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			'''The Book:'''
			<pre{{log2}}>
			'''Forgery:'''
			>look book
			The book's outer binding is a dark cerise color stained into a leather material textured to look like pebbled skin accented with tiny burrs.

			'''Real:'''
			>inspect book
			You look closely at Amexis, examining a dark cerise book. The book's outer binding is a dark cerise color stained into a pebbled leather-like skin with occasional tiny, sharp burrs embedded in it. Looking at it makes your skin crawl, though you aren't sure whether the sensation is real or imagined.
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	Erecia ultimately admitted she had used their obelisk, and the time tunnels, redirecting blame to the Chronomages for leaving them open. The end result of the incident was the various teleportation spells extending in range if they made use of the time tunnels. The Chronomage Amexis warned everyone that there would be a price to pay if anyone was caught using their time tunnels without authorization.		Erecia ultimately admitted she had used their obelisk, and the time tunnels, redirecting blame to the Chronomages for leaving them open. The end result of the incident was the various teleportation spells extending in range if they made use of the time tunnels. The Chronomage Amexis warned everyone that there would be a price to pay if anyone was caught using their time tunnels without authorization.

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	Guards of the library are present to prevent thieves from stealing library property. ~~They~~ do ~~not seem~~ to ~~bear~~ ~~any~~ ~~great~~ ~~resemblance~~ to the [[Changramai]].		Guards of the library are present to prevent thieves from stealing library property. The guard appears to be an unarmed combat master and made to resemble the appearance of the [[Changramai]].
	<pre{{log2}}>		<pre{{log2}}>
	You see Grungenar the Library of Biblia Guard.		You see Grungenar the Library of Biblia Guard.

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	'''The Library of Biblia''' is a library complex on the [[Isle of Ornath]]. Familiarity with the word ~~stems~~ from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've ~~heathrd~~ of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of."		'''The Library of Biblia''' is a library complex on the [[Isle of Ornath]]. Familiarity with the word stemmed from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've heard of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of." There was also a more buried reference to Biblia in the "official seal" object on the manuscript in the crypt of the Graveyard. The seal was modernized to read: "Property of the Library of Biblia, Reference Department. Do Not Remove."

			These were references to the [[Library of Nomikos]] in the [[Shadow World]] setting. In the [[History of Elanthia\|modern history]] of [[Elanthia]] the Library of Biblia has been retconned to be an installation of the [[Chronomages]], who are themselves the modernized form of the [[Navigators]]. The library has been seen modernly through a portal with one of their obelisks in the courtyard just as there is one at the Library of Nomikos.
	There is a book in the Landing Graveyard that is marked "Property of the Library of Biblia, Reference Department".
	Nearby, there is a riddle that is nearly faded away written on the ceiling.

			==Library==
	;The riddle reads:
			Little is known so far about the workings of the library itself. The known staff members appear to be drawn from a variety of races and cultures.

			The library has been seen through a portal having a courtyard with a tall obelisk belonging to the Chronomages.
	:Arch to gate,
			===Staff===
	:Northeast to fate,
			'''(1) Guards'''
	:His words you speak,
	:Stone walls negate.

			Guards of the library are present to prevent thieves from stealing library property. They do not seem to bear any great resemblance to the [[Changramai]].
			<pre{{log2}}>
			You see Grungenar the Library of Biblia Guard.
			He appears to be a Dwarf of the Kazunel Clan.
			He is average height. He appears to be hoary with age. He has clouded ale-brown eyes and nut brown skin. He has very long, wiry steel grey hair with a large bald spot. He has a wrinkled face, a red nose and a long braided beard.
			He has an outward-pointed bronze-edged pyramid tattooed under his left eye.
			He is in good shape.
			He is wearing a crystal amulet, a long white robe cut for ease of fluid motion, some thin electrum wristbands, a pyramid-etched sheath, a pair of white pants, and some sturdy footwraps.
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			'''(2) Chronomages'''

