Menikar's Parchments on Intraplanar Edifices
Menikar's Parchments on Intraplanar Edifices is a compendium written in gold ink on silk pages and bound in oak plates inlaid with copper. Engraved on the front oak plate is an image of an mountain surrounded by the four elements; above the mountain is a door of unknown architecture opening into the void of space. On the back oak plate lies a more recent engraving of the symbol of Abadar, likely placed there by The Abadarian Episcopate to mark the book as not heresy.
The parchments detail the studies performed by the fey sorcerer Menikar on the modes of inter-planar travel of outsiders. The pages are written in his own hand, and are mostly written in Auran, with some Celestial here or there. The first several chapters cover inter-planar edifices themselves, while the later chapters cover studies of specific planes and the results of their intrusions onto the material plane. There is a chapter missing from the center of the book, and its index at the forefront has been erased.
The original owner of the book is unknown. The book was donated anonymously to The Abadarian Episcopate before the rule of King Alfred the First, and has remained stored with other books of importance in the temple to Abadar in The Holy City of Abadar.
Historical Details
Background
Following the War of the Worlds, significant studies were performed to determine the leading causes of inter-planetary invasions. The sorcerer Menikar performed his own studies, turning down donations from rulers and academics. According to him, and as stated in the foreword, "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
Public Reaction
Upon receiving these parchments, The Abadarian Episcopate was divided on whether or not to destroy them or keep them. Those in favor of destroying them postulated that they might be used as a means of creating edifices in the future. Those against their destruction countered by saying the study was not precise enough to be followed step by step, and that the lessons it taught outweighed the danger of someone trying to repeat them. In the end, a compromise was reached: the parchments would be kept, but permission would be required before they could be read.
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