Stretch Goal #14 - Shadlaharl Miniature STL
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 06:11:40 AM
My dear friend,
Since you and your patrons have been so interested in the curious sculptures we have sent before, I thought you might enjoy the most recent fruit of our labors (to which I alluded in a previous missive). With the aid of a skilled draughtsman and sculptor, I traveled north to the Cheyth Wood, where I went to some pains to track down some of the largest examples I could find of the shadlaharl, the great horned beast of song and legend whose roar causes the great trees to shake and the waters to boil.
Included in the delivery of our tomes will be the schematics, drawings, and instructions necessary for you to recreate a sculpture of this mighty beast at scale—sure to be popular among those of your wealthier patrons looking to bring something of the exotic into their dining halls and atria.
Yours,
Rinsos Tanurpeim, Chief Scribe of the Red Scriptorium
Stretch Goal #13 - Book Upgrade III - Second Ribbon Bookmark added to all physical books
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 01:13:45 PM
My dear friend,
I am delighted to report that many of your patrons have corresponded with me over the course of the past forty days, stressing how excited they are and how eagerly they await the publication of these tomes, which are now rapidly approaching completion.
I was somewhat surprised (although in a pleasant way) to learn how greatly they appreciated the addition of ribbons to our codices. Therefore, I am pleased to tell you we will be adding yet another set of ribbons, in celebration of the erudition and good taste of our readers.
Yours,
Rinsos Tanurpeim, Chief Scribe of the Red Scriptorium
Stretch Goal #12 - Shrine of the Sacred Well STL add-on
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 02:33:44 PM
My dear friend,
In the enclosed package, which I have sent to you by the hand of a trusted courier, you will find a small, sculpted model of a Sacred Well shrine—in this case, the primary shrine here on the Red Isle, dedicated to the brothers Neras and Neralu.
You may find this a curious inclusion in our project—after all, are we not producing books? But, as it is my desire to ensure that the sacred lore and history of our people is properly preserved, I thought an ingenious model such as this would no doubt be of interest. Of course, there are as many varieties of these shrines as there are Sacred Wells themselves, but they are similar enough in their primary respects that this one may be taken as representative. I believe it will make a fine addition to your collection.
Yours,
Rinsos Tanurpeim, Chief Scribe of the Red Scriptorium
$37,000 – New Adventure II: The Isle of Madness (PDF)
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 05:56:22 PM
My dear friend,
I hope that the manuscript somewhat ominously entitled The Bell of Time did not trouble you greatly. As I indicated previously, I found it a most... disturbing read. What I failed to mention (or rather, intentionally left out) is that it was not the only manuscript of strange provenance I found. It was in a scroll case—an old, ornate thing that smelled of madness—along with another item. This second item is not really a scroll at all, but rather the pages of some ancient codice that have been stitched together lengthwise.
Master Norkur always told me I was his best student, so you will understand it is not any idle boast when I say that I have deciphered hundreds of ancient manuscripts in my time, some of which I found in places far older than the Royal Library in Sencankarr. Still, never in my life have any of them posed the kind of challenge this text does. For one thing, the pages seem to be stitched together all out of order! But that is far from my greatest difficulty. The writing seems to contain the ravings of a madman.
I... I can see some of the letters forming before my eyes, as though another hand were writing them on this text.
I... need to lie down...
Stretch Goal #10 - Bestiary Cards (PDF)
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 01:42:14 PM
My dear friend,
As I pen this latest missive, my boots are mud-stained, and my cloak is heavy with rain. I am bivouacked in a cottar's small hut, not in the ancient fastness of the Red Isle, but on the remote edge of the Cheyth Wood. It is an old place—as old at least as the Red Isle—and the trees here sing the same strange, growing song of the old roots of the Red Mountain, albeit in a different key. I am here with two assistants—an illuminator named Yalafir, and a ranger named Derjal—on an expedition to track, observe, and illustrate some of the great beasts of the Cheyth Wood. These illuminations will adorn our first tome, but I am also pleased to inform you that they are also available for your patrons in single-leaf illuminations, which may be used to adorn their chambers, or books of their own devising. Such images will... But, ah! The crash of the underbrush, the horn of the hunter, the trumpeting of the Great Beast! I must leave my pen for now.
Yours,
Rinsos Tanurpeim, Chief Scribe of the Red Scriptorium
