Books

=== Novels/Story Books ===
Maypock's fey foray
A novel about an adventurer who saves the queen of the fey in a daring adventure across a rolling and constantly changing backdrop.
Blood dust and steel (Ren Telor) 
Based on a true story, but heavily exaggerated, this story is about a brave dwarf who fights in The Duthgarian civil war and ends up on the opposite side as his brother and then again with his comrade in arms as the war develops.
The shield of peace, the sword of hope, the crown of lies
A gritty trilogy about a Torlundiean knight who has to defend his country from Carthorkian invaders but is captured and held prisoner by the Emperor King and then has to question his loyalty to the crown as he uncovers dark truths. 
Polixio's Fables (Deco Salvor)
This is a collection of short stories which all focus on one character named Polixio Salvor, but otherwise seem to be completely independent. For instance, in one story he loses his right arm in a fight with an Owlbear but none of the other stories talk about this disability and have him doing actions that would be difficult or impossible with only one arm. Most of the stories are set in The Feywild or Duthgar and claim to be the true stories of the author's grandfather, told to him as a young boy and dutifully noted down, but few think that there is even the slightest hint of truth to any of them.
The Myth in Iron
This text tells the story of Gorum as a young Half-Orc as he fought his way to power within a Scandar tribe, then how as a tribal leader he united the clans and invaded Torlund, becoming so strong and powerful during the battle that he ascended to become a god. 
The Seven Bell Series (Janos Araqen) 
This set of seven books all tell of an adventurer named Janos Arqen, in each book of the series he has to venture out in search of one of the seven Bell's of Mercy, in order to save a loved one or himself. 
* The Mercy of Desna's Bell: Janos' wife, Siora, contracts a terminal disease and none of the Healers are able to help, so Janos sets out to find the Bell of Mercy as a last desperate hope for her. He first travels to Corlas and Meets up with a powerful wizard named Zaria who helps Janos to investigate the Akariean ruins beneath the city where through a series of mysteries and puzzles they find the location of a Bell carved into a stone obelisk. The pair then travel north to Crastif where they recruit a young Halfling druid girl called Elara to help the cross into Scandar and then to guide them through the dangerous country to find the tower. When they arrive at the Tower, there are yet more puzzles and traps that the party need to work their way through to reach the Bell, they are able to get to the Bell and obtain its song to bring back to Siora. The book ends with an epilogue about the two of them living happily ever after. 
* Echo's of the Mercy Bell: The story starts with Janos living a happy life with Siora, but the country is at war with Scandar, while Janos is out at market a group of Scandarians attack and kidnap him, they bring him before a might Orc general who is suffering from a grievous wound, he demands that Janos retrieve another Bell Song to bring back to him so that he can recover and continue his invasion of Torlund. Janos heads back to Corlas to pick up Zaria and Elara. From there the team head East to The Drazia Dynasty and to The Kingdom of Gold where they found their way into a tomb of an ancient King through more puzzles and through Janos' vast and improbable knowledge they were able to discover the location of another Tower that should hold a Bell. Meanwhile another Orc decides that he can claim great honor and power if he finds the Bell first so he follows Janos and ambushes him as he leaves the city and a fight ensue, Janos narrowly escapes but Elara gets wounded. The party continue to Janmier where they make their way to the next tower concealed deep in the jungle encased in thick vines, again the Orc party catch up with Janos and make the accent more difficult as they interfear attempting to get to the top first. Janos manages to trick the Orcs into triggering a trap and the implication is that they die. When Janos reaches the Bell he activates it to heal Elara rather than bringing the song to the Orc General, because the Orc general dies and Torlund is able to fend off the evil Orcs from the north. 
* Seven Bells for the King: In this story Janos is approached by Zaria who asks for his help since The King is ill possibly with the same thing that Siora had even the best physicians are unable to help. Siora tries to convince Janos to stay home with his new child and that this mission could get him killed but he convinces her that it is his duty to the crown. They set off for The Mithril Isles to look for a new Tower to save the king, they start on North Dragonia and are hindered by their need to hide from the Elves who live there but it is never really explained as to why, its just assumed that this would be necessary. The clues lead the adventurers to an ancient Dragonborn cave hollowed built into the cliff side on the north shore they continue to solve puzzles and make their way through a maze to find that the cave is inhabited by a real dragon. The dragon warns them that if they continue on this quest that one of them will die and the implication is that it will be Janos and Elara tries to convince Janos to return home as to not leave his wife and child, but Janos remains strong and pushes forward demanding that the dragon tells him of where the next Bell can be found. The Tower turns out to be on Xuterel, at the highest point of Mount Rochmer and the party sets out immediately and struggles to make the climb due to the bitter cold and strong winds, they end up taking shelter in a cave, to wait out the storm. During the night the cave collapses and they are sent into a sprawling cave system below the mountain inhabited by strange Ice golem creatures who perform strange rituals to encase the party in an ice tomb but Janos was able to work out away to free himself and the others using similar methods that he did in the other towers. During the escape and the fight that ensued afterwards Janos almost dies but Elara, was able to heal him and the party were able to finish their climb and find the Tower atop the mountain. Again they work their way through the intricate and varied puzzles this time mostly focused around ice and cold being the danger that they had to over come to reach the top, when they get there they find that the Bell is out on a ledge exposed to the raw elements that are raging. Janos tries to make it out to the Bell but has to give up and come back for fear of freezing to death, Zaria offers to get the Bell's song but the others try to talk him out of it, he says that its his duty and that the king doesn't have much time left. Zaria is able to get the song but he is almost frozen to death in the process, Janos is about to use the song to save his life but Zaira convinces him to not let his death be in vein and to save the king. Janos is able to save the king and Zaria is awarded Torlunds greatest honor for his sacrifice. 
