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 He nods, looking through his coin purse. "I have six platinum coins. We could probably get some nice sandwiches for that much. Oh, how about po' boys?" He seems excited suddenly.

 “Oh, those are good.” She nods in consideration. “Or we could find a shawarma place…”

 He twirls. "I've never had that before! I'll see if I can find one that has it to go!" He moves to jump away, then stops. "What is shawarma?"

 “It’s another type of sandwich”

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 [Cut with Archfey]

Loschen moves forward, careful not to touch anything at all, and averting his gaze from the foul sights arranged around the sanctum. This really was testing how far he'd go for research, but it would all be worth it in time. He instead focuses on the grimoires scattered across the shelves that the Dark Lady is analysing, wondering how much arcane knowledge must be sequestered away between their covers. But, he's only here for the simple dynamics behind a spell that can annihilate a soul; once he has the mechanics behind that spell down, he can adapt the target, variate the levels of magical energy needed in an object for it to be applied, and he should be well on his way to completing his thesis.

 She selects a book from her shelf, turning back to face him. She returns to sit across from him, laying it out on the now closed coffin. Titled, ‘Ars Moriendi,’ the book is bound in lavender dyed leather, with the grisly image of a sort of circular cycle on the front. At the start, a human head, skin, flesh, and all. The second part of the cycle is a human skull with scraps of flesh hanging on to it. Third is a human skull, picked clean of all flesh. The fourth and final part of the cover image is a human skull, eroding into dust.

”So, you seek to create a spell that will be able to utterly and completely annihilate the mortal Body, soul and all?”  she opens the book, flipping through the ancient pages. “Remind me precisely of your theorem, if you would.“

 'That would be most desirable, yes,' Loschen curtly replies, shifting in his seat, unable to fully handle the foul imagery of it all. He then takes a breath and repeats his leading idea, 'It is easier to create an inanimate object than a living creature due to the presence of a soul, which is effectively magical energy in a specialised state. Therefore as the antithesis of creation, I believe destruction spells could be cast easier on living creatures rather than inanimate objects due to the presence of a soul acting almost as a primer for further destruction. I came to you to seek a method to destroy a soul and body, and will then adapt that myself to work more effectively on other items. Ethically, of course.'

 “I See…” she flips through Ars Moriendi, landing on a page within the first 30 or so of the book, which seems to be several hundred pages long. It shows a diagram, almost resembling a vertical timeline, with many points marked throughout and annotations and notes added in what seems to be undercommon. “This is a simple diagram meant to show the process of death in a mortal body. Most, though not all, simpler death magic is based off of this structure.”  She traces a finger on the line, reading out annotations for him. “The start of the line, at the top, is a perfectly healthy human being. As you go farther down the line, health deteriorates swiftly.” She moves to the middle of the line. “At this point is when the mortal body would die.“ to the 3/4ths mark. “The corpse rots and putrefies, slowly decaying until its form becomes a part of the earth again.“ she moves to a mark right before the very end of the diagram. “This... is where the body is destroyed. Completely. The only thing left to destroy is the soul. But the way that this form of death magic works, you can move the mortal body up and down this line as you wish, as long as there is something left for the magic to effect- the soul, in the case of no body. What you suggest would be to change this- something more advanced mages such as myself have done easily before- and instead destroy the soul itself… perhaps using the soul as a sort of fuel for the destruction of the body… burn the soul away, the metaphorical fire scorching the human form to nothingness…”

*I had a random idea that might be interesting- imagine if, somehow, a sort of… forbidden book resurfaced from whatever old restricted tower it was kept in? A book that contains knowledge that could be ungodly dangerous in naive hands- or in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing and wants to cause chaos-…*

*more specifically, a book such as the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, or this world’s equivalent.*

Hmmmm

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Loschen leans forward, intrigued, as he takes in the death magic timeline. 'I see...I hadn't considered that that would be the typical process, but now that makes perfect sense. It is effectively an advanced form of transmutation, targeting the body and leaving the soul. But yes, you'd be correct; what I'm looking for would be a spell that uses the soul as fuel to annihilate the body; certainly a complex procedure, seeing as targeting a soul with a spell directly is a challenge in the first place, but nothing that can't be achieved. From there I would imagine the unravelling of the soul and its energy decay would take the body along with it into nothingness, provided that its kickstarted with some additional magical energy to fire those furnaces...'

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 *Did. Did a man just get Isekaied?*

 [Yup XD ]

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*I had a random idea that might be interesting- imagine if, somehow, a sort of… forbidden book resurfaced from whatever old restricted tower it was kept in? A book that contains knowledge that could be ungodly dangerous in naive hands- or in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing and wants to cause chaos-…*

*more specifically, a book such as the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, or this world’s equivalent.*

 [That'd be awesome, I like it, it's less of a character and more of a relic that could empower whoever finds it, or at least turn the table when it comes to some events! I'm all for it!]

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*I had a random idea that might be interesting- imagine if, somehow, a sort of… forbidden book resurfaced from whatever old restricted tower it was kept in? A book that contains knowledge that could be ungodly dangerous in naive hands- or in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing and wants to cause chaos-…*

*more specifically, a book such as the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, or this world’s equivalent.*

 [That'd be awesome, I like it, it's less of a character and more of a relic that could empower whoever finds it, or at least turn the table when it comes to some events! I'm all for it!]

