Legend Lore: Cretacc-l'ea, The Soulbound Librarian, The Great Philosopher
(??? Wyrm)
An empty book flies off of one of Adrian's shelves, the illusory writing instead imprinting in ink on the parchment.
The author of a million manuscripts, Cretacc-l'ea was once known as the most intelligent scholar to ever have existed. She stands custodian over her own realm; The Great Library of Episteme. A library rumoured to contain every text, writing, thought and piece of knowledge ever brought forward. It is rumoured that she is trapped in this dimension - a fate that troubles her not, for a prison can equally serve to keep people out as much as keep people in, and she is happy to be left alone and learn from her vast stores of knowledge. Consider that she has fully learned all that is needed to be learned. All knowledge is hers, even above those of the gods, and thus she has grown bored in her isolation. For what else is there to learn and stimulate the mind once all that is learned has been learned?What use is a mind if it can no longer gain information?
If you have all the answers, are there questions still to be asked?
Is the distinction between knowing all and knowing nothing so important, if there is no one to be told of this knowledge? In this essay, I will use the metaphorical example of Cretacc-l'ea to explore and discuss the metaphilosophical significance of...
