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The Ancient Music

[Excerpt from a longer work] Throughout the natural world there are ripples that we can barely perceive with our senses, an Ancient Music permeating everything…

The Ancient Music

[Excerpt from a longer work] Throughout the natural world there are ripples that we can barely perceive with our senses, an Ancient Music permeating everything…

The Ancient Music

[Excerpt from a longer work] Throughout the natural world there are ripples that we can barely perceive with our senses, an Ancient Music permeating everything…

The Arc Mine

My experiments continue with what I've been calling the Arc Mine. Initially, I began the work out of idle curiosity. Waking from a nap in the middle of the…

The Art of the Enchanting Garden

[Excerpt from a book on landscaping] Effective garden design must entice the casual observer by drawing them through the garden gates with a promise of the…

The Astounding Clockwork Soldiers

A Precise History by the Creator Himself, Kirin Jindosh, Grand Serkonan Inventor Chapter 23 Dear readers, you will be fascinated to know that earlier models of…

The Blight of the Cobblestone

[Excerpt from street pamphlet, drafted by anonymous intellectuals] Action is necessary if The Empire is to stand against the juggernaut of what is commonly…

The Blood Topology of Grim Alex

The Bone Charm Situation

[Excerpt from a report to the Office of the High Overseer - By High Overseer Gerard] I was asked, should we not tolerate the possession of simple bone charms…

The Boreal Songbird Soars at Ducal Gala

In an unparalleled evening of song and dance to honor His Grace Duke Abele, one performer soared above the rest. Shan Yun, The Boreal Songbird, dazzled the…

The Brigmore Job

Rinaldo, do the job as you were told and do not question my planning again. Yes, the women who meet in the ruins of the Brigmore manor possess abilities like…

The Brigmore Witches

As a reminder to myself, four of these blocks of fine Tyvian marble are destined to decorate the Golden Cat. Madam Prudence has requested that I carve the…

The Child Empress

[Excerpt from a Historical Series] There was a definitive moment when people stopped calling Emily Kaldwin “the Child Empress.” It came after an ambush by the…

The Child Empress

[Excerpt from a Historical Series] There was a definitive moment when people stopped calling Emily Kaldwin “the Child Empress.” It came after an ambush by the…

The City Barrister

[Excerpt from a series of profiles about Dunwall's key figures] While the keen-minded barristers of the Legal District have always played a vital role in the…

The Commutative Rats and the Weeper

The Corroded Mind, by Álvaro Cardoza

Effects of the Outsider’s Influence The anatomical evidence clearly demonstrates that the mind itself deteriorates under the Outsider’s influence. This…

The Counter-Serum

Vasco I finally understand it. There’s a part of Hypatia that she doesn’t even know about. It’s always there, riding along in her mind. Takes over, and forces…

The Coup

They say Emily was born to wear a crown on her head But all her young life, some wanted her dead She ascended too soon, or that’s what they said And ’fore too…

The Crone’s Hand

Serkonos’ Finest “You’re never alone in the hand of the crone!” Meeting place and purveyors of strong food and drink. Come one, come all. Nothing else compares!

The Deep Watchers

[Excerpt from a natural philosopher's journal] Before the cable snapped, there was nothing to see. Nothing to report. My lantern revealed only an endless depth…

The Distillery District

[Excerpt from a pre-plague promotional book on products made in Dunwall] Across the Empire, Old Dunwall Whiskey is not only the finest libation of its kind,…

The dream again

It was the Grand Guard. I know it this time. A fight I couldn’t handle. A misstep, a mistake. An eye cut open and a sword arm lying in the street. Me, not even…

The Duchess In Green, By Douglas Harwickle, Historian

Much has been written on Theodanis Abele and his sons. But in her own quiet way the Duchess Callas Abele made contributions to Serkonos that will never be…

The Effects of Whale Oil on the Gastric Humors, vol 1

[Excerpt from a natural philosopher's notes on the effects of whale oil on gastrointestinal function] One benefit of this plague is the abundance of unclaimed…

The Effects of Whale Oil on the Gastric Humors, vol 2

[Excerpt from a natural philosopher's notes on the effects of whale oil on gastrointestinal function] My primary patient is no longer mobile. A loss of bone…

