The Ragabash Study Trove

The Ragabash Study Trove is home Ragabash Buckle, the renowned lichborn scholar and mage. It is located in The Eternal Archives, hidden away in The Howling Pages to avoid being discovered by the many curious inhabitants of the archives. The Trove functions as a library, museum, and resting place for friends and allies of Ragabash.

## Creation

Following the destruction of his first academy, Ragabash sought a new place to establish a new academy hidden from others. He came upon The Howling Pages, a powerful windswept plane within the Eternal Archives full of whirling slivers of parchment and paper, cutting through anything without suitable protection. While most saw the dangers of the Howling Pages as something to avoid, Ragabash saw its potential. It offered isolation from other creatures and dangers that roamed the archive. Ragabash soon learned that all manner of creatures had already built their home within the winds, all in relative safety. While exploring, he met An'Callister and Shanvis. After forming a friendship, An'Callister helped Ragabash create the Buckleboots, protecting the wearer from all physical damage. Using these boots, Ragabash began the construction of his new academy and The Ragabash Study Trove.

## Inhabitants and Features

### Bookshelves

The bookshelves in the trove are all close to 30 feet high. Each belongs to a different subject, but each subject seems obscure compared to those around it. The books in each shelf vary from language to size to age to state of brokenness. They also contain tablets and scrolls mixed in. There is no discernible order other than topics grouped by shelf.

### Sign-in and Book Golems

Ragabash created Large golems out of books that have the ability to suck knowledge out of creatures that resist them. They defend the trove against anyone who is not on the Sign-in list: a list he created to keep track of all those he has given approval to use his library. If someone's name is on the list, they are unbothered by the golems. Otherwise, the golems track them down through the trove and attack them.

### Greg

Greg is a automaton golem that maintains the trove while Ragabash is away or studying. These absences can grow lengthy, and Greg often falls to disrepair - and the library along with him. While he is working, Greg signs people into the library, organizes books, and helps find study material for anyone doing research.

### Cig

Cig is an Albino Kobold who took up permanent residence in the trove. He spent 7000 years researching soil science in one of the silent study rooms. Cig was killed by Zyaan the Grafter when he came to confront Ragabash about finding The Time Forger.

## Rooms

### Main hall

The main hall of the trove includes the front entryway, though the front doors are rarely used as they open to the stormy exterior of the Howling Pages. The main hall is divided into two sections, the front hall and the back hall. Both contain exhibits displaying various artifacts.

The front hall is overseen by a giant 70 foot tall golden statue of Ragabash, wearing buckleboots and wielding his iconic scythe. Along the wall next to it leading to a front help desk are 5 exhibits display cases, each with a labelled plaque beneath them.

##### The Scythe of Ragabash

The very scythe of Ragabash, on display whenever it is not actively being used by Ragabash.

> *Twice forged by An’callister. Reaper of many and destined to reap many more, mostly in the hands of Ragabash himself. Phylactery of a dying god*.
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##### Belisont the Gorgon

A humanoid figure completely wrapped up in spiderwebs.

> *Belisont the Gorgon: Sedated and wrapped. Her death would be worse for all and her life would bring ruin to many. Has an equally dangerous twin, similarly sedated and in safe hands.*
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##### Arm of the Juvenile Kraken

A long tentacle coiled in the display case. It looks like it was once much larger, but it has shrunk significantly since then.

> *Avlon Buckle ripped this tentacle off of the great Kraken Sthlechotoech before he was fully grown. To this day Sthlechotoech offers patronage to any who bring back his tentacle or Avlon’s head.*
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##### The Unhindered Deathmark

This short bow is made from a white wood covered in black scratches and scars.

> *This bow was wielded by Shanvis, The First Bloodless Centurion at the battle of 3 peaks. Shanvis gave no ground and shed no blood during the entire 8 day fight.*
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##### Dreadsong, the Lute of Smashing

The body of this lute is a hollow block of mithril etched with dwarven runes. It has two handles on the neck where you could swing the lute like a warhammer while leaving the strings undisturbed.

> *The famed Dreadsong Lute, originally owned by Headmaster Mountainsong the Ethics Administrator, Archivist of the Eternal Archive. Mountainsong continued to play dreadsong for 17 seconds after Sonen ripped his head off, saving more lives in that moment than Polluck the Savior did in her entire life.*
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In the back hall, there are many scattered bookcases, statues, tables, and displays. Other displays of note are The Orb of Belashyrra and The Mace of the Moordlands.

### Study Rooms

Large blue orbs cast the silence spell in all of the silent study rooms. These rooms are mostly just tables, chairs and desks.

One room was filled with a gelatinous cube for many years. It was discovered and destroyed when The Wanderers of the Expanse explored the trove.

### Map Room

The map room contains all the maps, globes, and terrain guides Ragabash has collected from all over time and planes. Some of the more elaborate ones are on display.

### Golem building workshop

This workshop was originally created to make the golems protecting the library, but has since been used for many more of Ragabash's creations. It is one of the most well equipped artificery workshops ever documented, after Gond's and The Time Forger's.

### Golem Test Arena

A room next to the workshop contains an area to stress test creations. It has targets, practice dummies, and a giant fan with blades on chains attached to it to simulate the papercutting wind outside.

### Potion Brewing Nook

The potion brewing nook is located between a maze of bookcases in the back of the trove. It is well stocked and has many ingredients that won't ever go bad due to the properties of The Eternal Archives. The equipment itself however is enchanted to fight the time stilling properties of the archive in order to properly brew potions.

