Lantern

Lore Fragments

A Watchman's Secret [ Lantern 2 ]

It has been expressed like this: 'Each Hour has its colour, but colour exists only where there is light'.

A Mansus-Glimpse [ Lantern 4 ]

A snatch of poetry; a single memory of a certain house that all of us visit at least twice in our lives. For one's first visit to the Mansus, this lore is almost essential.

An Unmerciful Mantra [ Lantern 6 ]

'Mercy', saith the Watchman, 'is found only in shadow.'

Phanaen Invocation [ Lantern 8 ]

The Door-in-the-Eye navigates; he is not merciful; but first and always, he illuminates. [Use this in a Rite with a Knock tool and a Thrilling Air - or other resources of equal power - to summon a Hint from behind mirrors.]

Formulae Concursate [ Lantern 10 ]

The Concursum waits at the Lantern of the Mansus. It has been called the Chamber of Ways and also the Chamber of Endings. Its intricacies are probably beyond human comprehension, but these formulae are a first approximation. [Use this in a Rite with a Knock tool and a Thrilling Air - or other resources of equal power - to summon a Hint from behind mirrors.]

Mantra of Ascent [ Lantern 12 ]

The Ascent of Knives is the bloodiest of the Watchman's tests. Those who pass it and are dead enter the service of the Sun-in-Rags. Those living who pass it are a little closer to the Glory. [Use this in a Rite with a Knock tool and a Thrilling Air - or other resources of equal power - to summon a Hint from behind mirrors.]

Illuminate Mysteries [ Lantern 14 ]

The Meniscate, the Madrugad, the Flowermaker and the Forge of Days are the gods-from-Light. There is a fifth, but now we know it is not the Watchman. Yet the Watchman shares a secret doctrine with those five, and here is that doctrine... [Use this in a Rite with a Subtle Rupture and a Paradoxical Curio, and someone will come. Speak it to a Hunter, and it might drive them insane on the spot.]

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