There have been many small references to lost books, or books thought to be myth. Except for one singularly large exception currently locked under the floor; Have they ever been described? Or are they still hiding in the gray area of undiscovered D'ni folk lore.

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nya?

when did we learn about these

*goes to replay myst series again for meteion of these*

That's part of why I posted I couldn't remember if there were any concrete descriptions anywhere. guess not.. ah well.

There are a few vague hints to extremly old, or lost books in the hall of the kings journal collection (CC for the full set if you want to wade thru that many journals), Also the book room that was discovered under the floor was described as having many books, one of which was the linking book they used providing the bulk of that one novel.

As a side note that book (the novel not the linking book) contains the only account of atrus's restoration attempt, as well as the only know description of guild exploration facilities. Sadly the DRC seems to have used the description of his restoration attempt as a road map for their own.

The fun will really start once real exploration begins again, and a few explorers get up the gumption to go off the beaten path.

That's part of why I am interested in Books that have worked their way into myth. After all of the tremors, and other geologic activity there is a very real possibility that places that were once forever lost / hidden might be open again.

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oh ok Book of d'ni, i see. well i geuss they would all be with the Terahnee(sp) book, under the guild hall, so maybe we get to go down there in Live?

The only problem was that these books were the ones infected with the plague resulting from the pento war. Now, we don't know whether or not that plague would still be harmful if we linked to the ages, but do we really want to risk it? I know I don't want to catch D'ni-crafted viruses...

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Well, unless they're playing video games, in which case heros die a lot too.

Seems Atrus and Co. were ok.... they got in and snooped about, in there...

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Wern't they the cause of the outbreak?

Wasn't that the reason they retreated back to D'ni?

And no librarian worth their salt puts all their books in one archive, let alone keep only a single copy of a important work. There are more books hidden just in case the guild archive was flattened. The early years were hard in the cavern extra copies of the more important works only makes sense.

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Except that by definition, you can't make duplicate copies of Books.

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Well, unless they're playing video games, in which case heros die a lot too.

Right. Only the original descriptive book must be protected, but it must be protected at all costs.

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I know you can only have one working copy of a descriptive book.

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There were five great books, I believe, if I remember my Book of Ti'ana correctly. (I think one of them was the Book of D'ni (Earth).)

The book of Earth is DEFINATELY on Terahnee...

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Maratanos wrote:

The book of Earth is DEFINATELY on Terahnee...

Huh? How do you arrive at that "definitely"?? There were certainly Linking Books between the Ages, but it seems to me to be exceedingly unlikely that either D'ni or Terahnee would allow someone else to hold the vital Descriptive Book to their Age. It would just be too risky.

@Dan'nee: The Five Great Classics of D'ni are the five most masterful Books in the Canon of the Guild of Writers, written by the five greatest Writers in the history of the guild. (Only 93 Books in total were ever accepted into the Canon during the history of D'ni. Ader Jamat, written by Veovis, was the last Book accepted into the Canon before the Fall.)

The Book of Earth, written by Ri'Neref, is the first of the Classics. Another, unnamed, was written by Guild Master Talashar approximately 6,000 years before the Fall of D'ni. This Classic was desecrated by A'Gaeris during the events preceeding the Fall, making the Age unstable. The names and Writers of the other three Classics are presently unknown.

(It is possible that the Age of Yakul, written by Master Ar'tenen, was one of the unidentified Classics. Ar'tenen was considered the first great Writer of the guild, and Yakul, the oldest of the guild's Ages, had great ceremonial importance in the canonization of new guild masterworks. However, this has not been confirmed).

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BrettM wrote:

Maratanos wrote:

The book of Earth is DEFINATELY on Terahnee...

Huh? How do you arrive at that "definitely"?? There were certainly Linking Books between the Ages, but it seems to me to be exceedingly unlikely that either D'ni or Terahnee would allow someone else to hold the vital Descriptive Book to their Age. It would just be too risky.

Awww, really? Then I guess it just happened to take, oh, I don't know, 200 times as many pages to write those linking books you're talking about as normal?

Seriously. I arrive at the definately because it is DEFINATELY not a linking book Atrus and co. find sealed in the Tomb of the Great King, and they DEFINATELY say that it was reciprocal.

Why would it be risky for it to be so, anyway?

BrettM wrote:

@Dan'nee: The Five Great Classics of D'ni are the five most masterful Books in the Canon of the Guild of Writers, written by the five greatest Writers in the history of the guild. (Only 93 Books in total were ever accepted into the Canon during the history of D'ni. Ader Jamat, written by Veovis, was the last Book accepted into the Canon before the Fall.)

The Book of Earth, written by Ri'Neref, is the first of the Classics. Another, unnamed, was written by Guild Master Talashar approximately 6,000 years before the Fall of D'ni. This Classic was desecrated by A'Gaeris during the events preceeding the Fall, making the Age unstable. The names and Writers of the other three Classics are presently unknown.

(It is possible that the Age of Yakul, written by Master Ar'tenen, was one of the unidentified Classics. Ar'tenen was considered the first great Writer of the guild, and Yakul, the oldest of the guild's Ages, had great ceremonial importance in the canonization of new guild masterworks. However, this has not been confirmed).

You know, legally, Alahmnat could now sue you for plagiarism...

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