The Dig Site

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Would you like to know more about the texts you uncovered?

Lehran - The Archaeologist: It is no secret that the schism was a defining moment for my people. The garou were once united under a single banner. We served under Lougrim, goddess of the moon.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Our people have always felt connected with the moon. There is something about its silver light that brings a sense of peace that's hard to describe to non-garou.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: This Forbidden Scroll is fascinating. Our histories have reference of a Sun Demon, but they assume she arrived many thousands of years ago. But the Scrolls say that she arrives just after Fuzan.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: To call it the Old Kingdom is perhaps a misnomer, for it is far more recent than our Ghornfell settlements. Nicer though... by a lot.

This Forbidden Scroll contains an alternate version of what really happened between Lougrim and Kuldra.

You have already found the ancient scroll that came from here.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Oh no, no. There's a protocol in place for addressing the locals. You need to speak to the Elder first.

This Forbidden Scroll shines a light on the real Moon and River Goddess.

You have already found the ancient scroll that came from here.

This Forbidden Scroll talks about the Sun Demon, but suggests she arrived reasonably recently.

You have already found the ancient scroll that came from here.

This Forbidden Scroll debunks the theory that ancient garou just disappeared in Umbral Sands.

You have already found the ancient scroll that came from here.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: According to our traditions, we had the rite of challenge: anyone who could best the current monarch became ruler of the tribe. Lougrim challenged all the elders, becoming the High Queen of the Garou.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: It's no surprise, then, that we favour deities of the moon. Our first was Lougrim, a goddess of the moon and of the hunt. She was slain by Kuldra. A dark time for our people.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: The Scroll also says that she entrances people somehow, changing who they are and turning them into devout worshippers of the sun - sometimes of flame, depending on the story.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: The Forbidden Scrolls confirm that the early Moon Garou were found travelling by a river goddess, who taught them culture and craft, so that they might move from settlements to cities.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Kuldra, the dragon queen and source of most of our problems, challenged Lougrim. Current garou history tells that this was a fair fight. Skill versus skill, might versus might. But according to the scroll, this was a lie!

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Then, for a time, we wandered godless. We were alone, without the guidance we were so used to. That was until, one day, a child went missing in the sands.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: She never seems to kill her victims. Indeed, the Forbidden Scroll implies that the subject lives a happy life in some sort of religious ecstasy. Their entire purpose in life is one of praise and adoration.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: And these cities were giant. They had stone walls and colourful tapestries, dangling across streets to shield people from the sands.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Ah, you'll be the one that's looking for the Mirror Lens. A rare fragment of history, that.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: The challenge wasn't issued at all! Lougrim had spent almost of all of her power shielding villages from dragonfire. Wounded and weak, Kuldra descended on her without mercy and simply devoured her.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: She was found, resting in an oasis that hadn't been there until that day, listening to the song of someone beautiful. Our histories tell us she was a garou, but the Forbidden Scroll says that she looked more like a human!

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Often those afflicted end up immolating themselves in some way. Horrifying, I know. They seek ways to burn themselves up, perhaps as some sort of sacrifice?

Lehran - The Archaeologist: There were libraries filled with scrolls, full of the ancient words of our people. Festivals of colour, light, food and song.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: How about we help each other out? Historian to historian. You help me learn the truth about my ancestors, and I vouch for you with the Elder.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Kuldra declared herself queen and, out of fear, many garou followed her. But not us. Not those who would become Moon Garou. We refused to submit and fled our homes in search of a land free from Kuldra's cruelty.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Fascinating, yes? She called herself the goddess of the river, a moon deity that had left her old kingdom behind. In us she saw a people in need and she lifted us out of the dirt and into the dunes.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: I suppose the moral is that curiosity must always be paired with caution, lest you might lose yourself in the discovery.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: We put aside the need for the hunt, and found ways to enrich ourselves with art, sciences and magic. It was a golden age for my people.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: How's the digging going? If you need a reminder of where you're heading, it's the ruins to the far south. Dripping with KotHaar they are.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: This is fascinating, but it makes little sense to me without all four Forbidden Scrolls. Come back when you have them all.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: There are some ruins far to the south, long lost to the sands. The KotHaar have stopped me from travelling there myself. It is said that beneath the sand are the Forbidden Scrolls. Four of them, in fact.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: I wonder why the truth of that moment was considered forbidden?

Lehran - The Archaeologist: She taught us architecture and agriculture, and she gave us the mirrors to protect us from supernatural threats.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: We were told that this civilisation became lost over time. But the scroll tells us it is a lie! Fuzan tore it down. He turned the very sun against us, so that we could no longer find comfort in the cities we had forged!

Lehran - The Archaeologist: The Forbidden Scrolls are said to contain the truth about the Moon Garou. Not what we have been fed by our Elders: what actually happened, many centuries ago.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: The Forbidden Scroll says that once she had helped us build our civilisation, she left this world for the stars - in search, perhaps, of some new souls in need of her guiding light. Can that really be the truth?

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Goodness, I can see why they were called Forbidden Scrolls! So much of Moon Garou history is based on outright lies.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Dig them up, with a spade, bring them to me and you will have your recommendation. Sound fair? I'll even share the revelations, if there are any.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: She was not called El-Idahn-Inees, as our histories tell us. She was Elidinis: the mother of the Moon Garou.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Luckily, there's nothing I like more than re-writing history books. This will keep me going for months!

Lehran - The Archaeologist: I will petition the Elder to give you the Mirror Lens. And should you be curious, you can return to me and find out what was written in the Forbidden Scrolls.

Lehran - The Archaeologist: Please, make space in your inventory so I can give you what I owe you.