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Abigail's Divine Chronicle Entry

• Charlotte is Abigail and Daniel's daughter.
• In this entry, Abigail makes it clear that electronics are not banned from the commune, as she received a text from Daniel.

• In this entry, Abigail confirms that she is Daniel's wife. Abigail mentions her son...

  • Is this Daniel's son too?
  • If so, how come Frederick only referenced Abigail and Charlotte in his letter to Daniel?

• Holy shitballs...

  • Abigail reveals that her son, Alexander, was a freakin' sacrifice! That's why Frederick didn't mention him in his letter to Daniel.
  • The sacrifice is being "hollowed", what everyone's ultimate goal in this place is.
  • Being "hollowed" does equal death, as witnessed in the cases of Isabella and Dr. Oliver in The Woods.

Daniel's Platform

• It appears Daniel has made a campaign against the Raven.

• Are there others who will help us take the Raven down?

Handwritten Note

• This is used in conjunction with the incense cone and burner.

• Daniel gives instructions for a ritual to perform after lighting the incense.

Incense Burner

• This is to place the accompanying incense cone upon.

• It kind of looks like an abstract rabbit to me...

Incense Cone

• This is meant to be placed on the accompanying incense burner and lit, followed by conducting the ritual provided on the handwritten note.

Letter from Daniel

• It seems that Daniel is our mysterious friend who has been sending us the handwritten notes in our packages.

• The section where he mentions a bunch of numbers is actually the key to a book cipher in the Veridical Codex Umbra.

  • The first number is the page number, and the second number is a word on that page.

Meditation Card with Pin

• This card gives us access to our next meditation.

Note from Frederick to Daniel

• Wow, Frederick is not a cool dude.
• He is keeping close tabs on Daniel and vows to turn him in if Daniel does not change his ways and get with the program of the cult.
• Abigail is Daniel's wife.

Note from Raven Welgram III

• The Raven is full of it. He never went through the "hollowing".

  • We know better that he would not exist if he had, he would be dead or occupied by another being while his body slowly dies.

• Certain phrases in the Raven's note are italicized. These phrases match up with phrases in the Veridical Codex Umbra.

  • Match up the numbers of the phrases from the book (sections "The Litany of Many Appellations" and "The Litany of Many Instruments") to the italicized phrases in the Raven's note.

• The phrases are:

  • "which cleaves the unbeliever" = 5
  • "Adamantine Mortar and ground to dust" = 13
  • "Adamantine Mortar and ground to dust" = 16
  • "blessed by the spirit of smoke" = 20
  • "calls down the current from the sky" = 25
  • "Bridge of the Requiter" = 25
  • "luminous wing" = 15
  • "Drum of Invocation, which beats in the blood of all believers" = 21
  • "lost to all but those who seek" = 18
  • "He of the light in the darkness" = 19
  • "Murmux compels the dead to answer" = 5
  • "Shamhurish guards the doors to the fifth palace" = 12
  • "all time unfurls from the Endless Wheel" = 6

• Translating the numbers into letters, the message reads:

  • "EMPTY YOURSELF"

Veridical Codex Umbra

• The Raven is replaced if stricken with madness... lol.

• "The Ritual of Cleromancy" clarifies how Alexander, Daniel's son, was chosen as the vessel to be sacrificed.

  • It also deals with invoking Arawn, the "friend" of Isabella in The Woods. So that is how she became a vessel, by messing around with Arawn.
  • I have to wonder, though, was Isabella secretly involved with the people of Radiant Mountain?

• "To receive me is to traverse the never-ending maze."

  • Does this refer to the red herring path at the end of The Woods?

• Arawn is the lord and guide of the otherworld.

  • Sounds about right.

• Oh, my god, there are boobies in this book...!

  • Come on, now, we're all mature adults.
  • But, seriously, what is with all the naked people and all the clothed beings taking them into custody looking like animals?

• This is the sixth edition.

  • I wonder what has all changed over the revisions of this book.

• The key to solving the book cipher is located in the letter from Daniel.

  • 16/16: one
  • 17/169: more
  • 22/32: the
  • 21/2: first
  • 12/2: of
  • 8/28: each
  • 22/22: I
  • 8/89: offer
  • 5/63: reflected
  • 13/49: affection

• The message reads:

  • "One more the first of each I offer reflected affection."

• "The first of each" means the first letter of each of the following words: "iora".

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