 *alright, I’ll get to work on introducing it! Statistically, it would literally be the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, which means it may have some demons trapped inside. Or, it could, of course, be used to summon demons…*

*i am titling this unholy document the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, or the Clavis Ad Inferos, for short. Literally, ‘Key to Hell,’*

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 He twirls. "I've never had that before! I'll see if I can find one that has it to go!" He moves to jump away, then stops. "What is shawarma?"

 “It’s another type of sandwich”

 "Fabulous!" He dashes off, the wind picking him off the ground slightly

*good morning

*i get to do dnd irl tmrw!Yipeeeee*

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*I had a random idea that might be interesting- imagine if, somehow, a sort of… forbidden book resurfaced from whatever old restricted tower it was kept in? A book that contains knowledge that could be ungodly dangerous in naive hands- or in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing and wants to cause chaos-…*

*more specifically, a book such as the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, or this world’s equivalent.*

 That would rip!

*rp?*

*I have Thalia and cass, but if they’re boring, I can make another*

In the dead of night, a thief had broken into the tower of the recently deceased high mage Polaris Silversilk, a Drow mage who had spent his life studying the the sciences behind conjuration- particularly conjuration that allows one to puncture a hole through the veil separating the ethereal and material planes. His tower contained many well known legendary magic items, and several ancient scrolls and books, on many subjects, most revolving around conjuration. Most famed and feared among them, as well as the least understood, as it was only a recent addition to his collection before his death, was the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, the Lock and Key to Hell. Penned by an unknown author, centuries old at the least, most of its contents remain a mystery.

of course, the thief stole the most powerful and valuable object in the tower, and so the book went missing.

it didn’t take long before a team of Abjurers and Diviners broke through his wards of nondetection and magically deduced his location- only to find him dead, and the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos was nowhere to be found.

(for characters to interact with)

Late one quiet night, in a sleepier, less busy part of the city, much more sparsely populated, a tome bound in red, with frail looking, yellowed pages, with many extra scraps of paper added in, and many other parts removed or scrawled out, sits on the side of the cobbled street, closed tight. A ribbon serves as its bookmark, red and detailed with a golden rim. The spine, decorated with golden flourishes, has the title, Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, written in gold. No one else is nearby, and it’s unclear how to book got there. (Your choice if your character has heard of the book, it’s a famous document among conjurers.)

*oof lo I have a headache*

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*oof lo I have a headache*

 *oh no!*

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In the dead of night, a thief had broken into the tower of the recently deceased high mage Polaris Silversilk, a Drow mage who had spent his life studying the the sciences behind conjuration- particularly conjuration that allows one to puncture a hole through the veil separating the ethereal and material planes. His tower contained many well known legendary magic items, and several ancient scrolls and books, on many subjects, most revolving around conjuration. Most famed and feared among them, as well as the least understood, as it was only a recent addition to his collection before his death, was the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, the Lock and Key to Hell. Penned by an unknown author, centuries old at the least, most of its contents remain a mystery.

of course, the thief stole the most powerful and valuable object in the tower, and so the book went missing.

it didn’t take long before a team of Abjurers and Diviners broke through his wards of nondetection and magically deduced his location- only to find him dead, and the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos was nowhere to be found.

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Late one quiet night, in a sleepier, less busy part of the city, much more sparsely populated, a tome bound in red, with frail looking, yellowed pages, with many extra scraps of paper added in, and many other parts removed or scrawled out, sits on the side of the cobbled street, closed tight. A ribbon serves as its bookmark, red and detailed with a golden rim. The spine, decorated with golden flourishes, has the title, Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, written in gold. No one else is nearby, and it’s unclear how to book got there. (Your choice if your character has heard of the book, it’s a famous document among conjurers.)

On her way back to where her and Cassandra were staying, Thalia stumbles across the book. Just her luck.

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*oof lo I have a headache*

 *tis fine*

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In the dead of night, a thief had broken into the tower of the recently deceased high mage Polaris Silversilk, a Drow mage who had spent his life studying the the sciences behind conjuration- particularly conjuration that allows one to puncture a hole through the veil separating the ethereal and material planes. His tower contained many well known legendary magic items, and several ancient scrolls and books, on many subjects, most revolving around conjuration. Most famed and feared among them, as well as the least understood, as it was only a recent addition to his collection before his death, was the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, the Lock and Key to Hell. Penned by an unknown author, centuries old at the least, most of its contents remain a mystery.

of course, the thief stole the most powerful and valuable object in the tower, and so the book went missing.

it didn’t take long before a team of Abjurers and Diviners broke through his wards of nondetection and magically deduced his location- only to find him dead, and the Clavis et Sera ad Inferos was nowhere to be found.

(for characters to interact with)

Late one quiet night, in a sleepier, less busy part of the city, much more sparsely populated, a tome bound in red, with frail looking, yellowed pages, with many extra scraps of paper added in, and many other parts removed or scrawled out, sits on the side of the cobbled street, closed tight. A ribbon serves as its bookmark, red and detailed with a golden rim. The spine, decorated with golden flourishes, has the title, Clavis et Sera ad Inferos, written in gold. No one else is nearby, and it’s unclear how to book got there. (Your choice if your character has heard of the book, it’s a famous document among conjurers.)

On her way back to where her and Cassandra were staying, Thalia stumbles across the book. Just her luck.

 It is very out of place, just on the side of the street. If you want, she can make a history or arcana check to recognize it.