* The Silent Bell Rings: This story unlike the others starts focusing on a young singer song writer on the streets of Doefet, her name is Anya and she has a very hard life but a love for singing, as her story unfolds the reader discovers that Anya is haunted by a melody that drives her to write more and more new songs but it never stops just gets louder and more painful. Anya finds out about the Bell's of Mercy and Janos' success in finding them and she decides that this is her only hope, so she sets out to contact him and get his help. At this point the perspective of the story changes back to its normal focus of Janos who is being rewarded by the king in thanks for saving his life and so is taken to The Carthorkan Capital for a vacation, while exploring the city he hears Anya singing and is intrigued by the interesting words that she was singing about a tower of Mercy that sits in the sands. When Janos begins questioning Anya, she requests that he helps her find the tower and get her relief, moved by her plea Janos accepts and they begin searching for clues of another towers however after days of little sucess Janos and Anya go to The Temple of the Emperor King to explore and Anya starts singing which activates some magical devices opening a new section of the temple where through more impressive deductive work logical leaps of deduction Janos is able to determine that there is a tower in The Silent City. They head to the old Akarian city and begin exploring the ruins, as they continue to uncover clues and hints they are attacked by a dark shadowy monster, Janos is able to out smart the monster but only temporarily, as they discover that the tower is actually to the south of the city but that it is totally invisible and can only be seen by people in desperate need of its power. As they travel south Anya is able to see the Tower and is over joyed but Janos struggles to help with the puzzles and the clues without being able to see them, most of the answers to the puzzles involved harmonies and harmonics requiring Anya to sing to find their way through. When they reach the Bell Anya finally has her opportunity to be healed but they pair encounter Desna who teaches Anya that the music in her head isn't an illness to be cured but blessing to be wielded. 
* There's Healing in the Song: Janos and Elara, are acting as a adventurers traveling across Tanalier saving people and righting wrongs, one day however while in Janmier they find themselves fighting a strange and unknown beast that was terrorizing villagers in the jungle, before they're able to beat it, it was able to bite Elara, at first this seams unimportant and they returned to adventuring. Elara however starts to notice her wild shape acting up as she is using it, either transforming into the wrong animal or weird hybrids, as the issue continues to get worse they start to recognize that the abnormalities being displayed appear to be from the strange beast that bit her. Janos sets out again to find a Bell of Mercy to cure his long time friend, as the story progresses Elara loses more and more control over her wild shape ability at first starting to wild shape at random times and then is unable to maintain her humanoid form for more than a few minutes at a time until eventually she transforms into the beast unable to change back. The pair start out searching for a new Bell and begin their search in the rich ancient libraries of Lanryin the book seems to take much more time in describing the beauty of the city its architecture and the surrounding area than Janos the writer has included in any of his other books. From their studies they find themselves investigating The Silver Towers which again are described in great detail, more Iconic puzzles and solutions take place but Janos is left with only half an answer and so he must travel to San sFar to continue the quest, along the way the book goes into detail again about the rolling valleys then the wet old forest that the pair traveled through, however by the time they reach the norther elf city Elara has completely lost the ability to take on humanoid form which causes a major issue as the wood elves fear and begin hunting her until one intuitive hunter named Elnarril is able to realise that the beast is not intentionally being destructive and is sentient Elnarril and Janos are able to sneak Elara into the city proper and they break into The Grand Kudzu Hall to find the other half of the clue to the ware abouts of the tower. While in San sFar the writing style seems to revert back to Janos' normal style focusing on the puzzles and brilliance of the protagonist in being able to work them out, rather than focusing on descriptions of the city, but once they uncover the towers location the party now including Elnarril head out to follow the Nelair River the flowery language returns. As they travel down the river looking for the tower a strange black cat meets them and Elnaril thinks that they should follow it since it must be a guide sent to them by The Tepthsea as they follow the cat it takes them to a grand cliff top vista, an amazing grand tree, a Beautiful waterfall by a pond and then to a meadow with almost divine looking animals that represent each of the gods of The Tepthsea. The cat finally guides them to the tower which is impossibly tall reaching high into the sky, as the party climb the tower at first it is easy but the air starts to get thin and they struggle to breath battling through the breathlessness they work through the puzzles and traps of this Tower but Elara seems to be loosing more control over herself and eventually she attacks Janos and Elnarril they struggle to not get bitten by her nor to hurt her too badly, Janos is able to overwhelm Elara and reach the Bell using its power to heal Elara and bring her back to her Halfling form. 
