Expedition Notes - the Ancient Naval Facility

A finely written letter, stained with alcohol :

" Quintus Bartholomew Marion , Ho there boss. We rounded the Penitent Man and we are off to the Sagouri swamps, we're going to put into port in a friendly little village I know of inside the Inner Settlements, good food and drink, stock up on supplies, gather some local guides and we're off to danger. Huzzah! Heidl Goldfinch "

Two weeks later, a dirty letter written in similarly fine hand :

"Got into the village no problem, got the supplies no problem, (btw people around here are fascinated by the Qwynn Casino just letting you know you got a good rep around here boss), got the guide no problem, big fella named Connig. But then, problem. So we go to cross by land towards The Ancient Naval Base and so we gotta get through the Meggido lands, I figure no problem a little gold a little fast talk and why would they care? So no, I guess things are a ilttle tense around here, so we get picked up right away and taken to see some local bigwig named Fjolk the Fury , says our guide is a spy, kills him, guts him, yep, right there, fun. I do my 'oh lawd no' and fall on my knees and I think this might be the end, but he wants us to keep going, gives us some of his men, some supplies, and makes me take some broad named Simir Lagovadich , ugly lady, no personality. Obviously I'm no idiot right so that guy was no spy and we're now getting get jerked around so I think, fuck it, I can lose these lads in the swamp. So yeah, you can imagine, that didn't work, that lady has some magic, ugly basari kind of witchery, so yeah, friends now. We're heading deeper in past the last fort. Wish 'us' well."

A letter partially damp from swamp water :

"This is what I told you about, bad things happen to me for good reason. We are pushing our way through the mud and marsh and muck, nasty business that but nothing I can't handle - then BHAM monsters, little clawed waterborn things ripping and tearing like badgers in heat. So now again, I'm thinking, it's been a shit life but at least it's over. Then DOUBLE BHAM, Simir Lagovadich is sending fire and ice this way and that, the things are screaming and roasting up good. They also made for good meat! Yeah so I figured you should know that in case my body turns up charred or frozen she did it."

A blood-encrusted letter written in shaky hand :

"We found a ruin on the way, not what you were looking for but oh man this is something else all together. Vines wrapping around some kind of structure, much older then anything I've seen or heard about. A couple of the men went in, gone, just... not dead just... vanished? Like they never existed and I swear to you, I cannot remember their names. No, I know, its crazy, but no one can they're just... not ... there? I mean I can remember them, one was a big guy with a mustache, gay as a lark, but I can't remember his name. So yeah no one else went in there, that cold ass bitch Simir Lagovadich sent a letter back so I know that her friends know about it. She seemed, excited? but maybe she just likes seeing people die. Anyway, I made some etchings so I'll have something to report back to you."

Edge of Oblivion added to Map

A letter stinking of urine, moss, and fear :

"Did you know that a surge of adrenaline and lead to a surge of urine in your pants? I have learned a lot on this voyage. So that marsh that sits between the two swamps, let's just call it "The Great Marsh", is a big ol peat bog of horrors. Now before we decided to try and cross it we found a strange little camp, recently set up, with some canoes filled with, I shit you not, the most fragrantly disgusting rotten flowers I have ever smelt. Nasty, so nasty, and the tracks were like... feet... and tails? I don't know, I am not a tracker it was nasty too. But we thought 'HEY WHAT GOOD FORTUNE TINY BOATS' so we sunk on into the thing lickety split. Wow oh wow oh wow was it a terrible, terrible idea. So yes monsters, but fine we have supermage and the badass mercenary crew handling them - I helped too as I threw a knife at one. It was after that, something, so big, so... huge? massive? immense? What is the word for just like... beyond what it should be, inappropriately large - yes, this serpent was inappropriate large, and it was mad. Thank god that witch had some kind of wind magic, got us going a little faster and we made it to solid ground. Oh we lost like 10 people but they were expendable."

A letter written professionally on papyrus, wrapped up in it is a slim silver key of sorts - though with no head you have ever seen :

"We made it! Excelsior! Alright boss here's the skinny, this place is ridiculously strange. Check out my notes under The Ancient Naval Base for what I've learned in just a casual observation, but now that we are here we are setting up to explore and do some digging, I suspect based on what I've seen in the past that this place is deep, really deep, and if it's been sunk it may have some perfectly preserved treasures. Yeah but of course Simir Lagovadich and her goons are all over us, they've already 'secured' some of our goods, but I smuggled out this little key I found, I have a gut feeling it could be useful. Then again, my gut is why I'm in debt to you, but well, maybe it's all gonna work out for the best. I'll keep you informed bossman, Heidl Goldfinch out"

A letter written with some haste :

"Oh boy boss have I got news for you, the jerks and our fine men have been digging for months and we finally found some kind of... spigot? I don't know, a device - and it got hit and then wow water came out of the ground, all over the place, exploding - the whole area is flooded now, but the water messed up the alignment good and there's definitely an entrance, we're working it open now. Hopefully more news soon, LOVE YOU"

A letter written unsteadily :

"Boss this is getting weird here - yeah we got in and its a real looker in there, about the opposite of the frosty bitch I have to work everyday. So yeah, weird is right - people have been acting strange, I don't know how, you know me, I get a feeling, but there's something off, a little different with people's stories... man I don't know. I really want out of here, but then again there's so many more chambers to this place, going deep, real deep I am sure. Well, anyway, I snuck this out of here to you, everything I do near the ruins is watched by Simir Lagovadich so maybe you can get back here and do something with it."

In the letter you find a slim silver rod, aligned with two flangs.

A letter written in steady hand: