This collection combines historical accounts, parables, research notes and riddles. Use the volume notes below to find the passage you need. These are the library's reading notes; the books' narrators and researchers speak from their own perspectives.
Original library notes, checked against each volume. Follow the links to read the source text.
A sage brings light to Enkanomiya, but the Sunchild's rule turns against him. A child's encounter with a serpent introduces the change in the country's divine and political authority.
A chronicle of creation and Enkanomiya's descent into darkness, interspersed with parables. Read here for the Primordial One, the Seven Sovereigns, the Ruler of Time and the construction of Helios. The narrator's conjectures remain conjectures.
An account of wind, water and the layout of the underground realm. It explains the three border towers, the Narrows, the Serpent's Heart and Dainichi Mikoshi, while warning readers against accepting life underground as normal.
Laboratory records examine vishap adaptation, intelligence and grafting under Watatsumi Omikami. The researchers also discuss a prophecy concerning the Dragon Sovereign of Water; their experiments and interpretations are presented as in-world records.
Riddles and their explanations connect everyday questions to vishaps, humans, day and night. The accompanying commentary records local names and changing understandings of life in Byakuyakoku.
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