Journal of Edgar Wellington

You found the journal of Edgar Wellington in his room in his Lausanne shop, next to his dead body.

Much of the journal chronicles the pain that Edgar felt in his everyday life. Most entries are short. Even though he appeared to be in his fifties, it seems he was only thirty-five. While, unlike his brother William, he came back physically unscratched from the Great War, entries in his journal show he was emotionally destroyed by what he witnessed there.

By the time he arrived in Switzerland, he had developed a mild dependence on morphine, to ease his insomnia. The presence of a reputable sanitarium in Lausanne gave him hope of remedying his brother's condition, but there was little success. As Edgar's dependence on morphine increased, his finances dwindled, and he eventually found himself in a delicate spot.

There are mentions of the scroll he said he owned, which Edgar believed to be genuine. He apparently acquired it during the Great War, trading it from a French soldier in exchange for rations and cigarettes. The soldier only said it had been in his family for some time.

The Duc des Esseintes is regularly mentioned in the journal. He is the one who interested Edgar in the occult, and provided him with something Edgar refers to as "dream drug", initially saying only that it would combat insomnia. Edgar relates how, after taking the drug, he would visit Lausanne in his dreams; but it was a different Lausanne. He also mentions how anything he clutched in his hands as he slept would go into the dream with him.

It seems Edgar did not fully trust the Duke, as he had never mentioned to him that he owned the scroll until the day he mentioned it to you, and says in his journal he had kept it a secret so far to protect himself from the Duke's "ruthless greed".

Apparently unbeknownst to all, even William, he planned to sell the scroll to the highest bidder, and then leave the country with both the money and the scroll, leaving half of the money to William.

The journal stated the scroll was hidden in "Dream Lausanne". Coincidentally, when you found the journal, it was opened on the page where he mentions this.

There are brief mentions of one Maximillian von Wurtheim who regularly dined with Edgar and the Duke, but he appears to simply be a casual friend and seems of no consequence in this journal.

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