It would. [He blows out a breath and rubs a hand over the mark on his throat. His mind spins in circles.
There is something else about this that could help them.]

It is a law. There has to be a time it was issued. Or the laws for how to handle it laid down. Or historical records about what events occurred before it was issued.

[He keeps walking.] There is also the land itself. It will tell us its own story.