How The End Began (artifact)
What begins as a mundane military log of Legio XXVI quickly turns into a chaotic assembly of notes, maps, and reports beginning in 1202. Though the frantic handwriting and annotiations are barely legible, it is one of the clearest glimpses into the origin and earliest sightings of the Fog.
First speaking of the sudden appearance of large numbers of hitherto unknown tribal peoples from the continental interior, it then analyzes the bizarre and confused reports given by captives, and finally the first sightings of the phenomenon itself in 1203. The author, presumably the Legon, shines lights on his attempts to warn the government in Oraispol of the oncoming threat, only to receive silence at best, or outright mockery and accusations of treason at worst.
The final report is dated to 1221, the writer apparently having fallen mortally ill during the legion's march back to the Shattered Coast. The very last passage records the vow given by all present to no longer serve the whims of any petty Aautokratir, but the interests of all humanity, and that the only enemy they shall know henceforth will be no man, but the corrupting embrace of The Fog itself.