===== The Copper Press =====

The **Copper Press** is a curated anthology of in-world broadsheets, field journals, private letters, and investigative reports drawn from across **Apocalyptica Arcanum**. Each volume captures a singular event—arcane catastrophe, cryptid manifestation, corporate conspiracy, battlefield miracle, or quiet tragedy. All set against the ever-present hum of [[..:Shardisite]] and the long shadow of [[..:The Meteor]].

These are not campaign transcripts, nor have these tales been seen in actual play. They are the in-world stories people tell when they meet extraordinary circumstance. Some have been printed in respectable publications. Others circulate as penny dreadfuls, pulp novels, military missives, or treasured pamphlets folded into coat linings. Each story stands alone. Together they form a cartography of consequence. All can be considered as believed canon unless proven otherwise.

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[[Copper Press:Volume 1 - Archive in the Emerald Vault |{{:copper_press:archive_in_the_emerald_vault.png?direct&150|Volume 1: Archive in the Emerald Vault}}]]  
[[Copper Press:Volume 2 - Laced-Ink on Cobblestone |{{:copper_press:laced-ink_on_cobblestone.png?direct&150|Volume 2: Laced-Ink on Cobblestone}}]]  
[[Copper Press:Volume 3 - A Child's Plaything |{{:copper_press:a_child_s_plaything.png?direct&150|Volume 3: A Child's Plaything}}]]  
[[Copper Press:Volume 4 - Ballad of the Blissful Malady |{{:copper_press:ballad_of_the_blissful_malady.png?direct&150|Volume 4: Ballad of the Blissful Malady}}]]
[[Copper Press:Volume 5 - Echoes in Emerald Smoke |{{:copper_press:echoes_in_emerald_smoke.png?direct&150|Volume 5: Echoes in Emerald Smoke}}]] 
[[Copper Press:Volume 6 - Three True Norths|{{:copper_press:three_true_norths.png?direct&150|Volume 6: Three True Norths}}]] 
 
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 7 - From Laughter to Lions | Volume 7: From Laughter to Lions]]
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 8 - Glass Jackal of the Crescent Dunes | Volume 8: Glass Jackal of the Crescent Dunes]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 9 - Skyfire over the Caribbean Coast | Volume 9: Skyfire over the Caribbean Coast]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 10 - The Clockwork Siren of Verdigris Reef | Volume 10: The Clockwork Siren of Verdigris Reef]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 11 - The Last Magnolia of Muddy Shanghai | Volume 11: The Last Magnolia of Muddy Shanghai]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 12 - Veil of Powderfire | Volume 12: Veil of Powderfire]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 13 - Wail on the Chagres | Volume 13: Wail on the Chagres]]  
  * [[Copper Press:Volume 14 - When the Rain Turned Inside Out | Volume 14: When the Rain Turned Inside Out]]

**The Copper Press is:**
  * Considered published literature within the setting  
  * A window into regions and cultures beyond active campaigns  
  * A tone piece for the moral gravity of this world  
  * A testing ground for myth, manifestation, and rumor  

**The Copper Press is not:**
  * A definitive historical record  
  * A guarantee of narrator reliability  
  * Free from propaganda, censorship, or misdirection  

Every publication has an editor. Every editor has a motive.

==== For Game Masters & Scholars ====

These volumes can be used as:

  * In-world handouts  
  * Rumor tables and adventure seeds  
  * Cultural references for regions such as Cascadia, Shanghai, Panama, Lemuria, Atlantis, and beyond  
  * Case studies in Shard manifestation and the interplay of Choir and Legion  

If a future campaign crosses paths with one of these events, assume the truth is stranger than the print.

==== Ongoing Publication ====

The Copper Press remains open. New volumes will appear as the world fractures further, as new angels rise, as demons whisper, as industry presses its thumb deeper into glowing stone. When ink dries on the next catastrophe, it will be archived here. Until then, choose your volume, turn the page, listen for the hum beneath the paper.