The Records

The Records are one of several accounts of the Last Exarch's words and deeds that were recorded during his lifespan. It is attributed to Endarch Tai Mo, though recent scholarly debate has called this into question.

History
Although the original language of the Records can be confirmed c.2900, the book in its current form did not begin to circulate until roughly sixty years after the death of Tai Mo.

Contents
The Records is largely comprised of small chapters which fall into two general categories: accounts of the Last Exarch's life, and purported quotations from the Exarch himself.

Commonly cited quotations
“And after the slaughter was complete, the High Emperor visited each of the Exarchs for their blessing, and the blessing of the new sector he had baptized in blood. Each received him. Each blessed him, calling him savior, paragon, corrector. Each save the last. When the High Emperor came to the Tenth Exarch, he was met with silence. The High Emperor asked not for forgiveness, but for a blessing, a blessing for the crimes he had committed, and the last Exarch would not give it to him. "And so the seeds of the True Church were planted.”--The Records 1:15"