### Magic detection and suppression room

This room has a stone with the *Light* spell permanently cast on it, but it switches on/off at a touch. On horizontal sliders there are several large slabs of differing materials on floor mounted rolling sliders: a thin sheet of lead, 1 inch of metal, 1 foot of stone, 3 feet of wood, 3 feet of dirt. Across the room from the light is a raised platform, and each of the slabs can be rolled to block the path between them.

### Danger Book Room

This room is where Ragabash collects and stows away any book that proves too dangerous to handle or read. Inside, bodies lie strewn around the room with books in hand.

### Entrance to Restricted Access area

This room stands before a staircase entering Ragabash's personal chambers. It is inhabited by larger book golems that do not allow anyone through without Ragabash's express permission. They won't pursue anyone out of the room, they just attack anyone who tries to use the doors. In the center of the room are spinning blades mounted on a rail, similar to the type in the magic suppression room.

### Wizard study rooms

Behind the front help desk are a few rooms that certain people are given special access to by Ragabash when pursuing more intensive research at the trove.

###### Supply Closet

The closet is less of a closet and more of a

###### Advanced Study room

The Advanced Study Room is geared towards spell writing and learning. It is full of empty books, expensive papers and inks, and loads of material spell components. The desks and study spaces are a bit more free form for people who are studying a bit more long term. Several desk setups are strewn around the room at random.

The bookshelves in this room are tamed mimics trained to attack anyone who takes a book they don’t have permission to. Every book is super sticky and pulls off the shelf slowly, leaving a thin layer of slime over everything it contacts.

One poster on the wall is a large painting. It depicts the four elements as floating spheres; earth, water, air fire. Between each of these spheres are smaller ones, other elements between

###### Component storage

This large room contains random mass storage of spell components and anything else the trove needs stashed away.

###### Supply closet

This room contains easy to access inks, parchment and components; everything a reader or wizard needs.

### Tower Hall

At the base of the staircase leading up to the observation tower is a hall containing bookshelves and a performance stage. An old piano sits on the stage with several rows of benches facing it.

### Observation Tower

At the top of the tower is a massive telescope that points out into the whirling winds of the howling storm outside. Looking through shows nothing but the swirling paper outside. In this room is the trove's Lectern Link.

The telescope is enchanted and allows access to Ragabash's Private study.

### The Private Study

Ragabash keeps the most valuable and dangerous parts of his collection hidden in a pocket space inside a rubber duck named Donald the temporal space duck. It must be brought to the telescope in the observation tower and looked at backwards through the telescope to get in.

Ragabash keeps his collection hidden inside pocket space inside a rubber duck. It must be taken to the telescope and looked at backwards through the telescope to get in.

Occasionally a centurion will bring Ragabash something particularly rare, dangerous, or just interesting enough for him to include it in his private collection. Some things are there to keep out of the hands of others, some are things Ragabash wants to study without others meddling.

* Some things are not actually in the collection, they are stored somewhere else safely, while the display case shows an image of it.
* This is also how Ragabash gets around anyone trying to locate the objects he has on display, they will never find his private study
* There is a panel on the back of the display cases. This is where traps can be disarmed and the display case controlled.
* It contains a focus, the focus stores the location of the real object and scries it into the display. With some reverse engineering, the location could be found.
* There are 4 magic cords in the panel. When cut, one of the cords will deactivate the traps on the item, the other 3 casting nasty curses.
* The glass on the cases has an AC of 25 and 30HP. If a creature damages the glass but does not destroy it, they take 4d10 lightning damage.
* If an item is in the display and not stored elsewhere, the case is trapped. If a creature removes the object from the case, nothing will happen for 6 seconds, after which the creature makes a DC30 con save or they are disintegrated. This will occur at the start of each round if a creature is holding the object. This can only be deactivated via the cord in the back of the panel on the display case.

Ragabash's weakness is his pride. He will brag about how secure this collection is, and if pushed, will explain more about it and how it works.

###### Private Study Artifacts

***The Upper Hand.*** The first sword ever to be enchanted - A gift from Avlon who went back in time to the dawn of magic. The magic is different from any magic known today, and anyone who wields the sword is consumed by it.

***The Buckled Boots of Shanvis.*** The very first pair of Buckleboots, recovered from the The Buckle Battle. These boots contain the magic that upholds all the other buckleboots.

***Mysterious Tome.*** A book that sucks in the souls of those who read it, constantly leaking black blood out of the eye on the cover.

***Platinum Dragon Mask.*** Grants the wearer the ability to instantly charm any metallic dragons, who will obey any commands given to them.

***The Belt of Intervention.*** Time completely stops for everyone but the wearer of the belt (and time lords). The longer the belt is worn, the less the wearer wants to remove it. Some fear it will be put on and the universe will be frozen forever.

***The Books of Keeping.*** 2 of the 4 books of keeping, the books containing the true names of all devils and yugoloth.

***The Rod of Redefinition.*** Once per day, you can change a single word of a single spell you know. The change is reflected in everyone who ever casts that spell from that moment onward.

***The Spear of Perpetual Motion.*** This spear, when thrown, will pierce through everything it hits, is unaffected by gravity while flying straight, and will not slow down. The spear continues hurtling until it is caught or knocked out of the air.

***The Amulet of Health.*** When put on, the amulet heals and increases the maximum hit point total of the creature by 500. When taken off, your hit point maximum is reduced by 500 and you take 500 irreducible damage. Cursed - the chain of the amulet is cursed to unlatch itself when the creature is vulnerable. Whenever the wearer takes damage that reduces their hitpoints to a value less than 500, there is a 5% chance the amulet falls off, killing its wearer.

***Spirit Scissors.*** A pair of scissors that can cut the bond between one's body and spirit. When such a creature's body dies, their spirit remains and is not taken to the underworld.