Zikran's notes on Gazre-Azam
Investigations into the elements have been hitting many problems. I can use my ancestry to reach the inner planes of water but my target, the plane of air, remains elusive. I will need assistance.
I have visited Candlekeep to read the works of Al-Fatat the Sha'ir of Al-Qadim. He tells of a way to trap a Djinn to an object. The object must be crafted over many months. I will try his recipe.
Al-Fatat's method of imprisonment began with a soup tureen. I thought this was to brew alchemical components for the enchantment. I was wrong. It seems he had a habit of summoning Djinn into his tureen and confining them there. My first attempt to do so was not successful and my laboratory is covered in fish soup.
I have adapted Al-Fatat's method. With my prison constructed, I will make another attempt!
The Djinn Gare-Azeam has been summoned! He is currently trapped on this plane and bound to my service, but this binding is fragile and I fear it will break. Nevertheless, I have put him to work and am learning all I can of the elements from him.
Success with contacting the inner planes! I have drawn power from the plane of air but it is too wild! I must find a way to focus it. My initial objective met, the Djinn demands to be freed. HA!
I have him bound to the censer I crafted, but he has too much liberty! His insessant interjections and begging constantly distract me from my studies.. He seems unaware that I have been subtly working his essence into the enchantment of this ring. Now that he has refused to cooperate with me, I will tuck him away until I can gain full control over his doings. If he would continue to aid my machinations, I may let him roam. But since he is refusing to continue working, I must bind him before he manages to escape!
You are bound here Djinn! Bound to this ring and bound to my service! Now get to work or go in your hole!
Purpose
Zikran started this journal over 40 years ago. He seemed to have been roughly 100 years old. He has been on a mission to harness, summon, bind, & puppet elementals, extra planar beings, ghosts, genies, you name it... He seems to write in this book for stretches and takes a break at times too. But he successfully summoned & bound Gazre-Azam to the Censer in 1480. He used his aide to perfect the elemental cannon, and controlling/binding extra planar creatures. He hasn't written in this book recently, but it has the details of what happened with Gazre-Azam & when. It explains how he used the Censer for initial binding. But the djinni had too much autonomy for Zikran's taste. So he developed the ring to have more control of Gazre.
Type
Journal, Personal
Medium
Vellum / Skin
Authoring Date
1469-1492
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