the Old Lore, or an About page

in which the purpose of this compendium is not revealed, but implied

The Old Lore is a patchwork quilt of knowledge, knitted over millenia by the arcanists, historians, and academics of Arnendor in an attempt to understand the common threads of civilization's legends. The knowledge herein represents a compendium - my aperçu, if you will - of the important bits. The rest will come with the adventure.