Journal Entry

Journal Entries are one of the ways to uncover the story / lore of Rogue Legacy 2, the other being Memories. You find journal entries the same way as in Rogue Legacy, via writing desks scattered throughout the different biomes. You can only discover journal entries in their respective biomes, but once obtained, you can reread all found journal entries as well as certain Memories by interacting with any desk.

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Heavy story-related spoilers ahead.

**Axis Mundi**
The shops, the houses... the fallout of war is all that
dwells in them now.
We don't have enough hands to cart supplies.
Most of the soldiers are so exhausted from dredging
the lake, they can barely stand.
I know I'm pushing them past their limits, but
there's no time for rest.
If the lake becomes poisoned...
Well, that would be the final nail in our coffin.
bodies have been removed.
As per the Estuaries' orders, the bodies are being
stored in a Gatehouse by the entrance to the
Kerguelen Plateau. They'll remain there for
'processing.'
Estuary Naamah is in charge of the burials, but
things are moving too slowly.
She demands each body be painstakingly prepared,
so it can properly fertilize the earth.
But the bodies keep mounting, and I fear we'll soon
run out of space...
My gut tells me something's off, and it's not just the
rot.
Food shipments, aid for the villagers, everything.
Although the Bridge succumbed to the Shift, we
persevered.
But now the Gatehouse has been overrun by beasts...
I should have trusted my instincts. I could feel
something was coming.
The stench of rotting bodies must have attracted the
beasts, but I did not believe they could sneak past
our defenses.
The Stygian Beasts are massive - unlike anything I've
seen - but they are not marine creatures.
They stand on two feet - almost humanoid
in stature
They were too large for me to handle alone, and I
could not marshall the soldiers to fight.
Perhaps if I were as persuasive as Z things would
be different...
My only recourse was to seal the gate and trap the
beasts inside.
Unfortunately, this also blocked the only
supply route into the village.
I must inform the Estuaries - we need more soldiers
to fend off the wretched monsters!
... Witnessing a village abandoned as we sealed the
Stygian Beasts in the Gatehouse.
That dream will continue to haunt me until I
understand why the Estuaries decided to
quarantine the region instead of fight.
I know it wasn't due to concern for my safety.
Thus, the knot in my stomach continues to twist as
my mind reels with questions...
How did those beasts slip past our defenses?
And why was no one alerted until it was too late?
... And why were there so few guard in the
Gatehouse that night?
From the beginning I was against storing the
bodies in that Gatehouse. The frigidness of the nearby
Kerguelen Plateau would have preserved the
bodies far better.
Regardless, I know something is wrong, and it's
about time I stopped ignoring it.

I'll find a way into the Gatehouse Observation Room.
The guard keeps record of the night's events.

There's a hidden back entrance into the Observation  Room that is revealed in the lights.
... Perhaps I'll find my answers there.