“Of all the settlements scattered throughout Ustalav, I have long found Ravengro among the most curious. At first glance it appears unremarkable—a quiet village of weathered timber and stone, inhabited by practical folk who are slow to trust and slower still to speak of matters they deem best left buried.” “Yet places, much like people, reveal themselves only through acquaintance. Ravengro carries an unusual fondness for its own past; one finds it in old stories spoken beside hearth-fires, in conversations that end a moment too early, and in the strange habit the townsfolk possess of glancing over their shoulders after dismissing some local superstition.” “Perhaps such caution is merely the product of age and isolation. An investigator learns, however, never to dismiss the possibility that some places remember more than they ought.” —Petros Lorrimor