The Diarist

"Our enemy is the Lantern-long called the Diarist, who like all his kind abandoned physical form for the Mansus. He has known the favour of the Colonel and the Meniscate. He will prefer to strike at us through dreams, but never doubt he also has allies in the waking world."

- After uncovering The Diarist's identity

The Diarist, also known as Lars Westergren, is a Long of the aspect. He is the author of The Concursum Diaries, which he wrote in Phrygian for privacy, as well as a reputed explorer and murderer.

Apostle Entheate Legacy
In the Apostle Entheate Legacy, The Diarist is one of the possible Long enemies who seek to prevent the ascension of a new Name. In Starlight combat, he cannot be harmed by Hinter or Maids-in-the-Mirror. Like other Lantern-Long, he has no physical body and so the final confrontation with him will always be in the form of Starlight combat.

When defeated, he accepts his fate and presents his diary, urging the player to use it to betray their Illuminated One: "The sunlight through the western window in the Scriptorium is failing. As the Diarist writes his last entry, the chamber chills from gold towards grey. He closes his little book with a snap. 'Death is down,' he explains, 'and I am already losing altitude. I don't bear you any grudge. I tell you what, though, I hope your Illuminated One trips and falls down the Ascent.' The Diarist's face is erasing itself, like a man unwriting, and his eyes are already gone. He hands you his little book. 'This is your last chance. You can go where I was, or where you're going. I know which is better.' His mouth spools itself up like the undrawing of a zip, and he is blank white paper. [If you consider the dream of the diary, you can break free of your Mentor.]"

Dreaming with the diary removes the Mentor card, but enables a standard Lantern victory.