The Knife of Dunwall books
Abandoned Journal
BookI've managed to make a space for myself here. Thankfully, Rudshore is all but completely abandoned. Up in this room, I'm protected from the occasional…
Boatchecks On the Wrenhaven
Book[A letter excerpted from a book on members of the City Watch assigned to the Wrenhaven River] Dearest Rutherford, Your latest writing brought me a mix of…
Bundry Rothwild, The Opportunist
Book[Excerpt from an investigator's report] Young Rothwild was never convicted for any of the killings. In all cases the courts ruled that he had acted in…
Daud's Journal: Billie Lurk
Book[Excerpt from Daud's personal journal] Billie Lurk watches me closely, studying my decisions, each move I make. That's nothing new. Even as a kid, there was a…
Daud's Journal: Delilah Copperspoon
Book[Excerpt from Daud's personal journal] Delilah Copperspoon. Who is she and why is everyone afraid of her? Strange that a painter should have so much influence,…
Daud's Log
Book[The latest log entry] Eighteen years on this wretched rock, in this city of filth. I've felt the blood of scholars, of noble pedophiles, of guildsmen, of…
Dead Counter Responsibilities
Book[Excerpt from a manual on new City Watch procedures] Commissioned by the Lord Regent in the face of the growing plague crisis, the Dead Counter is a position…
Delilah's Journal
BookNow that the painting is finished, I will sit in young lady Emily’s skin and wear her face like a mummer’s mask. Havelock and his lickspittles will put the…
Eminent Domain
Book[Excerpt from a pamphlet on new government sanctioned practices - by Barrister Arnold Timsh] It is an unfortunate reality that the plague has spread,…
Empress Jessamine Kaldwin
Book[Excerpt from a book on the late Empress] Many of those who lived through her reign will weep until the ends of their lives over the pale beauty with the…
Factory Management In Our Times
Book[Excerpt from a book covering the approaches and personalities behind Dunwall's dominant whaling houses] Seemingly willing to risk any industrial secrets he…
Harpooner Songs
Book[Excerpt from a book of sea shantys sung by sailors] What will we do with the drunken whaler What will we do with the drunken whaler What will we do with the…
Harvesting Whale Oil
Book[Excerpt from a manual on draining whales and refining the oil] In earlier years, the methods used to reclaim whale oil from blubber were both inefficient and…
High On the Lamphouse
Book[Lyrics to a song sung in Morley] High On the Lamphouse In my thick woolen night coat, Your scarf draped over my throat, I stand watch at the rail. Watching…
Lizzy Stride and The Dead Eels
Book[Excerpt from a City Watch river patrol report] William Cotter, captain of the merchant vessel, The Windover, reports that on the 23rd day of the Month of Nets…
Martha's Journal
Book[Excerpt from a worn journal] The Whalers came in greater numbers last night. We ran as soon as we heard the odd sounds they make, but half of our men fell…
Meat, Death, Bones and Song
Book[Excerpt from a Butcher's journal] Leona looks worried when I come home at night. She's looking for that spark; our love, the life we had just two years ago.…
Meeting Daud
Book[Excerpt from a journal] Another stinking mouth, that's what my mother said. A mouth that'd need feeding for years on, then would sass her every time it…
Memoires
Book[Excerpt from a captain's deathbed memoires] I tell you, the very sight of the animal is uplifting. Its size rivals the largest boats, and its songs resound…
Operating A Butcher’s Saw
Book[Excerpt from a company pamphlet] First, a reminder: All equipment within the Rothwild Slaughterhouse is the sole property of Mister Bundry Rothwild himself,…
Pump System Report
BookLog Entry: Standing water, not more than ankle deep. Something must be blocking the drainage. Log Entry: Drainage was cleared and the standing water isn't an…
Roland's Journal
BookSo, Timsh thinks he's invincible because he carries a letter from the Lord Regent giving him legal immunity from the state seizing his goods in case of plague.…
Slaughterhouse Row
Book[Excerpt from a book on Dunwall city districts] For more than two decades, a small number of slaughterhouses sat along the Wrenhaven, out away from the finer…
Sokolov Technology and the New Age
Book[Excerpt from a recent book detailing Sokolov's machines] One of the advantages of Sokolov's technologies is that they share the same magnetic socket for the…
The Abbey of the Everyman
Book[Excerpt from a larger work on the history of the Overseers] The Abbey of the Everyman is the seat of religious power and inspiration for all Overseers across…
The Academy of Natural Philosophy
Book[Excerpt from an overview of the Academy] Squatting at the edge of Dunwall, the Academy of Natural Philosophy is an ancient educational institute, bustling…
The Arc Mine
BookMy 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 City Barrister
Book[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 Deep Watchers
Book[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 Eradication of Black Sally
Book[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 Estate District
Book[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 First Stricture
Book[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 Fourth Stricture
Book[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 Hatters
Written note, Book[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 Leviathans' Sorrow
Book[Excerpt from a report on a treatise banned by the Rudshore Trade Council] Little is known of Pacotti, credited with this series of pamphlets arguing against…
The Lighthouse
Book[Excerpt from a recent historical work on Kingsparrow Island] Kingsparrow Island sits in the middle of the Wrenhaven River, and up through the previous…
The Royal Protector
Book[Excerpt from a historical record of government positions and ranks] Throughout the ages, rulers have always faced attempts on their lives. Once in a…
The Rudshore Chamber of Commerce
Book[Excerpt from a book covering the various districts across Dunwall and their histories] Once the financial heart of the Empire, the Rudshore Financial District…
The Seven Strictures
Book[Excerpt from a commonly distributed overview of the Seven Strictures] Surround your innermost being with these Strictures, and you will be safe. The Seven…
The Whalers
Book[Excerpt from a journalist's report on organized criminal activity] One gentleman of advanced age swore that his brother had been taken by "the Whalers," a…
The Young Prince of Tyvia
Book[Excerpt from a theatre play] Lord Nathan Bayle, shaking with outrage How dare you, sir, clothed so in my very home?! I should hand you over to the Watch,…
Travel to Pandyssia
Book[Excerpt from a travel chronicle - By Anton Sokolov] The men I set out with are good sailors. No doubt half of them have cut their teeth on the rascally pirate…
Whale Oil Processing
Book[Excerpt from the founder of the Greaves Whale House - By Ebenezer Greaves] Out at sea, they secure the beast with hooks, with lines cast from the main-ship…
Whale Vivisection
Book[Excerpt from the notes of a natural philosopher aboard a whaling ship] Remarkably, each specimen I had the pleasure of studying during the voyage possessed…