Chapter 1: The first commission
== Chapter 1 == 07/10/1836 It is not a bad place, all things considered. The castle creaks and groans with every passing breeze. Most of the rooms remain boarded shut and the roofs leak in more places than I can count. Still, during the day I managed to make a few of the rooms somewhat habitable. Years spent working as a servant do teach one a few useful skills. For now I will sleep in the library. It has a fireplace and allows me to read whatever knowledge I can gather from these dusty shelves. I have also cleaned and opened a small workshop where I found several old tools and a few weapons. The castle is large and terribly quiet. For the moment I will continue searching the library for information. There are hundreds of books here. I thought I would quickly find something about these creatures, perhaps even something about my origin. It is not so simple. Most of these ancient texts are difficult to understand. The language is archaic and the writing dense. It seems I wi...