The Silent Bastion: Breaching the Aqua Temporis Airlock
Trapped between the thumping at the door and the 1894 'Great Quieting' archives, I found the only exit: a dive into Lake Silent’s submerged city.
Trapped between the thumping at the door and the 1894 'Great Quieting' archives, I found the only exit: a dive into Lake Silent’s submerged city.
Following the stairs' collapse at Winchester House, I have surfaced in the Carpathian foothills. Here, a submerged network of speaking tubes is beginning to pulse with the Professor’s final, desperate transmission.
While scanning the vaulted shelves of the Winchester House Library, ChronoStrange investigators found a private journal belonging to the missing Professor Blackwood. The pages appear blank, but they pulse with a heat that suggests he isn't just gone—he is being erased.
Trapped between the Department’s sedans and the Professor’s invitation into the lattice, I chose the silver horn—only to find myself spat out into the shifting corridors of the York Minster Library.
After narrowly escaping the Department's dragnet at Lake Silent, I have reached the Scottish Highlands. Within this abandoned vault, the Professor’s final 'Aquam' protocol is the only thing standing between the truth and the rising tide.
New sonar imaging has revealed a structural anomaly 200 feet below the surface of Lake Silent—a submerged laboratory that shouldn't exist, and the first physical trace of Professor Blackwood’s final expedition.
Forced to flee the shoreline of Lake Silent as the Department closed in, I have sought sanctuary within the York Minster Library. But the manuscripts here are no longer static; the 'still-air' from the cylinder is beginning to speak through the vellum.
Divers at the north trench have recovered a sealed vessel containing preserved 'still-air' from 1924—the exact moment the birds stopped singing for a decade.
Hidden blueprints reveal Sarah Winchester's true purpose - the speaking tubes were never meant for servants.
An underwater expedition reveals the entrance to Aqua Temporis and the Department's true archive.
An underwater expedition reveals the entrance to Aqua Temporis and the Department's true archive.
An invitation arrives bearing the seal of the Etymology Department. The Society knows I'm investigating.