* The Ocean Bell: Janos' Son gets ill and so he goes in search of another Bell the search starts in Tarcheck and leads him to a mysterious Island out at sea with another tower on it hidden in an underwater cave. 
* The Last Toll of the Mercy Bells: People all across Torlund start getting sick and Janos is called in to try and do something, he is sent to The City of The gods and from their finds clues of the final Tower being in Thebilum Empire, he scales The Wall to get in then has a fanciful adventure interacting with various all powerful wizards who live in the empire each of whom give him riddles and challenges to find the next clue as to the where abouts of the Tower. Eventually he finds the tower of Mercy and is granted his wish to heal everyone in Torlund because he has been able to find all 7 of the Bells of Mercy.
=== Academic works ===
Texts on trivial transmutation. (Robert Farheath)
A very well know text used by most first year wizards as they're learning to cast simple spells.
Tonics, tinctures and Teas for first time witch doctors (Eliorith Leafwind)
Written by Eliorith Leafwind, this book details a number of recipes for some simple alchemical potions, as well as the basics of the craft. 
Edible Plants and Uses for Them
This book is written for budding adventurers and goes over the basics of foraging for food while in forests or fields so that adventurers can be self-sufficient. It also includes some simple potions. 
Laws and Orders in Albiea, 
Albiea is a major city within The Feywild which acts as the hub of civilised laws and orders. This book contains a basic list of laws that one should attempt to follow while traversing this plane. It is quite complex and full of loopholes that allow many to get away with breaking a lot of these laws. The book also recounts the details of a number of important or famous trials that occurred at The Albiean Court.
Smithing the Way Torag Intended (Unknown)
This manual on natural smithing techniques is mostly shunned by those who use Arcane smithing methods; it was clandestinely written by a follower of Torag and then passed around in secret. After it had circulated for around 40 years it became more mainstream but remained mostly ridiculed. 
=== Histories ===
Beyonof's Saga of the great dynasty.
An in-depth history of the Drazia Dynasty, heavily biased towards the greatness of the dwarven inhabitants, and slight dubious in its reliability, especially for events further in the past. 
Book of Maan
History of the Fey (Seth Tolkhom)
A young wizard from The City of The gods made it his life's work to find out more about the The Feywild; after years of dedicated study and many trips to the other plane he produced this book attempting to detail the history of the civilisations in these realms. The result is a long, complicated book that contradicts itself at times and becomes quite vague in its particulars as the timeline stretches back into the past. 
A history of the Torments Rebellion 
A book that chronicles the Torments Rebellion, a war in The godly Plane. 
=== Holy Texts ===
Seven Scrolls
These are a set of writings detailing Desna's basic edicts, displaying star charts for travel, and highlighting areas of wonder. The scrolls often come bound together in a single manuscript but also have distinct chapters, allowing them to be produced as a set of seven volumes for easier transportation.
The Tome of Order
This is the holy text of Erathis, a large and extensive tome with many rules on following and trusting your leaders, or that as leaders you need to have faith in your convictions. It also details many different governmental systems, their pros and cons, and good methods to keep the systems running smoothly, though some might be considered questionable.
Gorumskagat
The Gorumskagat is simply a collection of seven poems, sometimes accompanied by notes and commentary on the poems' meanings, but these vary considerably and no real consensus has been formed on what should be said about the poems. It does, however, remain the closest thing to a holy text and is found nearly everywhere that Gorum is worshiped.
; Hammer and Tongs: The Forging of Metal and Other Good Works
This text contains detailed instructions on how to perform rituals to Torag, how to craft simple armaments (which are slightly outdated), and the tenets of Torag's faith. There are also a number of stories about those who followed Torag after The Emergence.
=== Prophetic Texts ===
Book of the Cursed Seer
This book is a collection of writings by the seer Merophise who lived as a hermit. In 4530, he was able to accurately see things going on in far away lands, while in his later life he apparently made some sort of deal with a devil to gain greater vision and began to have revalations of the past, including a creation story.
Dark Rituals of Damascus (Lord Damascus of the Dark Night)
This book is considered very evil as it describes the expedients and dark rituals of the necromancer Damascus. To begin with, it details basic manipulation of the dead and reanimation of corpses, but as the text continues the experiments and outcomes become more and more extreme. It details methods for venturing to The Greylands as well as The Shadowlands. It also describes a method that would eventually bring Damascus back from the dead, allowing him to continue his reign in a new lich form, and details how miserable it will be for those who don't bow the knee to him once he returns.
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