Book of Shadows
The wicked witch, Eleanora Blackwood penned the Book of Shadows, herself, using shadows or possibly spirits from the Shadowlands! She also took her own soul and gave it to the book in order to bring it to life. The two share that link for eternity, and because of that, it is uncertain whether the book can be trusted at all. However, if Eleanora obtains her tome, she could use it to wreak the great havoc she has become famous for over time. After Eleanora’s death, the book ended up in the hands of a drunkard from the town of Wakefield. He witnessed her demise, and stole everything from the scene that he and his friend thought might be worth any money. They sold the book to a book dealer, who found the tome interesting.
The book could move letters around or make images appear on its surface at will, and while it was in the hands of that first book dealer, it only showed a few alchemical formulas. He sold it to an apothecary, and the apothecary held onto it until his death. A family member, found it, though it showed that person only notes on nature and biology. That person took it to a college, and it stayed there for some time, as an oddity, until a student stole it, and found a buyer- Dagan Erebus. The student knew the crime lord collected strange books, and Dagan could tell there was something special about the tome, so he kept it with his other old books in a collection meant to hide his personal prize, an ancient grimoire. If any creature came to steal Dagan’s tome, he knew it would have trouble trying to figure out which old book was the one containing his power.
Once authorities arrested Dagan, the Bureau of Demonic Analysis (BDA), the U.S. governmental agency overseeing mystical antiquities and demonic influence, gathered his extensive library up, confiscating the Book of Shadows with the multitude of other volumes. Through the strange powers of the Librarian, the tome, and many other magical books in Dagan’s library, vanished from the evidence room of the BDA, and appeared in The Library. It only ever showed the Librarian the spell for conjuring The Anax, a spell it obtained while nearby the powerful tome owned by Dagan. That showed that the Book of Shadows had the power of osmosis! It knew who Anax was, and it felt a desire for revenge. Thus, it awaited someone of strong darkness.
When Eve happened upon that dimension of knowledge, she obtained the Book of Shadows for the moment she walked into the place; the tome knew she held vast shadowy reserves of dark power. Yet- when she touched it, it felt that she was not inherently evil! Thus, the book hid its abilities from her until it no longer could, because it worried that she might destroy it. Then, after Dagan Erebus, The Phantom, possessed Evelyn, it felt that darkness had touched her heart, but not completely. Still, it feared revealing itself to her. Eve searched arduously for the twisted tree from the book, and her search brought her to Ghost Nook. Only from necessity, did it finally reveal itself. It had two hopes, one being that Eve could find a way to destroy The Anax! The other hope it felt was that she could be convinced to give into the darkness within her soul.
For a long while, it tried to convince her to follow its direction, but found that Eve was willful. Then, it capitalized on her casting dark spells! Not only did she seem more adept than its own creator did, but she grew more powerful at an intense rate. By the time Eve became shadow incarnate, the book realized that she had the power to obliterate it! In fact, it saw that once she reached that level of shadow, the book seemed more of just a plaything to her. That caused it even more worry, and it grew terrified it might die. From that moment on, it warily directed her, walking a line between trying to corrupt her, and keep her happy so that it could continue its evil existence. To the book’s chagrin, it now works as Eve’s assistant alongside The Anax- the very being it burns to destroy. Yet, what, ultimately, is the agenda of the unholy Book of Shadows?
