The Travels and Secrets of Murziphale the Magnificent
This elaborate tome is comprised of heavy brass plates bound together by a blacksmith with red-orange gems set into the cover, with the Ignan writing and decorative etchings burned into the metal. “The Travels and Secrets of Murziphale the Magnificent” has been burned into the metal of the cover in a fancy, self-important font.
The book was published by City of Brass Publishing House, on East Star.
Summary
This book of memoirs is the self-narrated autobiography of Murziphale the Magnificent, an Efreeti from the City of Brass. It is written in the style of an adventurer's travel log, and details his adventures over a very long time, across the material and elemental planes. The book contains many, probably exaggerated, stories about his impressive travels, adventures and the many things he learned and mastered across the planes.Heresies
The book was written long enough ago that Murziphale's visits to the material plane never mention humans nor the Eight sanctioned human deities.Historical Details
History
Copperday, Tailormoon, 1313
Katib Hugo Dargent and his companions, Connie Furr and Lindie Asklepa, stole a copy written in Ignan from the Restricted Section of Elderton University Library's Understacks. While most of the books in the Understacks are considered abandoned, it is possible that the Stargazer Family (most definitely at least Viziera Andromeda Stargazer) still frequent this room, which is sealed by the sextant sigil of the Sailor and guarded by an Elemental Trap from the Plane of Earth.Needleday, Soldiermoon, 1313
Upon closer inspection of this stolen copy of the book, Hugo discovered that once or twice Murziphale mentions the name of a God or a figure of worship that he visited the temple of, and that word has been melted into incoherence. Regular fire and most magic would struggle to achieve this effect, since books from the City of Brass are designed to withstand heat. When Lindie examined the markings, she determined that the crackling Apocalyptic magic that burned people from the inside and sparked lightning across Termagant's skies is the most likely explanation for what could have done this. (Lightning magic wouldn't have been too wide-hitting, doesn't look chemically altered, and while Termagant's forges would have provided the heat, the damage looks more violent and less crafted.) At Court that day, Hugo concealed a charcoal rubbing of the destroyed text inside a copy of A Dictionary of Common to Sphinx, that he gifted to Cassiopeia. The rubbing also contained a note in Hugo and Castor's coded language, saying "what do you make of this?"
Type
Journal, Personal
Authors
Punishment: Probably imprisonment.