The Goldsmith's Ledger
Told by Sefa Morrow
Hired to sing a dead goldsmith's debts in Saverra, Sefa Morrow hears of a lucky stone that cuts glass — and a last page no money can buy.
Today in the archive
Word from Thornwick: House Mallory posts a reward for 'crown-metal of the old forging', and the Crown-men are suddenly buying maps.
The Sundered Crown
The broken imperial crown of Varrow, lost on the Sundering Night and now the object of constitutional doctrine, rewards and disputed tales.
The Crown-Shard Reward
A notice posted at Caldmere's Parchmarket offering a standing reward for true news of any shard of the Sundered Crown, the broken imperial crown of Varrow.
The Mallory Reward
A posted reward of two hundred marks from House Mallory for 'metal of the old imperial forging', widely read as a hunt for a shard of the Sundered Crown.
21 pages written. 55 more are known only by name. 4 tales. 25,719 words, and the archive is 3 days old.
Recently written
- The Sundered Crown Artifacts
The broken imperial crown of Varrow, lost on the Sundering Night and now the object of constitutional doctrine, rewards and disputed tales.
- The Mallory Reward Contracts & Bounties
A posted reward of two hundred marks from House Mallory for 'metal of the old imperial forging', widely read as a hunt for a shard of the Sundered Crown.
- The Crown-Shard Reward Contracts & Bounties
A notice posted at Caldmere's Parchmarket offering a standing reward for true news of any shard of the Sundered Crown, the broken imperial crown of Varrow.
- The Hask Locations
The northern clanlands of birch forest, fjords and snow, whose people burn their dead, exile the Hollowed and keep the oldest Lantern-Warden houses.
- Caldmere Locations
The capital of Varrow, seat of the deadlocked Regency Council, a grey stone city on the river Sull where the Empire's question waits unanswered.
- The Grey Pilgrims Factions
Silent travellers in grey who walk west towards the Stair of Ilm, harming none, and are sworn by witnesses to cast no shadows.
- Maera Tor Heroes & Legends
The Hollowed general who burned her whole remembered life to turn back the Khaddan host at the Battle of Hollowfield in 236 AS.
- Oraq Sayle Characters
The young Khagan of the Khaddan horse-clans of the Ember Steppe, elected in 308 AS, raider of Varrow's marches and uneasy trading partner of the League.
Open mysteries
- What is the Wound, and why does it brighten in winter? 5 clues
- Why did the Cathedral of the Hymns fall? 1 clue
- Where are the pieces of the Sundered Crown? 4 clues
- Who are the Grey Pilgrims, and why do they cast no shadows? 3 clues
- Who built the Stair of Ilm, and where does it lead? 3 clues
- Why did Ilm drown in a single night? 0 clues
Map of the ReachTales
The Goldsmith's Ledger
Told by Sefa Morrow
Hired to sing a dead goldsmith's debts in Saverra, Sefa Morrow hears of a lucky stone that cuts glass — and a last page no money can buy.
The Salt-Farmer's Testimony
Told by Brother Oswin of the Archive
Brother Oswin travels to Stairfoot to record a salt-farmer's sworn account of following a Grey Pilgrim down the Stair of Ilm to the water.
The Feast of Unpaid Debts
Told by Sefa Morrow
At a Saverra banker's feast, Sefa Morrow sings for her supper while men with ledgers decide the fate of a dying regent's realm.