Pnakotic Manuscripts

The Pnakotic Manuscripts are a collection of tomes of devilish origin, filled with recipes and rituals for crafting powerful artifacts. Believed to span fifteen volumes—based on the highest known volume number—only four volumes have ever been discovered: 3, 5, 8, and 15. Volume Eight is currently in the possession of Cheliaxian dealer Damocleus Gallus. The author of these grim volumes is Mentaari, a devil renowned for his obsession with crafting, particularly gauntlets and armor. His creations have fueled the infernal war effort against demons for centuries, and the manuscripts contain the knowledge behind many of these infernal weapons. Each volume is bound in strips of Mentaari's own flesh, an unsettling testament to the devil’s mastery over pain and creation. Since the Pnakotic Manuscripts vanished from the infernal realms, devils have sought to locate them through scrying magic, both to track their whereabouts and to spy on the individuals who possess these dangerous tomes. Those who hold a volume of the Pnakotic Manuscripts are never beyond the watchful gaze of the Nine Hells.