The Locarno Diaries

The Locarno Diaries are actually a collection of six journals hand-written by the 17th century Swiss clockmaker Hans Locarno, also known as Lord Deosil, the Master Mage of his time. Weyan particularly favored him, and the Diaries are filled with his meditations and journeys into the mysteries of the workings of the White Hand. All the various spells attributed to Weyan can be found in the Locarno Diaries, along with designs for a number of fantastic clockworks, some of which are of unknown purpose.
More curious are a number of cryptic prophecies written in each of the volumes of the Diaries, similar in style to the works of Nostradamus a century earlier. Many mystics have found truth in these passages and claim Lord Deosil possessed a profound ability to foresee the future. Some claim he couched his prophecies in metaphor and symbolism to ensure only the worthy would discover them, but a few wonder if the renowned precision of the Master Mage is seen even in his writings, a kind of painstakingly planned domino effect worked out across the centuries, intended to bring about certain key events in order to ensure or prevent certain things in the present day.
Adrian Eldrich has the first and third of the Locarno Diaries and copies of the second and fourth, which are owned by private collectors. The fifth and sixth volumes are missing and would be of tremendous value to anyone who finds them.