Glossary

A seal-script character written in reverse is, nine times out of ten, a lock-curse. It is not meant for people to read, but for those 'who should not read it'—it locks not the gate, but the one who reads it.

The rules for entering a tomb are not superstition but experience paid for in lives. At their core lies a single line: you come to look and to take, not to leave anything behind.