Vaecordia
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I don’t really understand what I saw. Something dead, or so it seemed. I watched the scholars open it. Dismantle it. I saw them elbows-deep in it.
And I think, truth be told, that I should not have witnessed what I did.*
The Fishing Hamlet: six accounts, four survivors, and the language of disbelief.
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08 Sep 2025
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In retrospect, he doesn’t remember what he expected. Someone older, perhaps. Something more blunt, or somehow forceful: a fanatic, not a consummate scholar. If nothing else, someone striking - remarkable, unearthly. Some ancient, gilded mosaic of a prophet come to life.
Not this.
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Drawn by his family's fortune, the fledgling Healing Church arrives at Ludwig's estate to solicit patronage and resources from Yharnam's wealthiest.
But the vicar at his gates has something else in mind.Bookmarked by tulireboi (Vaecordia)
08 Sep 2025
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She still cannot decide what’s worse: releasing such curiosity into the world, or having to spend the rest of her life in an effort to contain it.
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Two scholars, two Prospectors, and the open mouth of a labyrinth.
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13 Feb 2025
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Despite knowing that he will not persuade Laurence to share any truths he isn’t already inclined toward giving, Ludwig tries again. “Your research – has there been a development?”
Laurence tips his chin back with the kind of defiance that Ludwig knows to precede a fight. “I’m leaving Byrgenwerth,” he says instead of answering.
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(In which Ludwig learns two things about Laurence: that he plays violin, and that he is leaving.)
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13 Feb 2025
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Tied to a cross and burning was a Beast. Large, beautiful, its pelt shone in the rising sun and its eyes, though glazed, were bright with color. Its size was massive, its maw gaping, its gaze pained. It must have been dead. But she felt, she clearly felt, that it was looking at her.
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- Part 1 of tales from yharnam
Bookmarked by tulireboi (Vaecordia)
01 Feb 2025