Lacuna Codex

The Lacuna Codex is a book that played a part in the battles between the Whispering Tyrant and the kings of Ustalav. It may contain the spells that the powerful Lord Virholt was able to cast when he died, and have since been lost. These spells are so powerful that they can rip the very fabric of the world and kill hundreds at a time. It was translated from ancient Thassilonian, and is rumored to be one of the earliest writings of the cult of Urgathoa. The original Codex is a large book, bound in human skin, knitted together. Some of these pieces of skin still show distinctive body parts such as lips and ears.

In 4711 AR, Count Varian Jeggare found the volume with about 40 others in the vaults of Lord Virholt. Unfortunately, a cult of Norgorber has the original book, but the spell steal book was used to erase it and copy it into another set of pages. The Chelish venture-captain was then responsible for the transport this only copy of the recently rediscovered book to the Decemvirate in Absalom.

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