Book of Death

General information

Book of Death (死者 の 書 (Shisha no sho) in Japanese). One of the mysterious artifacts in the lore. It is also called the Book of the God of Death, the Book of the Dead, the Necronomicon, the cursed book, and others.

## Appearance

It looks like a large and thick book, decorated with patterns and gilded edges. In the center is, apparently, the skull of the God of Death Yvelthal. And the design of the castle can also change depending on the bearer or who is looking at this book. But the symbol always symbolizes death. Having opened the first page, the following inscription will be written on it: "Those who begin to read it, their lives will be cut in half." However, most of the pages were damaged or erased. However, some media still managed to recover some of the pages of the book, so most of the information was recovered.

## Characteristic

It is unknown who actually wrote the Book of Death. Disputes are still going on. Some believe that it was written by Yveltal himself. Out of curiosity about the structure of the universe, created by the Creator Gods, He wrote everything in this book, as in his personal diary. Others believe that it was written by some distraught Arab who was possessed because of his experiments or by spirits, and possibly by the God of Death himself. And this fact proves that this book was found in the Middle East of Asia, where Islamism flourished.

A little later, it was forbidden to touch it and, after careful study by alchemists from Spain, was sent to a secret vault. And later, the Conquest took this book and gave it to Death, as the bearer of forbidden knowledge. A little later, Death himself, of his own free will, crumpled this book in another world. However, he was found by Necrodeus and with his help he was able to improve himself and his army. And he was also able to found the the Skull Order. After the fall of the Order, the book was lost during the war. And later, Adelinde and Ingrid find him on the ruins of the Citadel. And they, having opened, inflicted a curse on themselves, but at the same time both decided to study the book further.

## Abilities

They tried to destroy this book by any means, but it cannot be destroyed in any way. They tried to set it on fire, tear the pages, or cut it with any weapons, but it remained in perfect condition.

No one knows what this book is actually capable of, and it is not just called it the Cursed Book, since the warning inscription really works and the curse cannot be removed. However, prying eyes have figured out that it really is like the diary of the God of Death. It describes the history of the creation of the universe, about the Gods-Creators. It describes the structure of the universe, the structure of magic, alchemy. It also contains the recipe for the Philosopher's Stone. However, this knowledge was considered nonsense, since the book contradicted the current laws and knowledge of that time. Also, the pages of the book were not fully restored and some of the drawings. As Necrodeus showed, with the help of the book and the Sorcerer's Stone, one can become God, even without the Kami ritual.

This artifact has not yet revealed all knowledge, so it is not yet known what else it is capable of and how dangerous this thing can be.

## Trivia

The Book of Death is just a reference to the real-life Necronomicon or the Book of the Dead