			Chronomages were seen pursuing a halfling thief who had stolen a restricted book from the Library of Biblia in Olaesta 5118.
⚫	==Behind the Scenes==
			<pre{{log2}}>
⚫	The Library of Biblia is the modern term for the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] [[Library of Nomikos]], which was located on the Isle of Ormian off the southern coast of [[Jaiman]]. There has been no modern lore for the Isle of Ornath and the Library of Biblia for decades, but it is beginning to be developed starting with the [[Rings of Lumnis]] paid event. Very old stories referencing the library are actually referring to Nomikos.
			You see Chronomage Aepoch the Timeless.
			He appears to be a Sylvankind of the Tyesteron D'ahranal.
			He is average height. He appears to be stricken in years. He has tired milky white eyes and golden brown skin. He has a bald head. He has a gaunt face, a broken nose and stooped shoulders. It is difficult to get a good look at him, as his form seems to grow more obscure the longer you look at it.
			He has a glimmering Chronomage Guild tattoo covering the top of his head, and a shifting pattern tattoo on his wrist.
			He is in good shape.
			He is holding an extremely long witchwood runestaff crisscrossed in tally marks in his right hand.
			He is wearing a tiny silver crown on a platinum chain, a sand-filled crystalline amulet, a gold-edged taupe silk robe with wide belled sleeves, a wide rune-etched gold bracelet, a miniature hourglass on a vibrant purple thread, an exquisite glowing gold ring, a braided copper sash dangling a cluster of gold rings, an expanding and shrinking pouch, and some wide-curled beige leather poulaines.
			Kelvhan put an opalescent glass jar containing pink sapphires in his ebony sack.

			Flames dance around Amexis wreathing her in a torrent of violent energy.
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			You see Chronomage Amexis.
			She appears to be an Elf.
			She is average height. She appears to be in the meridian of life. She has large steel grey eyes and milky white skin. She has long, wavy silver blonde hair swept back from the temples into an intricate cluster of sapphire-beaded braids. She has a delicate face and angular pointed ears.
			She is in good shape.
			She is holding a rune-marked illthorn runestaff crowned with an elaborate cluster of gold rings in her right hand.
			She is wearing a crystal and gold hourglass amulet filled with glittering silver sand, a deeply hooded slate silk mantle woven with complex geometric patterns, some iridescent teal silk robes edged with maze-like gold embroidery, a collection of numerous enruned gold and brass rings, and a pair of slate grey suede boots fastened with toroidal gold buttons.
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			==Incidents==
			===Time Magic Book===
			There have been incidents of significant thefts from the library. One took place in Olaesta 5118 when a book on time magic was stolen by a halfling named Twiddley. This was around the same time continent wide temporal warping was spilling over from Goblyn's lair next to Lich's Landing. The Chronomages chased the thief across the continent, including the boot to River's Rest from Wehnimer's Landing, which was newly returned. The Chronomage Amexis claimed the boot as one of their objects in the event. There was similar drama occurring in Icemule with his heist associate peddling forgeries to Daukera.

			The thief claimed to have seduced the desk clerk at the library and then took the opportunity to steal the book. Twiddley turned over the dark cerise book, but only after copies had been made and spread around. His burghal gnome associate Erecia had been killed by Queen Daukhera in Icemule earlier. They did not admit who they were working for, only claiming the spread of proprietary knowledge.

			'''The Incident Itself:'''
			<pre{{log2}}>
			Time slows down around you, causing everything to move with an excruciatingly comatose lethargy, and a faint, shadowy haze fills the air. As it fades out of sight, time advances rapidly until it catches up to the present -- but something feels... off, changed, wrong. Your head aches with blinding pain! And then suddenly you can't really tell the difference anymore anyway; everything seems -- maybe -- the way it was before.

			Time seems to shift in an unnatural manner one last time, bending and warping in a way that is almost painful to you, as Erecia very suddenly appears in the center of the dais, the residual faint image of a library's courtyard and a tall obelisk behind, both of which fade from sight as Erecia steps forward.
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			Erecia ultimately admitted she had used their obelisk, and the time tunnels, redirecting blame to the Chronomages for leaving them open. The end result of the incident was the various teleportation spells extending in range if they made use of the time tunnels. The Chronomage Amexis warned everyone that there would be a price to pay if anyone was caught using their time tunnels without authorization.

			===Bandur Etrevion===
			In the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] version with the Library of Nomikos, [[Bandur Etrevion]] stole books and artifacts from the Library, until he was eventually caught by the guards. In this instance he was attempting to steal a very rare speaking crystal from over a hundred thousand years ago. He had previously stolen a similarly ancient manuscript of [[Empress Kadaena]] that was property of the library. This manuscript is located in the crypt of the Graveyard with a library seal on it. The counterfeit copies of the dark cerise book from the Olaesta 5118 incident include the same label claiming they are property of the library.

