2025-11-18
•7 min read
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Ashen Grimoire
Deep beneath a ruined abbey, Alaric races Elias Thorne to secure the final Key of the Veil, navigating a labyrinth of eternal fire to prevent the end of the world.
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Widow’s Loom
Alaric investigates an abandoned textile mill in Yorkshire, where a cursed loom is spinning the threads of destiny and revealing the Syndicate's terrifying endgame.
2025-10-31
•6 min read
cursed-artifactswitchesfate+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Bone Dice
Alaric finds himself in a high-stakes gambling match in a smoky London pub, playing against a trickster demon for a pair of dice that alter fate, and gambling for information on Thorne's endgame.
2025-09-03
•6 min read
cursed-artifactsdemonsgambling+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Lantern of Souls
In a mist-choked graveyard in Edinburgh, Alaric must retrieve a ghostly lantern before its light leads the wandering dead into the realm of the living, all while dodging Thorne's mercenaries.
2025-08-14
•6 min read
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Gorgon Chalice
A decadent masked ball in Venice turns deadly when Alaric tracks down a chalice rumored to turn any liquid poured into it into a petrifying poison.
2025-07-22
•6 min read
cursed-artifactsgreek-mythologypoison+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Sunken Crown
Alaric plunges into a flooded sea cave off the coast of Cornwall to retrieve a crown forged by a forgotten empire, only to realize he is holding a Key to the Veil.
2025-06-15
•6 min read
cursed-artifactssea-monstersancient-ruins+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Blood-Ink Quill
Alaric is called to a prestigious law firm to deal with a demonic contract dispute, only to uncover a terrifying land acquisition plot by the Obsidian Syndicate.
2025-05-20
•6 min read
cursed-artifactsdemonscontracts+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Whispering Skull
A seemingly simple retrieval job in a dusty London antique shop quickly spirals into a dangerous trap set by the Obsidian Syndicate.
2025-04-12
•7 min read
cursed-artifactsnecromancytraps+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Clockwork Heart
In the forgotten depths of a Parisian catacomb, Alaric Vane discovers a ticking mechanism that contains the soul of a desperate alchemist, and a horrifying connection to the Obsidian Syndicate.
2025-03-05
•7 min read
cursed-artifactsautomatonsalchemy+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Weeping Blade
A trip to a highland auction house puts Alaric Vane face-to-face with a spectral knight bound to a rusting longsword that bleeds salt water, and introduces a dangerous rival.
2025-02-10
•8 min read
cursed-artifactsghostshaunted-weapons+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Obsidian Mirror
Alaric Vane travels to a secluded manor to appraise an ancient Aztec mirror. He soon discovers that the reflection staring back is not entirely his own.
2025-01-15
•8 min read
cursed-artifactsdoppelgangersshadows+2
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Chronicles of the Veil - The Howling Fog
Alaric Vane, an acquirer of the unknown, journeys to the fog-shrouded town of Greystone to appraise a cursed pendant. What he uncovers is a tale of debts owed to the sea—and a bargain with a witch that will haunt him forever.
2024-12-22
•16 min read
sea-witchmonsterscursed-artifacts+2