Page_0: "I, Kilgorn el-Siq, Seer and Wardian of house Blackwell, as my final act of service, betruth the fayte of Elizabeth and Alexander.

As a Seer, I possessed certain relics, among them the Ourobori. The Ourobori are four in number: The Quinicine, Archivex and Serpentile Torcs, and the Torc of Bane. Three I have now sent to the far corners of our world and only The Quinicine Torc remains. Would that I had sent them sooner.

Not long ago, the manor and its inhabitants were left in my charge while Alexander fought the Baron's war. Wounded came here for healing, and none worked so hard as his wyfe, Elizabeth. It was unknown to me she was with child until the day the blood came. Too soon to be born, the child perished, and we stood helpless as she lay dying..

The Ourobori were said to restore life, if joined. In my fear and foolishness, I performed the ritual in haste."

Page_1: "When she again drew breath, our relief was cut short: her color was ashen, and her body showed signs of necromantic decay. Voices spoke to us from the dark, and a malevolent spirit began to stalk the house of Blackwell.  

I learned the true purpose of the Ourobori: a cruel lesson from the gods to those who seek eternal life, to be bound in eternal death. But, while death never sleeps, it can be shut from syght. I imprisoned her undying remains and spell-sealed the doors to the winter wing. I can slow the darkness from seeping out, but it will find a way in time.

The curse is known to some as The Scarlet Cascabel.    

These four keys unlock hidden rooms in the house, and within each are the symbols used to bind the curse. Once had, you may pass into the sealed wing."

Page_2: "Now, my sorrow writes the rest. Alexander is dead. I hope and fear that one day someone may succeed where we could not. The Blackwell sword, now entombed within, is key to unlocking her bones.

Behind the seal the darkness is always waiting. Always awake. Be warned. You, too, are sealed within until the curse can be unbound.

May the fates be in your syght."