		⚫	=Behind the Scenes=
		⚫	The Library of Biblia is the modern term for the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] [[Library of Nomikos]], which was located on the Isle of Ormian off the southern coast of [[Jaiman]]. There has been no modern lore for the Isle of Ornath and the Library of Biblia for decades, but it is beginning to be developed starting with the [[Rings of Lumnis]] paid event. Very old stories referencing the library are actually referring to Nomikos. Shortly before Rings of Lumnis on April 10th 2018, the second [[Teleportation review (saved posts)\|teleportation review]] was released with a continent spanning story, where a thief stole a time magic book from the Library. This ended up causing the changes to the teleportation spells from the impact on the Chronomage "time tunnels." It was preceded by continent wide temporal distortions that were amped up and apparently spilling over from Goblyn's lair.

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	'''The Library of Biblia''' is a library complex on the [[Isle of Ornath]]. Familiarity with the word stems from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've ~~heard~~ of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of."		'''The Library of Biblia''' is a library complex on the [[Isle of Ornath]]. Familiarity with the word stems from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've heathrd of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of."

			There is a book in the Landing Graveyard that is marked "Property of the Library of Biblia, Reference Department".
			Nearby, there is a riddle that is nearly faded away written on the ceiling.

			;The riddle reads:

			:Arch to gate,
			:Northeast to fate,
			:His words you speak,
			:Stone walls negate.



	==Behind the Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==

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	'''The Library of Biblia''' was the largest library complex in the world of [[Shadow World\|Kulthea]], which was called the Library of Nomikos on the Isle of Ormian in the [[ICE age\|ICE Age]] history. It was founded in 2530 Second Era (~ 10,000 years ago) by [[Andraax]], the founder of the [[Loremaster~~\|Loremasters~~]] who was secretly one of the [[Lords of Essaence]]. Only the Loremaster library at [[Karilon]] surpassed that of Nomikos in terms of security and the depth of its knowledge. Staffed with powerful mages and infamous [[Changramai]] warrior monks, the Great Library was sovereign and had never once been conquered in its history, including the [[Wars of Dominion]].		'''The Library of Biblia''' was the largest library complex in the world of [[Shadow World\|Kulthea]], which was called the Library of Nomikos on the Isle of Ormian in the [[ICE age\|ICE Age]] history. It was founded in 2530 Second Era (~ 10,000 years ago) by [[Andraax]], the founder of the [[Loremaster]]s who was secretly one of the [[Lords of Essaence]]. Only the Loremaster library at [[Karilon]] surpassed that of Nomikos in terms of security and the depth of its knowledge. Staffed with powerful mages and infamous [[Changramai]] warrior monks, the Great Library was sovereign and had never once been conquered in its history, including the [[Wars of Dominion]].

	There is no established background or details for Biblia in modern [[Elanthia~~\|Elanthian~~]] history. Familiarity with the word stems solely from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've heard of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of."		There is no established background or details for Biblia in modern [[Elanthia]]n history. Familiarity with the word stems solely from the town guard [[Quin Telaren]], who claims to not be a scholar of Biblia when asked strange questions, and says the following: "Surely you've heard of the library of Biblia! Why, it's the only worthwhile reason for wanting to visit the Isle of Ornath that I can think of."

	==The Library==		==The Library==
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	While there was a port at the base of the island, the library complex was a separate self-contained community with its own support staff. Most of the work is performed by the Scribes themselves, who are always male and trained from a young age as initiates. However, there is also a security staff, as well as servants. This is not including the permanent residents who work the chapel and live in the monastery, or the possibility of visiting Loremaster advisors. Furthermore, GemStone specific lore [[Ditmar's Tale\|established]] the existence of a Council, which sent Scribes on information seeking missions. In the [[Shadow World]] lore these world traveling Scribes are usually Sages by profession.		While there was a port at the base of the island, the library complex was a separate self-contained community with its own support staff. Most of the work is performed by the Scribes themselves, who are always male and trained from a young age as initiates. However, there is also a security staff, as well as servants. This is not including the permanent residents who work the chapel and live in the monastery, or the possibility of visiting Loremaster advisors. Furthermore, GemStone specific lore [[Ditmar's Tale\|established]] the existence of a Council, which sent Scribes on information seeking missions. In the [[Shadow World]] lore these world traveling Scribes are usually Sages by profession.

