The official dates of the Sable Charter, as every schoolchild learns them, with the archivist's corrections in the margins. Where the two disagree, trust the margins.

Nine families, two guilds, and one signature scraped from every copy. Archie Plume on how the Sable Charter was founded, where it was really signed, and the name nobody will read aloud.

A river with a country attached to it. Archie Plume on the four regions of the Sable, the Charter with one signature scraped away, and the ancient stones that point somewhere other than the water.