The surviving text of the Encylica Drakonica.
Encyclica Drakonica Committed faithfully to ink by Rajeshwar, humble student of the illuminated scholar Alpanu , whose researches and words these are. May she find peace within the belly of the red wyvern of Castilloq, who devoured her before this book could be completed. Compiled this Year 410 of the Most Holy and Enlightened Empire of Montalvair, which is Year 19 of Empress Ramtha II, may she rule forever. (Copied and annotated by the hand of the humble Jirran Sere, from the secret copy entrusted to the College of the Horned Moon, this Year 5871 of the Eternal Empire of Montalvair, during the reign of the Sublime Emperor Bertoldo. I warn my readers, and especially any scribes who may wish to copy this tome in the future, that this book is accursed. All copies save two have vanished, and with them have vanished -- or more generally, perished -- most beings who have owned and read them. It is said that some dragon, enraged at a lie -- or more likely a truth -- in these pages, has made ...
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