Black Records

The Black Records (黒の史書) is an artifact that was inherited by the Arnor Family. It appears as a book series that can be collected during New Game+ in and throughout.

contains one final volume, authored by AZOTH.

Background
The Black Records describe majors events throughout the history of Erebonia all the way up to S.1206. They are considered 'black history books' since they contain information not accessible to the public.

They contain stories regarding the foundations (The Gods of Creation and Foundation of the Imperial Capital), reports of more recent events (The Salt Pale and The Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon) and even prophecies (Beginning of the Twilight).

Seeing events unfold exactly as written in the books, Emperor Eugent Reise Arnor III tasked Chancellor Giliath Osborne to 'break' with the prophecy. It is unclear whether Chancellor Osborne has read the original Black Records or copies of them, but he is aware of the prophetic nature of the seventh volume.

The books are actually artifacts, in the possession of the Imperial Family of Erebonia and only members of the imperial family can read them. Rean Schwarzer obtains copies of them, translated from ancient script by Thomas Lysander.

Final volume
Thomas learnt about the existence of a last volume of the Black Records from the hospitalised Emperor Eugent III. The emperor informed him that even he has no idea about the last volume's content, suggesting it was written after the start of the Great Twilight. Thomas's search for the last volume that led him to freelance journalist Marcel Nielsen, who obtained the volume during his one month trek through Erebonia. Nielsen stated that he somehow "can read" the contents and confirmed that it belongs to the last record. Nielsen offered the volume in exchange for an interview with Rean Schwarzer.