Book of Life

*"Wait, I wasn't paying attention. What'd he just say?"*This page contains story spoilers for Neon White; proceed with caution.

*This page is about the Book of Life as named in the story; for the Soul Card, see the card detailed in Soul Card.*

The Book of Life is one of two extremely powerful books in Neon White; at the beginning of the game, its location is unknown, even to the Believers; however, an inscription in The Old City mentions it.

## Story

The Book of Life's location is unknown to all at the beginning of the game; even attempts made by the Believer had failed to locate it. Attempts made by Neons are considered "straying from God's path", and grounds for execution.

However, upon realising the Ten Days of Judgement are not what they seem, Neon Red forms a plan to find the Book of Life, and recruits White to assist her in finding it. Mikey also catches on in Chapter 8, and helps with their plan. Red and White find a stray page from the Book of Life, which glows faintly; Mikey tells the two that the pages glow the closer they are to their source, and that to bring back God, the Book of Life must be reunited with the Book of Death.

The two set out to find the book, with purpose this time, as well as the additional assistance of Neon Violet - though not for long, as Violet betrays the two, stealing the page for herself and heading straight for the book.

White has a vision from God of The Third Temple, and feels strongly the book is there. He and Red proceed, and find the book in God's closed hand in the inner sanctum. The hand opens for White, though the book is intercepted by Violet, who was lying in wait for White to open it for her. Green mortally wounds Violet and tosses her aside, taking the book from her, and a duel ensues between White and Green. After the duel, Violet blows up herself and the book with her dying breath to prevent Green's plan, scattering its pages to the wind.

The pages are scattered throughout the abandoned districts of Heaven - the old home of the Angels - and White spends Chapter 11 collecting them with Mikey's help, as well as the power given to him by a single page of the Book of Life - the ability to teleport at will, appearing ingame as a Soul Card with unlimited uses. Mikey tells him additionally that to reunite it with the Book of Death, he needs one more thing - God's Inkhorn, used to write in them.

In Chapter 12, Green reveals his plan to unite the two books with the Inkhorn to rule over Heaven, and he and White have one final duel, in which White emerges the victor and is faced with a choice; write Green into the Book of Life with the Inkhorn from God's other hand, or write him into the Book of Death.

If White writes Green into the Book of Life, Green ascends to planes of existence unknown, and God writes White into the Book of Life as well.

## History

The Book of Life once belonged to God, and was used during the Ten Days of Judgement to write the souls of sinners who had learnt from their actions, and had both forgiven and sought to be forgiven, granting them an eternity of peace.

When the Believers overthrew God at The Third Temple, He hid it at that temple, in His hand, closed shut and impenetrable to all, and would only open to those worthy of receiving it.