The Marloweiad

Sighs and Musings of a Worldly Man, commonly referred to as The Marloweiad, is collection of yearly almanacs published by Balthasar Marlowe. The publication appeared continually from 2018 AL to his death in 2039 AL. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Free Cities of Vespia; print runs reached 10,000 per year.

Marlowe, the Avalon-born Vespian mage and polymath, achieved critical and commercial success with Sighs and Musings of a Worldly Man. The Marloweiad was very popular in Vespia, offering a mixture of the previous year's history, seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements. In recent study, some scholars have also found that Marlowe hid schematics to spells and descriptions of magical items within the text's playful and cryptic language.