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Forget it. All of it. The Kronenhaus Gallery contains pictures of the city from the Medieval era, and he is in almost every single one.
To the casual observer, it might seem to be a smudge, or a crudely-sketched tree, but we know what we're seeing. The most explicit is a painting of unknown origin, depicting the Archbishop of Cologne standing beside a huge group of knights, about to depart on the crusades. In the background, behind the Archbishop, there is one knight partially obscured from view, wearing what seems to be a white helmet, and appearing taller than even those in the foreground. A lot of people would shrug it off:
I actually brought along a magnifying glass and examined the Slender Man's head in the painting, by the way. This might interest you. It's not a helmet; it's a mask made of Ivory. Weirdly though, when you think of knights and masks, you think of daemonic visages to frighten the foe and lower morale. His mask simply looked like a human face: at-peace with everything and with its eyes shut, as though it were asleep or in-prayer. It was almost angelic, really.
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Perhaps that's why he appears to have no face: the ivory mask has worn-down so much, over the years, that it just appears a blank slate of yellowed skin. Anyway, sorry, I should let you figure all that stuff out for yourself: I'm just going to give you the facts.
There's something else to see, if you've got time. Head to the basement archive and ask to see their shipping logs. Even back in the Medieval Era, records of trade and tax were stringently kept. You ever see V for Vendetta?
Roughly translated, it means
There is no further record of a fee paid for this cargo, or where it went.
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