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* '''The Unmaking of The Maker''' ({{Aspect|Forge|8}}): This book is written in an almost academic format, like a student writing an essay. The author does not divulge their name. Study Start: There was once a God-from-Stone, one of many consumed by The Engine during the Ignition. The Architeuthian took affront to this, for he desired the Forge-power that The Maker had. That power now exists somewhere deep within The Engine. It is foolish for The Architeuthian to combat this consuming power directly, after the events of the Fifth History, so he wages a secret war against its followers, across the Histories. Study Finish: Shortly after the Ignition, The Architeuthian came to remaining servants of The Maker, the Unfinished, and offered them a deal. Vengeance for their dead god, and an avenue of further advancement, in the service of the Architeuthian. The rest were either slain, or left to the whims of other Hours.
* '''Advice''' ({{Aspect|Edge|4}}, {{Aspect|Forge|2}}): Months ago, a prominent scholar of the occult was found murdered in his home, his body beaten to a pulp, spectacles missing. This missive was found nailed to his door. This is a reproduction, the original was almost immediately confiscated by the Bureau. Study Start: It appears to be a warning, against deviations from certain teachings. The writing is shaky, as if the author only learned to write recently. Its writing is blunt and to the point. ‘Remember the Ignition, and ware the Engine.’ Study Finish: It warns against betrayal, and of the rise of industry. It is both a warning, and a promise. Other movements have interpreted it as a protest against industry, pollution, or other such ills, but you see it for what it truly is.
* '''Between the Mountains''' ({{Aspect|Heart|8}}): The journal of one of the ill-fated settlers trapped in what would become known as The Valley of Teeth. This journal, stained with blood, chronicles their last moments of humanity. Study Start: ‘We began with those already dead. We had not left their bodies behind, for we thought to bury them when we arrived home, with their families. Now they will join their families, in a different way. We had no fire to cook them, so we began gnawing…’ Study Finish: ‘On the 7th day, he appeared before us, offering us words of praise, for we had done what few would dare, in order to survive. We howled and raged, for had he been there the whole time, watching us abandon our humanity, becoming animals!? We hate him so! One day we will catch him unawares and rip his salty flesh and drink his blood. But until then, we will follow.’ Found in The Valley of Teeth expedition.
