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[Lord Cyclohexane]

mistshadow2k4, I similarly only found two books in VRGttSF, outside of an off-hand mention of the Raiment of Clarity that I didn't find worth adding.

Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey

--- Malleus Umbricum by Wyan of Viktal - "Hammer of Shades", text on fey creatures (p6)
--- Marcusen Manuscript - Court record, describing Seelie and Unseelie courts (p71)

[mistshadow2k4]

Yeah, I figured I missed a few as I was moslty skimming them. I hope someone who knows how to use spreadsheet software will make a spreadsheet of all this. I'm sure some DM may find it useful.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

That's cool, I'm also just skimming through the books. As most of the titles are in italics in the books, it's easy to pick 'em out. All others can be caught by also being aware of any proper names that pop up in the text.


Van Richten's Arsenal Volume I

--- Sight Unseen: The Theory of Ethereal Resonance by Barclay - p45
--- Transpossession: A Guide to Phenomena by Archmage Jacktin Tellurian - p46
--- Scrying and the Nature of Visions by Professor Agrippa - p46
--- Third Book of Ezra - Originally referenced in GazIII, here on p49
--- Ancient Tales of the Vistani* by Ayre - p54



*** Ancient Tales of the Vistani - VRA lists the author as being unknown. However, in the source novel "Castle of the Undead" (a Ravenloft "Choose Your Own Adventure" book from which the prophecy quoted in VRA comes from, along with the idea of the Bloodknife and the vampire Velkaarn) , the ghostly librarian Ayre claims to have penned a book called Legends of the Vistani, as reported by The Giamarga in the thread The Bloodknife. The book names seem too similar, so it seems fair to assume the two books are one-and-the-same and thus attribute the book to Ayre.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Champions of Darkness

None.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Dark Tales & Disturbing Legends

--- Tome of Terror - Illustrated fairy tales from around the Core (p122)

Denizens of Dread

None.


Heroes of Light

--- Second Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Felix Wachter (one line quote, p52)


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I'm going to be gone for a few days, so if anyone else wants to do a book or two, feel free. Otherwise, I'll likely come back to the others later.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Legacy of the Blood

--- Tome of Strahd - Autobiography of Strahd von Zarovich (p128)


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I really wished there would be a book, like The Analytical Method: Treatise on Mental Health, or something like that, just something that could appear on a shelf that refers to Mousel's analytical method... Or a similar thing from Germain D'Honaire...

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Below is the current list:


Champions of Darkness

None.


Dark Tales & Disturbing Legends

--- Tome of Terror - Illustrated fairy tales from around the Core (p122)


Denizens of Dread

None.


Gazetteer I

--- Blood of Mazonn - Barovian epic ballad (p16)
--- The Exile and the Return by Petre Raluca - Barovian book (p17)
--- Flight from the Balinoks - Barovian epic (p27)
--- Dust of Empires by Madeline Galbraith (p45)
--- The Soulless Crown by Berdarik - Kartakan epic tragedy (p95)


Gazetteer II

--- The Third Horseman by Erryl Goucus - Darkonian book on military history (p20)
--- Fourth Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Teodorus Raines (p30)
--- Doctrinae - Holy text of the Faith of the Overseer (p32)
--- Martyn Smitskopf - Author of fiction novels about diabolism (p83)
--- The Silberkudexa by Zeitsgraeng - Historical book on Falkovnia's Silver Falcon Kingdom (p92)
--- The Waning of Leybria and Others - Fall of the Silver Falcon Kingdom


Gazetteer III

--- The Dead Travel Fast - a "Romance from Beyond the Grave" novel re: Mangrum (p19)
--- The Tainted Writings of Blackcomb - Arcane text (p21)
--- Sources de Puissance - Arcane text (p21)
--- The Madrigorian - On numerous lists, also on p21
--- Third Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Joan Secousse (p21)
--- The Forgotten Sensations by Francois de Penible - Dementlieuse book (p23)
--- La Mort de Mon Coeur ("The Death of My Heart") - Dementlieuse opera (p24)
--- Courage - Dementlieuse play about workhouses (p24)
--- Struggle and Victory in the Animal Kingdom by Inard Milhavet - Naturalist text (p86)
--- The Vessels of Mercy - Holy text of the Echansons/Cupbearers (p93)
--- The Life of Alanik Ray by Arthur Sedgewick - On Mangrum's list, also p128
--- The Casebook of Alanik Ray by Arthur Sedgewick - Book of short stories (p128)


