Verdas's Journal

Verdas's Journal is quest item. It's missing multiple pages you had to assemble. It's part of time-limited event. It's unknown if this event was ever activated.

"This is the only existing copy of Verdas's notes on dragons, but it's missing a number of pages. Putting all of them back together in the right order will be something of a puzzle."

This item gives some lore about Vergos, Khemadia and Velik and their relationship, it's written by Verdas.

Page 2
Now, I must stress that I fully understand the Danger. It is certainly ambitious of me to attempt to catalogue every kind of Dragon, Living and Dead, across three Continents…and another yet inaccessible... and more than a little dangerous. But if my Observations outlast me, so much the better!

Page 11
Again and again, the Beast I came to think of as the Master of the Darkened laid into its Challenger—until the wounded Dragon cried out once, twice, three times, and finally lay still.

Page 18
Better men than me have attempted to enter Fyrmount unaccompanied. But I am confident that one man alone stands a better chance of going unnoticed... and unmolested. If all else fails, there appear to be many large rock formations I could take cover among...

Page 27
Hungry for more information, I have secured Travel for two to Allemantheia, where I am told the Researcher Jerad keeps a Dracoloth named Jermir... black of Scale, and noble of Bearing.

Page 30
These facts are irrefutable: Vergos begat Khemadia; Khemadia, alone of all Dragons, employs Mortal Agents scattered across the four Continents; Khemadia blames Velik for what happened to Vergos.

Page 31
Of Prime Importance is the consideration that Dragons are products of their environment, in four regards: They are Violent, Savage, Brutal, and above all else, Hungry.

Page 44
Bearing witness to the mating dance of the Dragons, I immediately observed that while the Beasts appear to be color-blind, their other Four Senses are more than capable of leading them to Mates of like kind.

Page 46
Still, Velik’s Hand is evident in the Diaspora of the Dragons from Southern Arun. For several Leagues around her City, there are very few wild Dragons to be found—and, in fact, I saw only nine during my wanderings there.

Page 53
Time after time, I saw Dragons standing off from each other, even when they numbered a Score or more in a discreet Space. When two or more crossed Paths, it often led to Savage Struggles, and ended in Death.

Page 55
...past, except that old Legends from out of Castle Aranea speak of Heroes who had not yet been born. Could these be the Guardians, somehow moving through Time?

Page 62
...kind of Heart, though fiercely protective of her City. From her Sanctuary, I could see all of the World laid out below us, and I began to grow afraid that I would never set foot upon Green Grass again.

Page 64
Among the most dangerous of their kind are the mighty Dracoloths who still remember Vergos, for they share a measure of his Power. But after nine generations, the Power is all but gone from them. Still, the average Dracoloth is powerful enough...

Page 66
Velik had been the sole dissenting Vote on the Creation of their Nemesis, the first Dragon: Vergos. The scrolls I examined at Balder’s Refuge suggest that she proposed splitting the Power among eight lesser Creations, so that no single God could gain sway over a Creature powerful enough to slaughter all other deities.

Page 72
Death could not contain Vergos, for he had been borne of the combined Will of all the Gods…and as their numbers dwindled, as one God after another fell in Battle or Betrayal, his Power increased, until he was strong enough to stir once more.

Page 78
More of them in Wyrmgorge now. I have spoken with the Elenea’s Magistrate, Derzio, to convince him that he should send to Velika for Aid. If I can get him to comprehend the Threat, reinforcements could arrive seven days from now.

Page 81
Other theories propose that Vergos’s first Brood consisted of a Dragon of each of the Primary Pigments, plus another devoid of coloration, and still another of all the hues combined. Khemadia may well be the Last of these.

Page 97
Vergos reserved his greatest Hatred for Velik, who of all the Gods doubted that the Dragonsire was truly Dead, and took it upon herself to lay half a dozen Curses on Harrowhold, ensuring that Vergos, if he still lived, could never claw his way past.

Page 98
There are innumerable reasons for the Velik-Vergos Enmity, but one can only imagine that the original source was the Betrayal that the Dragonsire felt when the first voice calling for his Banishment came from Velik.

Page 102
Deities will always cleave to Deities. Mortal concerns are fleeting, and rarely last more than a Generation or two. But when every last mortal is dust, the Gods will still have each other.

Page 111
Enough equivocating. I must leave with all haste for Velika, to speak with Commander Seir. The Dragon Army’s plans are clear: They will not stop with their first Conquest, or their second, or even their third. Khemadia will not be satisfied until the only Thing stirring on all four Continents are Dragons... or their Prey.