Trinket Chest

Hmm, it seems like the chest is locked. Looks like you need a key -- just a simple iron key. The kind of thing that might just be sitting in someone's pocket, waiting to be given to you. Where might you find something ordinary like that?

HINT

EXTRA STRONG HINT

JUST TELL ME WHERE THE DAMN THING IS

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JOURNALS OF YESTERYEAR

This trinket was here in the chest, before you ever unlocked it, before you ever looked inside. Who placed it here?

A strange trinket you've found, an otherworldly scene that seems filled to the brim with peace and comfort. The art style is unfamiliar within the harsh reality of Cathedris, yet the soothing colours and crisp pixels help to ease your mind. You really feel like visiting it right about now.

This is a postcard to the incredibly inspiring world of JOY, made by the one and only TJ Trewin! It's thanks to him, his world, and his fantastic ideas of using Subscriber Groups in new and inventive ways with his stamp collecting, that this entire Trinket thing is being added to Cathedris. Please, make sure to go and check out his amazing world <3

— Stormbril

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A STRANGE CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER

Hmm... what is this, a piece of trash? Bit of leftovers from whoever was using this trinket chest before you found it?
Hang on, it looks like there's something written on it...

It seems like it's the strange and cryptic ramblings of a madman, who's mind has been overrun by broken thoughts and twisted conspiracies. Honestly, the majority of this scrap of paper is unreadable. Still, it gives you an awfully unsettling feeling to look at it. The jittery markings, the extreme emphasis... it feels unnatural, and you can really sense the abject terror coursing through this note's author's mind.
There are a few parts you can just barely make out though. You can't quite be sure what they mean, but they must be important.

First readable fragment:

The letter. The letter the letter the letter the letter. The letter is a frayed thread, the letter pulls loose and unravels the terror of
he . ...r
Why
Did she send the letter?

Second readable fragment:

Four arms they hold up the world they hold so tight they hold Cathedris they open to Cathedris they open the hold they embrace they welcome the reveal the land the home the place of broken gods within the four arms they hold
what?

Third readable fragment:

How does he know so much? As far as I can tell he is not connected to them. To them. And yet he knows so much. How can he write so much and know so much.
The worrying part is how much he knows about the beginning. Where did he discover that? What does he know? Even written the way it is, he knows so much. He is revealing the truth and yet no one knows what he knows or if he is connected. What is behind what he has written? What is behind the truth of the beginning?

Fourth readable fragment:

The surgery terrifies me
it intrigues me
but it terrifies me
I should go through with it, shouldn't I? My life would be better? I would mean something? I would be a someone rather than a no one?
I am terrified of the future, but this... this makes me feel better. It introduces the concept to me. It makes it seem simple. Simple, yes, but still scary. But at least now I know what it takes to become part of Catalurgy. To become closer to gods.

INFORMATION

Hmm...
Does this chest appear empty to you?
Or perhaps there's just a few objects within it?
Well, you've got your work cut out for you... there are 21 (plus the JOY postcard) hidden Trinkets to be discovered all across Cathedris! Some of these will be more obvious than others, found simply by exploring the many articles of this world. However, some of them are going to require a little bit more searching to find... In some of the lesser known articles, as well as the most popular within Cathedris, there might be hidden things to find. Check out the crumpled scrap of paper in the Trinket Chest for 4 hints to get you started! And from then on, make sure you read about each Trinket you collect, because the lore that goes with them might just hint you towards another article with another Trinket to find >:D
Feel free to discuss in the comments about what you've found, but make sure to not spoil the fun for anyone else! It's all about the hunt.
Good luck, and enjoy! Each Trinket will come with a small write-up of lore as well >:)
If there's bugs or errors, feel free to let me know! <3
(Note, these trinkets are most likely only discoverable on desktop, and might not work on mobile. This trinket chest definitely will not work on mobile. Yet. I have ambitions to make it work on all screen sizes still! It will just have to happen later. After world ember for sure, maybe later depending on my school.)