From the Chronicles of Lugubrius the Jocund:

I, Lugubrius the Jocund, called also Lugubrius Hale-Fellow-Well-Met, did with mine own eyes witness the chaos of the palace in the days that followed the discovery of the near-devoured governor-advisor and the nondiscovery of the king, who never more was seen. Though men of science well renowned were called and men much familiar with hunting beasts as well, none could determine what Brutish Creature had feasted on the esteemed governor-advisor, so strange were the markings of teeth and claw, nor could any ascertain whether the king had himself been devoured. And yet though chaos and confusion ensued, or, it may be, by virtue of the ensuing chaos and confusion, none did weep and none did mourn the absence of king, not even the king’s mother, well known by all to be already much unsmiling. It is with generous spirit I record her only word, “Oh,” when messengers arrived before her with news, so overcome must she have been to produce no tears or other utterance.

Fragments—Inscriptions Discovered on Stones Excavated Beneath the Palace:

Fig. 1: South Wall

… the Oracle-App… kno…… ruth… witness th… ng… and Governor-Ad…… twins, the heirs abandoned in…… ains and found by the good sheph…… o raised as his daught…… hild is the true hei…… however strange it ma…… wolf. They are kep… ow here in the… alace, where it is the plan of the k…… visor to starve the wol…… til he by force of hunge… is made t…… at the girl. So that future generatio…… ay know of how these events ca…… o be, I here inscribe th… sad tale:

Once a boy wi… a face a… ale and blank and… ft as…… ooked crea…

… Eleve…… wamp…

Fig. 2: West Wall

Here I, Alba, the or…… ecord wh… I have learned, through missives sent to the prie… of decisions made by the kin…… n earliest years of ru…… order to civiliz…… e land, the resul…… f which wa…… learing of forests an…… ields, so that farmers and fores…compl…… ten of drought and… oss of their cr…… us only most distant reaches of rea…… ned untouched. Despite repeated pleas for assis…… left witho… aid. This brutis…… uelty ofte… not only the plead…… f supplican… but als… the concerns of thos…… isting the orac… for advice. We saw often the suffe… of those withou… resourc…… nd…… ndness

… underst…

Fig. 3: North Wall

… nscribe here…… racle, a woma… always kin…… ike a mothe…… pent her life in servi…… thers. As I was, so she, too, wa… aken from her fami… as a chil… and brou… to serve as…… y priests, her onl… hom… nd… when she gre… ill, prie… shamefu…… bandon her in wildern…… very day I endeav…… elp her, and with the kindnes… Maur…… as liv…