Fishing in the Hometown

Horribilis Tradere - July 15, 2017

Dear mayor Cipere,
This is a new format. This is not a docmentation of an abnormal phenomenon, rather an abridgement of the town's pre-existing records. I thought I'd put my library membership to good use and checked out a few books about the town's history from its library. These books are noted as Nonfiction, and are regarded as a factual summary of the Hometown's history (To the best knowledge of those who have written and revised these copies). The format is self-explanatory.

Book Title: A Brief History of the Hometown's Design
Author: Rapporteur Dubois
Pages: 342
Summary of noteworthy content (Lengthy, as this is the first report of the Hometown's history and all noteworthy points will be included): Originally established in 1297 A.D. by Horribilis Tradere. The land was originally inhabited by a separate tribe of ancient people, and Tradere's family was originally met with hostility from this tribe. Forced to leave, Tradere and his family secretly camped just out of sight of the hostile tribe. Determined to settle this land, however, after two days, Horribilis Tradere himself left his family after sundown to try and claim the land from the hostile tribe. He did this by utilizing an obsidian dagger, a bow and tren arrows, and patience. The tribe had only sixteen members, and after sneaking into the camp and stabbing eight of them in their sleep, the ninth cried out and forced Tradere to retreat, and succcessfully killed six with his bow and arrow. The last man, rooted in his allegiance to his family's tribe, retreated but vowed to kill Tradere and his family. Tradere's family then stole all the tribe had and lived inside their clay and fabric housing, taking their place. (This violent opening to the Hometown's history foreshadows its future quite well, as this brief history goes on to describe.) Naming the location the Hometown, Tradere sought to continue the legacy and quest of his family: to control the universe. (At this point, I waas skeptical but inquired about the validity of this history and nobody believes it is false. In fact, it's taught in schools.)
To do this, Tradere would involve himself and his family in occult rituals to imbue power into their blood. This family tradition continued well through 1600, each firstborn son taking authority over the family's mission. In the year 1665, Blindr Tradere completed the first imbuing process, a process which had not been perfected until that time. He had imbued a simple arrow with power that allowed him to control the matter around him to a limited extent. By this point, the family had grown in number and maintained the principles upon which the Hometown was founded: To gain control of the universe. Eventually, 4 objects were successfully imbued, allowing the user to better control matter around them. Soon after, the tribe of the Innoceres attempted to resolve the grudge they held against the Traderes in revenge of their original crimes aagainst the original tribes which lived on the Hometown's region.
Thouggh heavily outnumbered, the Traderes overcame the Innoceres due to the obejcts they'd imbued. Terrified, the Innoceres surrendered and retreated to their homeland.
Though the Traderes were proud of their victory, they understood their power was not infinite. They'd need to imbue possible thousands of objects to be able to control the universe, and the process would need to be undertaken over generations. To protect these objects, they came to the decision that before a fifth object was ever imbued, they would need to be hidden so the Innoceres could not obtain them and steal their bloodright to control the universe and all its parts.
In 1725, Blindr's firstborn, Signus Tradere, imbued himself. He then hid the 4 imbued objects in places only he knew. Though the Tradere bloodline was wiped out by Conquistadors shortly after, it is understood that Signus was not killed, though it is unknown who holds his bloodline at the current time.
After conquistadors took the area in 1750, modern developments occurred and the objects were known only through the Plates of the Traderes, a historical record of the Traderes within the Hometown. Any previous records are unknown or do not exist.

Comments: This odd history of imbuing and what I would call ancient magic could contribute to the Hometown's absurdity, and help to explain its abnormalities. The rest of the history contained within the book is unremarkable, with the only significant point being when American settlers took control of the land, whose blood currently thrives within the Hometown.