A year ago, the Navarr took the fateful decision to expand the Great Library of Hacynian, so that it would be vast enough to hold the treasure trove of documents and records about the vallorn scattered through every striding and steading in the Empire, as well as contributions from allies familiar and unexpected. The hope was that if the Empire compiled everything they knew on the subject, bringing it all together at last, then perhaps the answer to the vallorn might emerge. A way, at least to destroy the ancient evil and end a thousand years of longing.
