Falstad's dark book

Falstad's dark book is a book of great and sinister power in the campaign Raphael Efsanesi ("The Legend of Raphael"). Its title is not known. The wizard Falstad drew it out of boxes nested one inside another in the Collector's hoard, where it began as a small volume and grew in his hands. Raphael could not read its script; looking at it only filled his mind with impressions of dread, darkness and evil.¹

Taking the book

The book was what Falstad wanted above all from the hoard. As soon as she was freed, Kala asked him whether he had found it. Falstad declared that by bringing it out they had changed the course of fate, in a way that would be remembered even a thousand years from now.^{2 1 3}

The ritual

Falstad admitted that he could not yet fully control the book, and that he was being hunted through time and space. Even so, he used it to work a ritual from afar: when he opened it, a dark hollow appeared and tentacles crept from his arm up to his neck, and the working brought Raphael pain as well.^{4 5}

Spoiler: What the ritual was forRevealSpoils: Raphael Efsanesi #5 · Say what you have read

The ritual was meant to raise the dead half-orc Taf and to change his memories so that he would remember Raphael trying to save him. The next day Fazon reported that Taf had been brought back.^{4 6}

Later

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After the emperor's murder, Raphael told Derek Sunshield that the owner of the burning book was in the city, and that the wizard's sister said he could name the emperor's killer. What became of the book is not known.⁷