	[[Selias Jodame]] was an example of this with his report on [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|Silver Valley]], though the official modernized version of the story describes him as loremaster advisor to the council. His journals would have most likely been in the research collection at the time [[Bandur Etrevion]] was living at the library, who would have been looking for lore [[Selias Jodame#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|related]] to the region his [[Kestrel Etrevion\|brother]] ruled. This would have led to the [[Uthex Kathiasas\|discovery]] of the portal to [[The Broken Lands]]. [[Ditmar's Tale\|Ditmar the Mad]] was an explicit example of a Scribe of Nomikos who was sent to investigate what is now called the [[krolvin]] population of [[Glaoveln]].		[[Selias Jodame]] was an example of this with his report on [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|Silver Valley]], though the official modernized version of the story describes him as loremaster advisor to the council. His journals would have most likely been in the research collection at the time [[Bandur Etrevion]] was living at the library, who would have been looking for lore [[Selias Jodame#Behind the Scenes\|related]] to the region his [[Kestrel Etrevion\|brother]] ruled. This would have led to the [[Uthex Kathiasas\|discovery]] of the portal to [[The Broken Lands]]. [[Ditmar's Tale\|Ditmar the Mad]] was an explicit example of a Scribe of Nomikos who was sent to investigate what is now called the [[krolvin]] population of [[Glaoveln]].

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	* [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]		* [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]
	* [[Ditmar's Tale]]		* [[Ditmar's Tale]]
	* [[Grot t'kel potion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Grot t'kel potions]]		* [[Grot t'kel potion#Behind the Scenes\|Grot t'kel potions]]

	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	The Library of Biblia was located on the Isle of Ornath, which in the [[ICE age\|ICE Age]] was the Library of Nomikos on the Isle of Ormian. Nomikos might also have been the root word for [[Nantu]]. It was the source of several very old stories, but does not exist on any map for [[Elanthia]]. The Isle of Ormian was located off the south coast between Jaiman and Emer, which became [[Jontara]] and [[Finnia]] respectively. It would have been south of Ta'Nalfein on the modern map by way of analogy. Nomikos was only accessible as a special quest area during the ICE Age. Biblia has never been accessible modernly.		The Library of Biblia was located on the Isle of Ornath, which in the [[ICE age\|ICE Age]] was the Library of Nomikos on the Isle of Ormian. Nomikos might also have been the root word for [[Nantu]]. It was the source of several very old stories, but does not exist on any map for [[Elanthia]]. The Isle of Ormian was located off the south coast between Jaiman and Emer, which became [[Jontara]] and [[Finnia]] respectively. It would have been south of Ta'Nalfein on the modern map by way of analogy. Nomikos was only accessible as a special quest area during the ICE Age. Biblia has never been accessible modernly.

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	==Fees==		==Fees==
	When visitors first arrive at the front desk of the library, they have to sign a contract agreeing to a set of rules and fees:		When visitors first arrive at the front desk of the library, they have to sign a contract agreeing to a set of rules and fees:
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	(1) Library fee of 1 gold piece per day, with a surcharge if using the special collections.		(1) Library fee of 1 gold piece per day, with a surcharge if using the special collections.

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	(4) Do not question and obey instructions from all Library officials and security personnel.		(4) Do not question and obey instructions from all Library officials and security personnel.
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	While copying services are available and book access varies by collection, no book is ever actually allowed to leave the library itself. If anyone is caught attempting to smuggle out library property, they are severely fined and permanently banned from the library forever. Bandur Etrevion was bitter for the rest of his life when he was banned. It would be extremely difficult for him to steal manuscripts from the special collection. The vultite manuscript in the crypt would have belonged to the [[Empress Kadaena]] herself, as that was an advanced Lord of Essaence preservation technique. It was most likely stolen from the special collection.		While copying services are available and book access varies by collection, no book is ever actually allowed to leave the library itself. If anyone is caught attempting to smuggle out library property, they are severely fined and permanently banned from the library forever. Bandur Etrevion was bitter for the rest of his life when he was banned. It would be extremely difficult for him to steal manuscripts from the special collection. The vultite manuscript in the crypt would have belonged to the [[Empress Kadaena]] herself, as that was an advanced Lord of Essaence preservation technique. It was most likely stolen from the special collection.