"The Man Who Dreamed He Made Nightmares"

***The text in this article is taken from a non-cannon source.***

***It is NOT CANNON and has not been submitted for approval on the discord.***

## Librarian's Notes

*A ruined book containing the ramblings of a man, presumably driven mad, who claimed to have created Cocytus.*

*Discovered by an unknown Librarian, taken to Restoration Halls for text recovery.*

*Original binding was completely compromised, adhesive dissolved, perhaps by the acidic reptile saliva which soaked the pages.*

*The title is a placeholder designated by Restoration Halls, the spine of the book having been wholly torn away.*

## Discovered Text

*When in the world Outside the Library, as humanity first ventured and explored the world, they came across many things which they had no explanations for. Some would say the rising and setting of the sun and moons were by the will of gods, others would try to make sense of skeletal remains of animals they had never seen, inventing tall tales of creatures that never walked the earth. "Here be Monsters" is a common trope to see on sailing maps, as the vastness of the ocean, as well as the length of it's depths, left much to a sailors imagination, left them to wonder what creatures lurked in those murky waters.*

*And while yes. as humanity progressed into the future we've found answers to things that were a mystery to us before, and have come to conclusions to previous answers that were created to explain concepts, such as earths relation to the sun, the birth of flies, and the plausible logistics of giant creatures sustaining themselves given our laws of nature. However newer questions arise as we reach new frontiers of discovery; we've reached the bottom of our ocean floors but are still finding new species of wildlife and while we've come to entertain the possibility of space travel, the possibilities of what resources, fauna, and flora lay within and beyond our solar system are still left to our imaginations thus far.*

*I'm trying to write out Cocytus as a representation of this horror of the unknown and the inconceivable. The manifestations of psychological cruses, and from the darkness being an avatar for the mysteries of the past and present. The roaming dinosaur embodying the capability that our fears and ignorance as people can do to the world.*

*In addition, aside from the presence of a single Eldritch Tainted Tyrannosaurus Rex stalking the halls which will be sure to keep any explorer of the library on their toes, the dangers of Cocytus are of mind more so than the body. The ice covered floors provide rough terrain which will do more to annoy rather than harm, the dangers of the darkness providing a constant pressure for an individual to traverse the area as fast as possible, and the winding book shelves, halls, and stairs loom the possibility of visitors entering a dreaded wayward odyssey.*

*Also, it provides the library with an geographical origin for situations and creatures of the Lovecraftian kind.*

## Recovered Text

*Hard working Librarians have successfully restored a few additional, disjointed pages of this work.*

"...the stars may break out wildly, beyond our ability to command or control, beyond even what we can anticipate. Such great anxieties arise within us at the knowableness of the stars, and their erratic movements through the air. Yes, it is now said there are those who can predict these things, however, the mystery remains; just as remain our great many fears..."

"...there is only silence now. The warmth of the sun is forgotten to me. In my heart I know I must rise, rise or I will be consumed, by the fear, the darkness, the beast itself, it matters little. This is all we are in the end I fear..."

"...here. The ice truly is no obstacle, and to me, the floating bookshelves are they safest place, furthest from the reach of little arms and even the longer tentacles. I have gleaned the Knowledge and I am complete. I am..."

## Behind the Scenes

* Main text was written by DrironSteel as justification of the Cocytus' existence
* Initial recovered text was written by Spervarii