Findings in the Secret Chamber in Haarlock's Folly

Modified on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:01 by Administrator — Categorized as: Evidence, OP05 - Damned Cities

In Haarlock's Folly, located at the edge of the city of Sinophia Magna on the world of Sinophia, you discovered a secret chamber in the main tower's spire that contained several items of interest to you.

- The most prominent feature of the room were two large mirrors, set opposing each other and housing a bound daemonic entity.

- Over a desk, you found a large sculpture of a golden spider emblem with a red "H" on the back of its body.

- Below it, you found an obsidian-colored sign with golden words etched into it: "We Are The Future".

- On the wall to the left of it, there was a framed piece of parchment with a quote written on it:

"You accuse me of being a Madman.
What right have you to judge what is sane and what is not?
I have fought with the shadows at the edge of your vision.
I have seen the faces that laugh at you in your nightmares.
I have smelt the foetid breath that issues from the mouth of hell itself.
I have heard the silent voices that make your spine tingle with dread.
I have entered the realms between worlds where there is no time or place.
I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core.
I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror.
I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade.
I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare.
I have done all this for you; for your protection and the guarantee of a future.
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; only those those that prosper truly judge what is sane."

- On the wall to the right of it, there was a similar frame containing the Haarlock's Rogue Trader warrant.

- On the desk, you found a Map, supposedly of a region of or of the whole planet Mara.

- Below the desk, you found a page seemingly ripped out of a book and subsequently ripped apart with a (bad) poem printed on it:

I am not now, but I will be
I travel lost in a timeless sea
I slayed my brothers, I drank their blood
I stand unmoved in the silent flood

I leave betrayed my only friend
I stand to thwart his very end
I move on swift, unshaken aim
I give my soul to lay my claim

I gain my secret, clocks will turn
I thank the bound one, leave him yearn
I travel to the timeless heart
I master its forbidden art

I give my soul to end my quest
I find my goal, still find no rest
I became, I became
The Night Traveller

- A number of books, including:

- a book on the summoning and binding of daemonic entities and the rituals involved with a titleless cover
- a book on the official history of Sinophia Magna
- a book titled "Liber Propheticum Daemonica"
- a book on the early history of the Haarlock line
- a book containing navigational charts for a region of space unknown to you
- a handwritten notebook containing scribblings of various mechanisms and contraptions
- (to be continued)

- On the wall opposing the desk, there was a similar sign showing the words "All Shall Be Returned".