Thomas Woolgar and the Hidden Past

This flow traces the discovery of a sixteenth-century account that connects Einor’s crimes and curse to the present-day events at Banfield.

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A Missing Record

The Archive Gap History without answers Fenn finds that Banfield’s surviving church records begin only in the late sixteenth century. A reference to an older chest suggests that the missing material may still exist. A clue elsewhere The chest is traced to a small church at Stapley. The mundane archival search becomes the route into a concealed history of violence and religious manipulation.

A Priest’s Chronicle

The Confession of Thomas Woolgar A compromised cleric Thomas Woolgar’s writings describe his attachment to Einor, a nun whose healing reputation masks coercive power and sexual abuse. He admits his complicity rather than presenting himself as innocent. A buried testimony His manuscript records the disappearance and murder of children, the persecution of Einor, and the curse she speaks at her execution. The text reframes the village’s religious history as a source of present danger.

The Children’s Disappearances

Crimes Behind the Healer A public reputation Villagers believe Einor to be a gifted healer and a devoted religious woman. Children are drawn to her, while Thomas Woolgar describes her apparent holiness as a disguise. Private violence Woolgar confesses that children were taken and killed, with his own hands involved in silencing them. His testimony links the supposed miracle worker of the past to the corrupted power now gathering around Alice.

The Mob Turns on Einor

Punishment and Curse A staged accusation Woolgar helps denounce Einor as a witch, concealing his own crimes and directing the villagers’ anger toward her. The crowd tortures and burns her near the oak. Vengeance survives As she dies, Einor curses the witnesses and their descendants. The account leaves open whether the curse is supernatural, psychological, or an effect of a powerful mind.

The Chronicle Reaches the Present

A Warning Recovered Delgard’s interpretation Monsignor Delgard translates the account and sees parallels between Einor’s supposed powers and Alice’s healings. He suspects that history has returned through the child and the field where she was conceived. Evidence at risk Delgard dies before the Church accepts his explanation. Fenn carries the manuscript’s implications into the final service without possessing proof that can persuade the authorities.

During Fenn’s early historical research

During the sixteenth-century entries in the chest

During Einor’s period at St. Joseph’s, in the sixteenth century

At Einor’s execution, during the reign of Mary I

After Fenn retrieves the manuscripts from Stapley