The Book of All that Shall Be, and All that Was (tome)

The Book of All that Shall Be, and All that Was, AKA Izahn, The Book of Tragool, The Book of the Scheme of Things

Origin: The Gods of Pegana (fiction), by Lord Dunsany

Description

Far to the South, beyond the edge of Earth, and beyond the Moon, and beyond all the worlds, upon the heap of rocks that were discarded unused by the gods when they had finised making the worlds, sits Trogool, the Thing that is Neither God Nor Beast, who neither howls nor breathes, only turns over the leaves of a great book, black and white, black and white for ever until the End. And all that is to be, is written in the book, and also all that was. When Trogool turneth a black page it is night, and when It turneth a white page it is day, and because it is written in the book that there are gods - there are the gods; also there is writing about thee and me, until the page where our names no more are written. The thing that is called Trogool, that is neither god nor beast, that turneth the leaves of a book, black and white, black and white, will one day come to the words: Mai Doon Izahn, which means The End For Ever, and book and gods and worlds shall be no more.

Version 1

Language: Unknown Dream Language

Physical Description: A great book of pages, alternating in black and white and representing the nights and days of every day from the Beginning to the End, written in two sections on each page, one describing events in Pegana, and the other describing events in Reality.

General Content: The book is said to contain a record of all the things of importance that have ever been accomplished, and which are yet to be done.

Number of known copies (if rare): Unique

Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): the Dreamlands, beyond all the worlds of dream, perched high atop the worktable of the gods, in the possession of Trogool, the Thing that is Neither God Nor Beast

Mythos Content Spells: none

• Sanity Loss: variable, ranging from minor to severe, depending upon the revelation on the page
• Mythos Knowledge: variable, ranging from minor to heavy, depending upon the page

Appearances

• Fiction: The Gods of Pegana (fiction), by Lord Dunsany

Heresies and Controversies

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Keeper Notes

• An epic Dream Quest to the most distant edge of the Dreamlands beyond all the worlds of dream for the purpose of looking into the Book to read the truth of some hidden deed or find the location of some lost thing could potentially drive an entire campaign sprawling across the Dreamlands and "Reality".