《According to Lilen’s guide to survival》


 Dedication, Foreward, and note

    Dedication


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    This book is dedicated to my sweet Elise, a beauty with a voice as soft as the finest silk and the only one I will ever love.


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    Foreword


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    Ciaradh is a dangerous land filled to the brim with monsters and people who want nothing more than to either kill, eat, torture, or steal from you, sometimes all of the above at once. This book contains information on such monsters, human and inhuman alike, and lists their weaknesses, abilities, usefulness of their materials, habits, location, and more. The purpose of this study is to document the many inhabitants of this dreary land and teach you how to fight and survive such encounters. I had wished to publish this book to the public, but I am no longer welcome in my homeland, Boglach Glas, and it seems that my age has gotten to the point where I hear B¨¤s calling my name everywhere I go. For all the vile creatures I have purged and outsmarted, I can only admit defeat to age, as I am no match for father Uair. By this, I leave behind my knowledge, so it may not be lost and forgotten as I shall be.  But enough of my bitter ramblings, use this information to survive this poor world and pass on a legacy.


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    Author¡¯s note


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    Hello dear reader, it seems you have happened upon my journal of sorts. Inside this journal, you will find the knowledge that has let me survive in this grim land of Ciaradh for these many years. I fear that I can not run from age, as I can from a madadh-allaidh freumh1 or togail fe¨®il2.  I know I am not long for this world, I can feel B¨¤s¡¯, death¡¯s, cold hand on my shoulder. So, therefore, I entrust this book and pass down my wisdom to whoever finds this journal¨C you. May it serve you well in life, as it did in mine.


    ~ Lilen Grenhail Warton Fern, excommunicated scribe, and exile of Boglach Glas.


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    1 A plant golem in the shape of a wolf that tend to attack travelers at night.


    2 An unholy abomination, made from the use of black magic on flesh to create a living construct.

 Chapter 1- understanding the undead (article 1)

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    Those who die the perilous death of drowning often don''t rest in the Tr¨¬ Cium forest1 instead they tend to lurk where they went under to drag others to the same fate. These creatures are the


    Appearance: From a distance, the bh¨¤thadh can appear as normal undead, which can prove a fatal mistake. Thankfully, there are some key features for identifying a bh¨¤thadh. These features are wrinkled skin due to water exposure, sunken eyes, and lack of prominent rot. Another key identifier is the unique choking gasps for air they make. Soft bits such as eyes are often missing due to being eaten by the local sea life. Additionally, they are frail, like skinned skeletons.


    Despite their unnatural strength, they often are unable to walk well usually opting to crawl instead, those who do walk tend to trip and stagger. Do not let their poor maneuverability on land fool you, they are uncannily fast in the water, often using this to catch victims off guard.


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    Strategy for combat:  It is not wise to combat a  best  bet in defeating a


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    1 the Tr¨¬ Cuim is the forest that surrounds the kingdom of Boglack Glas


    2 "humanity would not still stand upon these treacherous lands, if not for one uncontested rule of life, that nothing that treads these lands may disobey, and that rule is that none are without weakness, even tightest knot has a loose end that we... [humanity] will pull on" - on ¡®Conceptions of Ciaradh - A study¡¯