The Elixir Black Market

[Excerpt from a letter] We've seen widespread looting since the Month of Clans. It wasn't prevalent at first, but it's a pattern now: There's an outbreak in…

The Eradication of Black Sally

[Excerpt from a popular story of crime and daring - By Jules Roebin and the City Watch] Before Slackjaw ran the streets in the Distillery District, there was…

The Essence of Eternal, by Polina Roszakova

[Excerpt from a treatise on the Void] It is impossible to study the Outsider without also examining that desolate place which so exalts him. But it is a grave…

The Estate District

[Excerpt from a historical overview of the Estate District] Home to some of the most powerful families in Dunwall, the Estate District has been a jewel in the…

The Exquisite Tallboy

[Excerpt from a letter of public concern by anonymous authors] What you've read here is the truth, regardless of what you will hear from the "authorities" who…

The Eyeless Got Potential

Anyone who’s spent time on the water knows what these are. Lucky charms, scrimshaw, witchcraft if you want. Whatever you call them, these fancy bits of bone…

The Fifth Stricture

[Excerpt from a work detailing one of the Seven Strictures] Restrict the Rampant Hunger or the intemperate will rise up among you like a virulent swarm,…

The First Stricture

[Excerpt from a work detailing one of the Seven Strictures] Restrict the Wandering Gaze that looks hither and yonder for some flashing thing that easily…

The Fishmonger’s Cookbook

Hagfish Quenelles (Serkonan Fish Dumplings) Ingredients 2 Hagfish, skinned, boned, de-wormed Butter Flour 3 Eggs Salt Cheese Krust Stock (or any briny fish…

The Flooded District

[Excerpt from a report on Dunwall - By Abe Breen, City Watch] Before the plague turned everything to shit, Rudshore was filled with barristers and money men,…

The Foreign Curse, Written and Researched by Tabitha Alba

The Great Rat Plague. The Spreading Death. The Foreign Curse. These are names we give to the disease that bloomed briefly, taking tens of thousands of lives as…

The Fourth Stricture

[Excerpt from a work detailing one of the Seven Strictures] Restrict the Roving Feet that love to trespass. They pay no heed to the boundary stones of a…

The Fugue Feast

[Excerpt from a book on the celebrations and holidays] At the end of every year, after the last day of the Month of Songs, we begin the Fugue Feast. The new…

The Great Trials

[Excerpt from an Overseer's findings - By High Overseer Tynan Wallace] Spending two years in the company of heretics, the insane, and those rare, black-hearted…

The Greaves Whale House

[Excerpt from a book on well-established companies in Dunwall] In the early days, when the ships brought in the great, dead whales, men would slaughter them…

The Hatters

[Excerpt from The Hatters, Well-dressed Kings of the Low Streets] The following is reconstructed from a discourse with a street-person I encountered in a…

The Heart of the Abyss

[Excerpt from a work of theatre, banned by the Abbey on heretical grounds.] THE STRANGER (smirking insidiously) My dear Corvid. I’ve been watching you for a…

The High Overseer

[Excerpt from a series on Overseer roles and rituals] Over the centuries, the Abbey of the Everyman has held its place as the dominant religion across the…

The History of Drapers Ward

[Excerpt from the Districts of Dunwall, a recent book] This chapter will focus on the once lavish Drapers Ward. Before the reign of the Kaldwin dynasty, the…

The Howl From Beyond

[Excerpt from a work of fiction by P.J. Stokeworth] As Gregory and Aliya crouched in the dark of the upper hall, they could hear the thing drawing close. It…

The Hungry Cosmos

[Excerpt from a larger work on the movement of the spheres - By Anton Sokolov] Once the curtain has been lifted, it becomes inescapable that we inhabit a world…

The Isle of Gristol

[Excerpt from a volume on the geography and culture of Gristol] Known for its rolling green hills and foggy meadows, Gristol is the largest of the Isles and is…

The Isle of Morley

[Excerpt from a volume on Morley geography and culture] It's said that the history of Morley is as colorful as a quilt made from all the flags ever flown and…

The Isle of Serkonos

[Excerpt from a volume on Serkonan geography and culture] Serkonos, the jewel of the South, is best known for its warm winds, spiced foods and endless beaches.…