(The following text is scratched out on the back of a weapon schematic)
This message is for Daevas to read, after this Shugo is dead. Not long now, very tired.
Big Balaur captures many Shugo. Dig, dig for Danuar relics, or die, nyerk.
Relics have Ide energy. Very strong, very dangerous.
Big Balaur Sheba changes face, locks poor Shugo away. Some Shugos work in mines, other Shugos study Ide weapons.
Some Shugos do not return.
Not long now, but perhaps rescue comes from...
(A splash of fresh blood obscures the rest of the message.)