Ancient Texts of Raegrera

**Ancient Texts** (古文書資料 *Komonjo Shiryō* lit. **Old Documents Data**) are a series of coded messages viewable from the Records Hall in My Castle, in *KvD: Swords of Fate*.

## Overview

Upon accessing the Records Hall in My Castle, players have the ability to view a series of coded messages under the "Ancient Texts" heading. These messages contain various plot-related prophecies and background info on the world, under a simple substitution cypher. The final text, "Monument", acts as a rosetta stone for the cypher, as it depicts the entire alphabet in order.

**Please note that the final translation below contains major spoilers.**

## Text Translations

### *Light and Dark*

A dragon neither white nor black

saw his future self

as no more than a caged beast

A dragon neither white nor black

sang three songs of prophecy

so someday his soul might be released

**This text describes Atheros setting up the events of the game.**

### *Sunlight Sky*

In the white light

a hand reaches through

A double edged blade

cuts your heart in two

Waking dreams fade away

embrace the brand new day

**This text describes the events of the Birthright Inferno campaign and is one of the verses of *Reflections.***

### *Dark hearted Land*

Embrace the dark

you call a home

Gaze upon an empty white throne

A legacy of lies

a familiar disguise

**This text describes the events of the Conquest Victory campaign and is one of the verses of *Reflections.***

### *Into the Bottomless Throne*

A burdened heart

sinks into the ground

A veil falls away

without a sound

Not day nor night

wrong nor right

for truth and peace we fight

**This text describes the events of the Revelation Destiny campaign and is one of the verses of *Reflections.***

### *Dragonkind and Mankind I*

Once dragons fought against each

other using humans as pawns

They empowered their pawns

with drops of their own ichor

In time the dragonblooded humans

became royalty even as the

dragons descended into beasthood

**This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of SOF. It also provides the origin of the Dragon's Fang ability.**

### *Dragonkind and Mankind II*

To escape madness the dragons

threw off their mortal flesh and

became ascended spirits

They left the world to humanity

except for the few dragons who

chose to remain

**This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of SOF, including what happened to them after the degeneration.**

### *Invisible Ties I*

The white princes and princesses are

born of Oka and Risa

the black princes and princesses

are born of Xander the first prince with Celess

the first princess with a concubine

the second prince with yet another

the second princess with another still

**This text gives information on the parentage of the eight royal siblings of Hotaru and Novania.**

### *Invisible Ties II*

The child of light kidnapped in

the dark is not of novania blood

nor a child of the hotarian king

The child was born of

the white queen and mechon drachos

Atheros is the true father

**This text gives information on the parentage of the game's main character.**

### *Monument of the Raegrera Emblem*

The High land of Hotaru

The blight land of Novania

The Beorc nations trusted with the Valence

The Phoenix warriors of Aerofela, mighty and courageous

The Night Wolves of Senune, swift and agile

The Silent Eagles of Aekoa, the dragon's true vein

The Crimson Cats of Inax, prowling with aggression and bravery

The Soaring Steeds of Xephuan, potential with rapid wings and thundering hooves

The Scaly Lizards of Cruzen, hissing with deep deprivation and zodiac greed.

These great nations are fathered and mothered by the ancient continent of Raegrera.