A scroll that seems to be written on human or demon skin and smells of the tannins used to cure it. The text is written in blood with the Infernal and Abyssal letters being overlapped with one another, sure enough to give someone a rough migraine unless they can read both. It seems that destroying the scroll is a lot more difficult than it looks. It was written and scribed by a night hag and therefore only a night hag will know how to destroy it permanently.
The contents of the scroll read:
Upon the midst of a blood-red night,
A warrior arises from the ashes carrying with them profaned might.
The plane of shadow is where one must first trek.
Thirteen pots of crimson red assemble around the altar of flesh.
Dance and sing with sick words on a sheet of malicious melody.
When the moon is high with Mother Night's gaze,
The assembly will reveal its most dubious trick!
The forbidden fruit is what one must consume,
But show mercy and you will spell yourself a most painful doom!
The blazing inferno will tear flesh asunder and your screams will howl.
Take heed, however, and steel yourself
For flesh is weak and pain will forge one anew.
Stepping unto this path will drive many urges to the surface.
Conquer the maladies that this inflicts.
The rites of Sauguine, one shall partake,
And one must also wager in their pure soul as a stake.
Once flesh has been seared and gloom take over,
The Duchess shall rise with soul stained with blood,
And shall rule unimpeded atop an army of maddened dead.