Books

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**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.

### 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.