From the travelling collection of
The Mystical Caravan
The Reliquary · Cabinet Catalogue
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Item R–2172–901The Black Book of Quarles
The cracked black volume in which Edgar Allan Poe signed the name Quarles, giving his words endurance and awakening the Caravan's eternal raven storyteller.
- Classification
- Pact-bound literary grimoire
- Origin
- A forgotten library; later Baltimore
- Estimated date
- Before Edgar Allan Poe's death
- Collection status
- In storage
- Materials
- Cracked black leather; paper; enchanted ink
- Condition
- Closed; pact remains active
The Curator’s record
The volume is retained as the material origin of Quarles's appointment. No additional names may be entered on the final page.
Provenance
Poe found the book while searching a forgotten library. He signed its final page with the name Quarles. When the pact fully awakened after his death, the stories endured and the signed name became a raven born from ink, ambition, and shadow.
Observed activity
A signature made in ambition may be claimed by the shadows. The pact binds Quarles to the Mystical Caravan as storyteller, though genuine connection with listeners has loosened its chains by a small degree.
The Tale of this object
I, Quarles The Raven
Season 1 · Episode 13In tonight’s story, we uncover the strange origin of Quarles, the raven born from Edgar Allan Poe’s ambition and bound to the Mystical Caravan as its eternal storyteller. Beneath his sharp wit and darker tales lies a soul that has learned fame means little without connection, and that every story hopes to be truly heard.
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