Most spellbooks are mundane tomes containing spells from a given realm or element. Others make cover spells from a greater path, but all are simply books that hold magical knowledge. There is nothing inherently magical about these tomes, most of which reside in Temples of Celeste scattered throughout the west.
Because these tomes are fragile and heavy most mages cannot carry them as they travel from catalyst to catalyst. Yet as they unlocked their magical potential they required access to more portable spell books as it simply wasn’t practical to visit a Temple every time they needed to learn a spell.
This problem was solved during the early days of the Elentian Empire when mages began crafting spellbooks from magical materials. These spellbooks were both lighter and more durable than their mundane counterparts.
What’s more they contained the ability to become an Eldimagus, complete with the magical abilities such a conversion normally bestows on such items. Specific types of spellbooks available in the west are detailed below.
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Hasran Spellbooks
Hasran spellbooks are manufactured in the Calmoran province, which is hardly surprising given that Calmora is the only known source of enchanted wood in Hasra. This wood is pulped and converted into the parchment to form the pages in each spellbook.
This operation is extremely lucrative and is directly controlled by Praetor Calmora. Much of the tax revenue he sends to Hasra is collected from the sale of enchanted wood and paper.
The enchanted ink for the spellbooks also comes from Calmora. It is derived from grinding the enchanted graphite found in rich veins around The Star. The resulting powder is then added to water, forming a long lasting magical ink perfect for use in spellbooks.
Because Calmora controls both the ink and paper needed to create these spellbooks they have created a monopoly which has persisted for over three centuries. Nearly every enchanted spellbook in the west has the same distinctive off white pages and silver ink that identifies it as Calmoran made.
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Olivantian Spellbooks
Olivantian spellbooks are very similar to Calmoran in power and ability, but radically different in appearance. This is due to the materials used to create them.
The paper used to make the tomes come from enchanted redwood logged from the edge of the Blood Wood. This result in the paper having a darker hue than Calmoran spellbooks. However, this difference is minor compared to the ink used in the construction of Olivantian spellbooks.
The vampyr possess no graphite, dyes or other enchanted material to use for ink. Their only option was to use their own enchanted blood, which is a painful process creates surprisingly beautiful script. As a result their spellbooks have a very distinctive scarlet lettering with dusk colored pages.
Some mages find the materials used to create such tomes distasteful, but very few would turn down the use of such a spellbook simply because they disapprove of how it was created. The enormous power conveyed by such tomes almost always overcomes such reservations.
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Enchanted Spellbook
Max Catalizations: 2
Base Properties: Decreases time to learn spells by 5 hours per rating.
All spellbooks reduce the amount of time needed to learn spells written within it. The more powerful the spellbook the greater this reduction, which is why catalized spellbooks are coveted by every mage in the west.
In addition a spellbook gains the ability to store a spell of the type granted by the catalyst it is taken to. The user may fuel this spell by allocating a number of mana points equal to the spell’s cost, which stores the spell in the book until used.
Mages may learn any spell stored within the book instantly by absorbing the spell directly into their consciousness. This removes the normal study time needed, but drains the spell from the book. It may be replaced normally after the mage learns the spell.
