fyi, the nitpicker's guide even says the journals display entries made before a character's arrival:
http://luceti.wikia.com/wiki/Journal_System
[...] There are a set amount of pages, physically, but as a character flips through it, the pages shift so that characters can backtrack to entries made before they arrived. [...]
same anon as above
http://luceti.wikia.com/wiki/Journal_System
[...] There are a set amount of pages, physically, but as a character flips through it, the pages shift so that characters can backtrack to entries made before they arrived. [...]