Venom ' s Sanctuary Marginalia Content . Sundas All of these recent troubles visiting our Sanctuary puts me in mind of my previous Sanctuary back in the Blackwood Borderlands . I never want what happened there to happen to my home again . I suppose that ' s why I keep such meticulous records . If someone in my Sanctuary breaks the tenets , I want to have absolute proof of that . And if we ' re falsely accused of breaking the tenets , then I want to be able to point to the appropriate journal and show the Black Hand that , this time , it made a mistake . So I write down everything . Middas The Matron asked me how I was feeling today . Why ? Does she know something I don ' t ? Turdas Hildegard ' s fur was all over my living space today . I told her not to come around when she was in wolf form . I ' m making a note of this transgression , just for the record . Fredas I wonder what would happen if I mixed goat milk with bile - beer ? Remember to try that the next time Kor brings in supplies . Morndas Tanek said hurtful things about my scales and my tail . Someday , I ' m going to inform the Speaker about the way he treats his family . Tirdus Another one of the family was found murdered today . Poor Symdul . There was something familiar about the way he was killed . I need to think about that and check my old notebooks . Turdas The Speaker seemed displeased with me . He kept throwing dark glances at me every time I jotted down what somebody said . Or maybe not . He always throws dark glances at us . Fredas I listened to a sermonizer today . I started taking notes , as usual , but I soon became so upset that I couldn ' t read my own handwriting . How dare they say such lies about the Brotherhood ? I must inform the Matron about this . Loredas Cimbar was tortured and killed . Sadness fills the Sanctuary like water fills a lake . My heart breaks for poor Mirabelle . She so enjoyed fornicating with Cimbar as often as possible . Maybe she ' d appreciate reviewing all of my extensive notes on their couplings ? Sundas The New - Blade asks the most interesting questions . I need to jot these down . " What do we do after we get to Blackwood ? " Good question ! " How do we do that ? " Sometimes the New - Blade is a bit dense . " What do you need me to do ? " I could have been inappropriate here . " Wasn ' t this Sanctuary abandoned ? " Not paying attention . Already explained that . Morndas Lyra Viria . That ' s a name I haven ' t thought about in a long time . We were friends once , brother and sister . She was dead . Or so I though . Now I discover that she ' s not only alive , but she ' s the one who purified our Sanctuary . And now I find out that sje ' s the Black Dragon , the murderer responsible for killing my current brothers and sisters . I can ' t fathom why she turned against the Brotherhood , but it doesn ' t matter . She needs to die . Middus I remember a night back in my old Sanctuary . I was a new initiate , and so was Lyra . The seasoned brothers and sisters enjoyed trying to frighten us with all kinds of scary stories . I remember one in particular , when Lyra and I were listening with a combination of tension and fascination . It was the story of Brombar , an Assassin who betrayed his brother . He was mortally wounded by the sister who was sent to punish him . She left him barely alive so that when the wraith of Sithis appeared to claim his soul , he ' d be completely aware of what was happening to him . That scared us both so much that neither of us could sleep soundly for more than a week . Why did I think of that , I wonder ? Turdas The Matron ordered me to track down the Black Dragon and kill her . I am honored and saddened by the trust she places in me .