Valarn is a city of many faces. During its rich history, countless people fought for the right to define history and create meaning. Many documents remain until this day and the package on the rustic table is no exception. A cord keeps together a variety of objects. First of many is a single page. It looks like it has been torn from a book. A handwritten note at the top marks which book it was from.

  The sheet ends there. Tugged underneath is a tattered map of a village with another torn out page glued to the back.

  The notes on Talaron don't end there. What follows is a register of various misdeeds owed to individuals. It's an impressive number of crimes that suggests that Talaron people really are murderous brutes but when it is compared to the years, it's obvious that some creative liberty in presenting the information has been taken. Propaganda is a Valarn pastime, after all. That's something the next document can attest.

  The next item is a book. It's not that old, perhaps a dozen years at most. The cover has been burned out and the seal of banishment is placed on the lid of the book. Opening it up, the preamble speaks of the purpose this book once sought.