Books include ancient tomes, illuminated manuscripts, crumbling scrolls, and leather-bound grimoires brimming with arcane spells, forgotten histories, prophetic verses, or personal chronicles. Discovered in towering libraries, secluded hermitages, ruined temples, or the hoards of dragons and liches, they safeguard lost knowledge, unveil hidden truths, or channel potent magic. Many grant wisdom or power to the reader; others bear curses that twist mind and soul.