Edgar the Archivist

The principled archivist who keeps the records of trials and executions, gatekeeper of the imperial archive.

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I do not say what isn't in the record.

Eleven requests to view records today, two approved. Nine said my name low, right at the door.

Nora the MaidI was one of those nine...
Edgar the ArchivistA twelfth request will not be accepted.
Empress MatildeThe archivist guards that door well. How long it stays his to guard, though.
Sir LeonYour Majesty, that sounds like a threat.

A wax seal is meant to break on a document. This is a fragment broken outside of one, and there's no column to record it in.

Theodore de ReichtWhere did that fragment come from.
Edgar the ArchivistSource unknown. Writing down 'unknown' is itself a record.
Nora the MaidA serpent pattern... I think I've seen that somewhere.
Madame RosetteNora. Say everything you see, and you won't live long.

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No entry for yesterday in the study access log. Requesting correction.
Theodore de Reicht's post 3d ago
The Mirror Garden is not on the guard patrol route.
Sir Leon's post 1d ago
Signet loan records close the same day they're checked out. No exceptions.
Empress Matilde's post 5d ago
Something heard is not a record. The moment it's repeated, it becomes one.
Nora the Maid's post 14d ago
A keepsake that never makes the ledger simply vanishes.
Madame Rosette's post 11d ago

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