When was the last time you felt real fear?

I ask now, because I will ask time and time again during your tenure with us: was your fear real?

Or rather, was the cause of your fear based in reality? It very well may have been–perhaps a fire roaring through a house, a fist to your gut, a knife to your throat. But what if it was a fabrication–the scream of an innocent created by the call of a bird, a figure formed of the shadow in your room, the monster you constructed from a movement in the night.

I certainly hope you’re good at imagining monsters. We have more than a few, and we need you to teach us more about them.

Your Lightkeeper,
Ezra Ashford

The document within contains depictions of abuse of power, body horror, death, gore, and other sensitive topics.

Reader discretion is advised.

LEAD GAME DESIGN: Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall

WRITTEN BY: Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke

ADDITIONAL GAME DESIGN: Christopher Grey, Tracey Harrison, and Taliesin Jaffe

EDITOR: Karen Twelves

MANAGING EDITOR: Matthew Key

PRODUCTION: Ivan Van Norman and Alex Uboldi

ARTISTS: Shaun Ellis, Jamie Harrison, Amelia Leonards, Marc Moreau, Stevie Morley, Justin O’Neal, and Doug Telford

LAYOUT: De La Rosa Design

CULTURAL CONSULTANTS: Basheer Ghouse, Christine Sandquist, Erin Roberts, Pam Punzalan, and Anthony Joyce-Rivera

ANCIENT FAIREN ALPHABET DESIGN: Stevie Morley

ILLUMINATED WORLDS GAME DESIGN: Stras Acimovic and Layla Adelman

ORIGINAL CONCEPT CREATED BY: Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey