In the 75 years or so since Servelan de Vermiis' great leap in uncovering the middle histories of Janus Veritus and reprinting his works in the modern fashion, much controversial and shocking information has been found by the historical scholars of the University of Shallam, facts witnessed, written, and passed down over millenia, which both prove the histories of Janus Veritus to be fallacious, and make clear the path of misdeeds which ultimately fathered the false version.

In the year 204 AF, an ancient text was found in the Mannaseh, at the ruins of Gruul-in-lo, located in the aboriginal homeland of the ancient Trollish race. Partial translations of the archaic Trollish text by the year 217 AF revealed much about the exodus of the Trolls from the swamps and their first contacts with humanity. It is written that, having been welcomed into the Church by the ancient Templars of the second Basilican order, predecessors to the modern Paladins, many Trolls gladly fled the pollution and oppression of their homes in the time of Taug, and they prospered spiritually and supported their families in service of Light, Order, and Goodness.

This text was used as a spiritual history written by the Troll Templars for their sons and grandsons. Notably, further translations speak of Ghim lo tinn, a Templar Rite of Judgement, which is in fact, passed down to the modern Paladins in one of the rarest, and most ceremonial rites done today. The Trolls write of Ghim lo tinn as the holiest of holy days, in which every Templar would fast and pray for spiritual judgement by the gods of Light, Order, and Good.

Historians have also uncovered a text by the venerated occultist-historian, Glaaki, written before the Revelations, which details the death of Janus Veritus. Glaaki, who performed Veritus' death rituals in the occultic calling, spent much time with Veritus during his final year, this being the period which inspired the writing of the Revelations. It is in Glaaki's book, Death and Madness, that the great historian describes in graphic detail the madness which claimed Veritus' faculties in his approach to death. Glaaki was fascinated by spiritual nature of madness, but he confessed, in Death and Madness, that much of what Veritus said during their year together had very little coherence. Having to piece together whatever he heard, historians believe today, Glaaki had no other choice but to guess, to fill in the gaps.

Throughout known history, there has been no mention of Glaaki's Rite of Humility, not even in the Church itself. The existence of the Rite of Judgement in the sacred depths of the Basilica in the modern day, together with the testament of 700 years of Paladin history in the ancient Trollish texts suggests that the Rite of Humility may have been a misnomer, or that it was simply a figment of the dying Janus Veritus' neurotic imagination.

The acclaimed Servelan de Vermiis based her findings on the Revelations of Glaaki, and historians now believe, since the discovery of Death and Madness, that the amount of Truth in the Revelations is questionable, due to the madness and guesswork that were involved.


Penned by my hand on the 19th of Phaestian, in the year 240 AF.