Cydia Scrolls

The Cydia Scrolls are a famous ancient Viminali relic. They are a set of five scrolls detailing accounts of ancient events such as battles or plagues. They are some of the oldest surviving written texts in Aheunera, and are written in Ancient Viminali Runes.

These scrolls are named after their author, who only refers to themselves once as "Cydia". Cydia is a traditionally feminine name in Ancient Viminali culture, meaning that Cydia was probably female. Though some speculate that Cydia was merely one author of many who collaborated to write the scrolls.

Scroll 1 - The Beginning
This scroll details the author's account of how the world began, and is likely fictitious. According to the first Cydia Scroll, the world was birthed from the eye of a "great hound".

This scroll appears to be significantly older than the others.

Scroll 2 - The Prophetesses Tales
This scroll tells the stories of an unnamed prophetess as she tells the world of her predictions. This scroll tends to flit between discussing the troubles the prophetess faced, and the prophecies she relayed.

Scroll 3 - The Land Beyond
This scroll has been irreparably damaged by time and water, and the text cannot be entirely made out. It talks about a journey across the sea that the author (Cydia) will be taking to a land unknown. The rest of the scroll is unreadable.

This is the scroll that states Cydia's name.

Scroll 4 - The Castle's Blood Flows
This scroll tells the tales of various characters in a long lost kingdom somewhere in the center of the continent. These tales vary from the daily life of the nobleman's son, to the trials and tribulations of the servants.

This scroll is the first tale to involve humans, describing them as "Creatures like us, but strange and haired".

Scroll 5 - Halgidian
This scroll tells the story of an adventurer who seeks to kill a giant dragon who has curled itself around the sun, blocking it out. The ending seems to imply further scrolls were written, but none have ever been recovered.

Storage
The complete collection of known Cydia Scrolls is kept in the Vault of the Olan Citadel, along other priceless historical relics.