"Ode to Nocticula"

Note · 40 gp · Weight 2

This dirty paper is covered in writing, though much of it has been furiously crossed out. Among the redacted scribbles, the following lines remain legible: "O Nocticula, my ruin, My Lady in Shadow! The first of the succubi, the patron of murderers, the sovereign of lust! Thou art black as a starless night and beautiful as the heart of a Nahyndrian crystal. Thy legend is demiseborn, thy fame is deathforged. Whither thou goest, all tremble. Thy wrath slays without pause, thy caress is sweeter than blood of the righteous. None can compare to thee, in slaughter or desire. Some thou bringest down with a deadly strike, some with thy sweetest touch. May thou reign over thy servants, Nocticula, until the end of time! May thou be the eternal whip raised over the lords of the Abyss!"