The Uncatalogued Scroll of Thorne’s Regret

Thorne’s Regret, a massive Victorian mansion completed in 1890, was the home of the reclusive but powerful literary scholar and collector, Sir Elias Thorne. The house served as the private, regional clearing office for Thorne’s entire publishing operation until 1899, when Thorne’s reputation collapsed following a massive, undisclosed plagiarism scandal. The house was seized and immediately sealed. The literary core of the mystery centers on the Head Librarian, Mr. Julian Vane, who managed all of Thorne’s private and corporate literary documentation. His professional records—the Library Inventory Cards, Acquisition Ledgers, and Cataloging Slips—should have provided a definitive trail for the fraudulent authorship that preceded the collapse. Instead, the surviving archive is a study in contradiction, with large, systematic blocks of documentation entirely Missing and the few remaining records pointing to an Unattributed authorship event that was purposefully Uncatalogued from the official account.

The Unattributed Acquisition Ledgers

The Head Librarian was required to maintain meticulous Acquisition Ledgers and keep sequential Cataloging Slips to track the provenance and authenticity of all literary assets. The fact that the Cataloging Slips—which would identify the original source and author of the disputed work—are entirely Missing is a profound historical Uncatalogued gap. Furthermore, the complete Missing status of the Library Inventory Cards—which would have certified the presence and location of the plagiarized manuscripts—proves that the literary evidence was also entirely suppressed. The only surviving documents are the few ambiguous Acquisition Ledgers with their “Unattributed” blanks and the scattering of torn Library Inventory Card fragments, which suggest the Head Librarian abandoned his work mid-process. The systematic removal of the core documents proves that the entire record of the plagiarism scandal was deliberately Uncatalogued, ensuring the specific circumstances and authorship liability remained Unattributed from the official record.

The Uncatalogued Slips