Necronomicon

The Necronomicon is a truly ancient book of dark prophecies, funerary incantations, and demon resurrection passages compiled by the Cosmic Horrors races, such as the Elder Things and the Great One known as Yrrhedes.

Some copies were later collected then modified to serve as a potential tool to trick mortals to release the Cosmic Horrors back into the mortal realm from the Desolate Dimension, though some true unaltered neutral copies do still exist.

## Contents

* **Title**: Comprised of the cover of the book which has the title etched to it in different languages including R'lyehian it has the curious property of illuminating the symbols of a language the closest being can understand.
* **T.O.C**: Introduction to the Necronomicon and a table of contents taking up the inside cover and first few pages.
* **Chapter 1**: A language and pronunciation guide for the incantations found within.
* **Chapter 2**: A Guide to singular demonic entities.
	+ Summoning rituals for individual demons.
		1. Summoning Ritual for Mörkövhâx' or 'The Caravan Man' AKA the Demonic Personification of The Caravan Network, Merchantly and Travel.
		2. Summoning Ritual for Mör'Aum'Kâv or 'Jack' AKA the Demonic Personification of Alcohol and Debauchery.
		3. Summoning Ritual for Ѳcк'Їтн'Бїа or 'The Patriarch' AKA the Demonic Personification of Religion.
		4. Summoning Ritual for 'The Slender Man'.
		5. Summoning Ritual for 'Lucifer'.
		6. Summoning Ritual for 'Aamon'.
		7. Summoning Ritual for 'Yrrhedes'.
* **Chapter 3**: A Guide to demonic species/races.
	+ Summoning rituals and data for various kinds/species/races of demons
		1. The Androsphinxs
		2. Bes'
		3. Claglydds
		4. The Contract Demons
		5. The Hanged Men
		6. The Kroni
		7. Mari Lwyds
		8. The Oni
		9. Personification Demons/Tulpa
		10. The Rakshasa
* **Chapter 4**: Funerary rites and rituals that serve various purposes such as:
	1. **The Crossover Ritual**: Helping the spirits of the deceased move on to another plane of existence.
	2. **The Possession Bane Ritual**: Making a body (corpse) resistant to high-level demonic possession.
	3. **The Possession Repulsion Ritual**: Making a body (corpse) immune to mid-to-low-level demonic possession.
	4. **The Energumen Ritual**: Summoning a demon into a living body (or corpse) from another plane of existence, also known as creating an Energumen, which will take on the traits of the demon summoned if a name isn't specified there is a chance of a 'Hollow' Energumen coming into being. If proper precautions are taken one can bind a demon or energumen into a body and make it serve a purpose like a source of information or as a guardian for an area.
	5. **The Resurrection Ritual** & **The True Resurrection Ritual**: There is also a ritual to bring the dead back to life but it is difficult to do without malicious repercussions.
	6. **The Great Old One Key Summoning Ritual**: A ritual to use a Key of the Eternal Gates to summon its associated Great Old One.
	7. **The Eternal Gate Releasing Ritual**: A ritual to use all the Keys of the Eternal Gates to release all of the Old Ones from The Desolate Dimension.
	8. **The Eternal Gate Imprisoning Ritual**: A ritual to use all the Keys of the Eternal Gates to imprison an Old One in the Desolate Dimension
	9. **The Ritual to Summon Iukhuztotl, the Gate**: A ritual to summon/channel the power of Iukhuztotl, The Gate of the Cosmic Horrors which could be a door in space & time into the Desolate Dimension which could allow an unknown quality or quantity of the Cosmic Horrors to escape.

## Difference between a complete copy and the copy found in bookstores

While pieces of this were rewritten into smaller safer tomes that just contain vague descriptions and warnings, there exist complete copies with all the content intact.

## Owners of Partial or Full copies

* **Geralt of Rivia**, at one time had **a partial copy** though it cannot be agreed whether he got his copy from what remained of Kaer Morhen's library or if he bought his from Marcus T.K. Hodgson's book shop in Novigrad, it also cannot be agreed what happened to the copy whether it was sold or if the witcher kept it.

## Notes

* This expansion of the Necronomicon is based off of H.P Lovecraft's works and the Necronomicon from the Evil Dead series to tie together with the Ancient Pantheon Expanded Universe to flesh out the cult of the Cosmic Horrors as well as their ties to demons.