The Library of Dusk: rare books
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Vault Twelve: Rare Book Collection Access FORBIDDEN Items: "The Athedorix Conundrums" by Mymophonus — Nine portentous questions, with answers known to drive readers insane. "The Hosiric Lays" by Unknown (poss. Calisos or Morachellis) — Tales in epic verse recounting the Atmoran folklore of the Cyro-Nords. "The Gwylim Praxis" by the Aureate Serpent — Methods of draining magicka from intelligent creatures at the moment of death. "The Third Scroll of Baan Dar" by Arkan — How the great thief stole the "37th Lesson" from Vivec—before he could write it. "The Letters of Alessia and Belharza" — Intimate correspondence between the First Empress and the Man-Bull. "Eleven OTHER Edicts of the Ten Ancestors" by the Heretic of Lindai — A parody of the classic "Eleven Edicts" supposing the Ten Ancestors had worshiped Auri-El rather than Daedra. "Numidium Blueprints" by Kagrenac the Engineer — ALL SCROLLS MISSING—REWARD FOR RECOVERY "Conversations with the Heart of Lorkhan" by Pelinal Whitestrake — Ruminations on the nature of the Aurbis. Warning: Probably apocryphal. "The Southern Coast as Far as the Eastern Sea" by Topal the Pilot — Sea logs of the great Aldmeri explorer. "Insights" (pristine copy) by Shalidor the Arch-Mage — A disquisition on the origin and nature of Dragons. "The Alessian Doctrines: Original Manuscript" by the Monkey Prophet Maruhk — Screed defining the dogma of the non-Elven nature of Akatosh. "Studies in Aprocrypha" by Morian Zenas — A summary of truths learned in Apocrypha that Zenas refuses to believe. In fourteen volumes. "Epistolary Acumen" by The Transparent One — Forbidden invocations of inimical Daedra. "Grimoire" by Corvus Direnni — Spell secrets of the mighty conjurer. "The Tract of Merid-Nunda" (complete) by Anonymous — Revelations on the nature of Meridia and the mistake of conflating her with the Star-Orphans. "The Lusty Argonian Maid" (complete play)—Traditional — Copy out for repair—accidentally damaged by Librarian. "The Art of Love and Swordplay" by Fjokki the Bard — The popular autobiography of the frisky Nord, Fjokki, whose exploits are unbelievable but strangely compelling. Not rare, but a perennial favorite here at the Library. |