.  Give
LINE=me the Sewel woman
LINE=and I shall show you
LINE=my mastery of Death,
}

[PAGE 514]
{
LINE=Master.  I shall cut
LINE=her to bits and scatter
LINE=them before the
LINE=others as a warning.
LINE=I cannot stand her
LINE=presence, I cannot
LINE=abide it.  And
LINE=Drummel!  He is a
}

[PAGE 515]
{
LINE=pustule that must be
LINE=lanced, a sickness that
LINE=I must cure by blade
LINE=and fire.  Not a trace
LINE=of him will be left
LINE=when I'm done with
LINE=him.  Praises to Thee,
LINE=Master.  I shall honor
}

[PAGE 516]
{
LINE=Thee with many
LINE=sacrifices, soon
LINE=enough.
}

[BOOK 42]
{//Lysander's Notebook day 8
PAGES=6
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=517
PAGE=518
PAGE=519
PAGE=520
PAGE=521
PAGE=522
}

[PAGE 517]
{
LINE=Day Eight - Day Ten :
LINE=
LINE=Have you taken them,
LINE=Master?  They could
LINE=not have found a way
LINE=past the stones that
LINE=block our path!  The
LINE=three workers, My
}

[PAGE 518]
{
LINE=Master, where have
LINE=they gone?  Curses
LINE=upon them!  I'll cut
LINE=them all to pieces if
LINE=they show their faces
LINE=again, then burn the
LINE=rest alive upon a pyre,
LINE=for all to see, as a
}

[PAGE 519]
{
LINE=warning of Thy
LINE=Power.  How could
LINE=they have gotten past
LINE=me?  I sleep against
LINE=the very walls, to
LINE=hear Thy Words, to
LINE=feel Thy Breath.  I
LINE=can find no egress
}

[PAGE 520]
{
LINE=from the chambers
LINE=that the Sewel woman
LINE=does not know of nor
LINE=have men working at
LINE=excavating.  Where
LINE=have they gone,
LINE=Master?  Have you
LINE=taken them, or do they
}

[PAGE 521]
{
LINE=truly flee from Thy
LINE=Presence?  I will kill
LINE=them if they show
LINE=their faces again.
LINE=Give me Strength, my
LINE=Master, to let them
LINE=live a while longer,
LINE=until they have
}

[PAGE 522]
{
LINE=fulfilled their
LINE=purpose and I kneel
LINE=before Thee, covered
LINE=in their blood.
}

[BOOK 43]
{//Lysander's Notebook day 11
PAGES=5
TITLE=Lysander's Notebook
AUTHOR=L. Gathenwale
PAGE=523
PAGE=524
PAGE=526
PAGE=527
PAGE=528
}

[PAGE 523]
{
LINE=Day Eleven - Day
LINE=Thirteen:
LINE=
LINE=I come for Thee, my
LINE=Master.  I come!  The
LINE=way is clear, I have
LINE=found Thy path and
LINE=washed it in the blood
}

[PAGE 524]
{
LINE=of the two workers
LINE=that caught sight of
LINE=me.  Ah, how sweet it
LINE=was to cut them open,
LINE=to see the blood pour
LINE=out in great torrents, to
LINE=stand in it, to revel in
LINE=it.  If only I had time
}

[PAGE 525]
{
LINE=for the Sewel woman.
LINE=But there will be time
LINE=enough for her.  I
LINE=have learned Thy
LINE=Patience, Master.  I
LINE=come for Thee.  I walk
LINE=Thy halls in penance,
LINE=my last steps in this
}

[PAGE 526]
{
LINE=repulsive living
LINE=frame.  I come for
LINE=Thee and Thy Gifts,
LINE=my Master.  Glory
LINE=Unto Thee, Khal
LINE=Ankur, Keeper of the
LINE=Seventh Death,
LINE=Master, Leader of the
}

[PAGE 527]
{
LINE=Chosen, the Khaldun.
LINE=Praises in Thy
LINE=Name, Master of Life
LINE=and Death, Lord of All.
LINE= Khal Ankur, Master,
LINE=Prophet, I join Thy
LINE=ranks this night, a
LINE=member of the
}

[PAGE 528]
{
LINE=Khaldun at last!
}