81st Turn, Seventh Year, Thirteenth Cycle, Erevday

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From the Journal of Aframos Longjourney, Pilgrim

With notes by Avos Torr, Scholar of Rheve Library

Erevday, Thirteenth Cycle, Seventh Year, 81st Turn

I met a goatherd today. His name was Grotmor Horgon. He was cautious, but friendly enough once he saw I was no threat. His goats seemed more careful, and none would approach me closely. I am usually good with animals, but his goats seemed less inclined to believe my good intentions.

Grotmor did not know of anything I might find to help my clan. However, he told me that a hermit lives nearby. The hermit is called Twisthorn, and Grotmor says that he was a traveller in his youth. He might have encountered something my clan will need.

I haven't found the hill that Twisthorn calls home yet, but I did see something most interesting. It was late in the afternoon, and the sky was a light gray blue. I heard something in the air. It sounded like a low buzzing, but a nest of bees. I looked up, and there was a most peculiar thing. It was flying, like a bat, or a harpy, but it appeared to be a made thing. As near as I was able to tell, it was made of cloth, wood, and thin pieces of metal. There was a central box-like structure, and I saw what looked like clockwork within. I thought I saw crystals set on its surface, but I could not be certain, as it moved very quickly. I watched it fly around me for several minutes, before leaving, heading to the west. Was it indeed a device¹ of some sort? If so, who made it, and for what purpose?

Still, I was told there were strange things outside the Desert, and this did not seem dangerous.

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Footnotes

1. This device bears a striking resemblance to similar clockwork engines found in parts of the Ravelwoods. However, those tend to be more aggressive than the one Aframos encountered. Icstrot Misplore theorizes that they're scouts for more powerful, intelligent machines part of a mechanical empire. While it's tempting to dismiss this theory out of hand, one must remember the legend of the Gearnaut Civilization, told in many disparate parts of the Ravelwood and associated worlds.