Pawns and Patrons: Episode 08 Handout

From: Pawns and Patrons: Episode 08
A old journal that was in a writing desk drawer.
==Entry 1==
Old Patriarch Steram passed today. I see the grief in Lady Ulna's eyes. The house stands empty but for her now. She's asked that I draw all the curtains and lay out her blacks for mourning. Though the family line of Dudet is ending, nevertheless I can serve her well.
==Entry 18==
The fever has taken her. She raves about a great festival, all of her friends invited. She says she's received invitation as well, and must go- but where I do not know. There's no such palace deep in the swamp.
==Entry 20==
I am alone now.
==Entry 21==
Today I buried Lady Ulna, interring her within the Dudet Mausoleum in accordance with her wishes. This old family, this noble line, this house... it deserved more than this ignoble end. Patriarch Steram... I can't help but feel I’ve failed you.
==Entry 22==
How strange. In the course of organizing the Lady Ulna's possessions, I have found an invitation to Frogomance, with a map drawn on the back, which I have reproduced below. I shall place it with the rest of her things and the unused keys in the Ballroom guest room.
:Map: The start point shows a rough sketch of Hall Dude; a few landmarks are sketched along the way- a split stone, a field of water lilies, a colossal skull- and then a destination; a large stone doorway carved in the shape of the mouth of a frog.
==Entry 30==
This house is so empty, and yet... I do not feel alone. Instead I feel... a warmth. A welcoming. Hall Dudet has ever been my home, and so shall it remain. Mine. My home. My life's dedication. I give my life to this house, to this HALL. Yes. This is why I am here. 
==Entry 48==
I knew it. I always knew it, but those canny frogs have helped me to see it. The line of Dudet has not ended! No, not at all. It lives still. But despite the truth of the blood, the noble line of Dudet does not BELONG here, will never BELONG here again. MY dedication has kept this house alive, MY sacrifice!
==Entry 50==
WHEN THE BLOOD OF DUDET FLOODS MY VEINS THEN SHALL THE HOUSE HAVE ITS TRUE HEIR