Knights of Tezoth

-- I wish that this day's visit had but a single purpose -- to send a couple of modest works to press... Alas! The days of turmoil are upon Kanamia's threshold, and in these days the plague grows in the hearts of men throughout our land. And so I must ask: have any treacherous writings appeared, such as the dark ones might have brought to the doorstep, and is there any place of secret struggle waged quietly through the lines of books? I would fain know what the books breathe nowadays; perhaps I shall uncover something hidden among the lines.

- With crimson blood and wood ash, my lord may lose faith in men by learning their true moods at this historic hour.
The woman hands the guest a book bound in black leather, on the front cover of which was written "Tezothborn" in scarlet letters.
- An ancient work by Spline Deus, which has found great demand among the younger generation.

-- What a man knows not, he cannot lose, -- Ambrose smirked in response to the words about "losing faith." -- Strange it is and even unhealthy -- that was a ruler from a quiet era, his words are of no use to us in our storm-laden age, as if...
Ambrose estimates how long it will take to skim through the text.