The Hidden Journal

In the village temple, Aryan finds an old, dust-covered journal. The journal belonged to Captain Edward, a British officer who came to investigate the tree's strange powers during the 1800s. Edward's journal tells of his failed attempts to communicate with the spirit of Chandrika. He describes the tree's ability to trap people in a twisted dimension, where time moves differently, and those who enter never return the same. Edward's obsessionwith the banyan tree grew until he became a part of the tree itself, trapped in its dark energy. His last entry is cryptic: "I have become part of it. If you seek the truth, beware - there is no leaving the tree once you know it."