Archive Naturalist
Digital correspondence from the Pendleberry Archive.
It is my hope that these records find their way safely to you, wherever in the Outer Realm you may be reading them.
For many years, we believed the old correspondence routes between our realms had been lost forever. Imagine my delight when the first letters from the Outer Realm began arriving upon my desk once again.
Since then, I have made it my business to record as much of the Once Kingdoms as I am able, particularly our dragons, whose habits continue to surprise me no matter how many years I spend in their company.
Each month, Archive Naturalists receive a complete digital dispatch from Pendleberry, including:
- My illustrated Field Notes, documenting the latest dragon survey from somewhere within the Once Kingdoms.
- The Daily Pendleberry, a collectors’ edition of the town newspaper, filled with local news, weather, notices and the occasional unexplained occurrence.
- A personal letter from me, written from my desk at the Archive, or wherever the month’s work has carried me.
- A collectible stamp, issued from a different corner of the Once Kingdoms each month.
- High-quality scans and photographs of every item in the month’s correspondence, including the handmade dragon scale replica, so that each ridge, colour and curious marking may be examined in close detail.
Each dispatch is carefully prepared as your own record of the dragons, places and people I encounter along my travels.
It is my hope that, over time, your shelves will begin to resemble those of the Archive itself: a drawer of dragon scales, a stack of well-thumbed field notes, a growing collection of stamps from kingdoms many in the Outer Realm believe exist only in stories.
Do keep them well. They may be the only proof in the Outer Realm that the Once Kingdoms are still here, waiting just beyond the old roads.
It is a curious thing to behold a letter that has travelled between worlds.
Happily, curiosity has always been my favourite flavour.
– Lune