The Shard of the Ancients

The Shard of the Ancients

The Shard of the Ancients is both a book and a note in Weird West.

Transcript

Without Profane Linguistic

Reading the note without Profane Linguistic affliction possessed by Constance Driftwood will result in the below description:

	(The words are scrawled in an ancient, angular script. More geometry than language. Precious few mortals could understand it.)

With Profane Linguistic

The book version is always translated, and doesn't require Profane Linguistic.

	It was the power of the Dreaming Tree that we sensed below the sands as we made our journey to Somnolence, but it was the Shard we found in the ruins that granted us access to the Ancient magics. The Gelsinnig runes, lost to time, were here laid out and identified, and though the translation was the work of many dreamings, we were able to decipher their meanings. We now know that Somnolence is but one of many Gelsinnig sites beneath the soil of the West, and with the knowledge of their language unlocked, the Ancients' secrets will soon be laid bare.

Location

• The book version can usually be found in library in Temples of the Ancients.
• The note is found in the Hall of Knowledge in Somnolence, and can be read by interacting with the Shard mentioned in the text.