Gazetteer IV

--- The Exile and the Return by Petre Raluca - Original reference in GazI, here on p15
--- First Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Yakov Dilisnya (p16)
--- "My Bones Will Rest for Me" - Borcan folksong (p20)
--- Catalogue of the World Entire* - Commissioned shortly before 711BC (see below) (p69)
--- Allandar's Travelogue - "Gazetteer for supernatural events" (p88)
--- The Tales of Ages - History of the Halan faith; p104 refers to an "ancient copy" which hints that there should be newer transcriptions as well


Gazetteer V

--- Sir Archer Fleming - Mordentish poet (p10)
--- Fare imod de Aften by Ansgar - Nova Vaasan epic poem (p28)
--- Den Bjaergekesjer by Ansgar - Nova Vaasan epic poem (p28)
--- Haldor og Gudrun by Ansgar - Nova Vaasan epic poem, greatest of Vaasi literature (p28)
--- The Beast of Ehrendton by Sir Armand "Ironhand" Rivtoff - On other lists, here p42
--- The Truth of Iron - First holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (p125, p126)
--- The Fetters of Bronze - Second holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (p125, p126)
--- The Black Trials - Third holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (p125, p126)
--- Crimson Faith - Fourth holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (p126)
--- The Book of Stone - Fifth holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (p126)


Heroes of Light

--- Second Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Felix Wachter (no actual info on it, p52)


Legacy of the Blood

--- Tome of Strahd - Autobiography of Strahd von Zarovich (p128)


Van Richten's Arsenal Volume I

--- Sight Unseen: The Theory of Ethereal Resonance by Barclay - p45
--- Transpossession: A Guide to Phenomena by Archmage Jacktin Tellurian - p46
--- Scrying and the Nature of Visions by Professor Agrippa - p46
--- Third Book of Ezra - Originally referenced in GazIII, here on p49
--- Ancient Tales of the Vistani** by Ayre - p54


Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey

--- Malleus Umbricum by Wyan of Viktal - "Hammer of Shades", text on fey creatures (p6)
--- Marcusen Manuscript - Court record, describing Seelie and Unseelie courts (p71)


Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead

--- Bestiary of Artak - Includes info on hungry dead (p40)
--- Pavel, Heir to the Sun - Ancient Barovian saga (p44)
--- The Scrawls by M. Claude Harriet - Story (p48)
--- The Casebook of Alanik Ray by Arthur Sedgewick - Also in GazIII, here p50
--- The Hammer of Light by Cletus von Sarr - Guide to fighting undead (p79)
--- A Love Beyond Death - a "Romance from Beyond the Grave" novel (p80)
--- Raiment of Clarity by the Iron Crown - Cursed necromantic text (p86)


* Catalogue of the World Entire - As per GazIV, this was "commissioned by Camille Boritsi shortly before her death." As she died in 711 BC, several familiar Core domains had not yet been revealed by the Mists by this point. These are: Hazlan (714 BC), Dorvinia (715 BC), Sithicus (720 BC) and Verbrek (730 BC). It would also include several non-familiar Core domains, like Bluetspur, the Nightmare Lands, G'Henna and Markovia, all of which left in the Great Upheaval. See Jester's pre-Great Upheaval map


** Ancient Tales of the Vistani - VRA lists the author as being unknown. However, in the source novel "Castle of the Undead" (a Ravenloft "Choose Your Own Adventure" book from which the prophecy quoted in VRA comes from, along with the idea of the Bloodknife and the vampire Velkaarn) , the ghostly librarian Ayre claims to have penned a book called Legends of the Vistani, as reported by The Giamarga in the thread The Bloodknife. The book names seem too similar, so it seems fair to assume the two books are one-and-the-same and thus attribute the book to Ayre.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

One last one to go after this: Ravenloft Campaign Setting / Ravenloft Player's Handbook.

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Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide

None.


Secrets of the Dread Realms

--- Tome of Strahd - Autobiography of Strahd von Zarovich (p10)

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Here's the last book for the 3.0/3.5 Edition Ravenloft:

Ravenloft Campaign Setting / Ravenloft Player's Handbook

--- Tome of Strahd - Traditional opening for main Ravenloft book, (p4/5, p12/14, p77/90)
--- First Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Yakov Dilisnya, 666BC (p17/19)
--- Second Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Feliz Wachter, 699BC (p17/19)
--- Third Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Joan Secousse, 709BC (p17/19)
--- Van Richten's Guide to Vampires - Printed 735BC (p18/20)
--- Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani - Printed 742 (p18/20)
--- Fourth Book of Ezra - Revelation of Ezra to Teodorus Raines, 751BC (p18/20)
--- Tales of the Ages - Holy text of the Halans (p52/66)
--- Sedgwick, Arthur. The Life of Alanik Ray - Short story from book (p63/76)
--- Newsbill - Daily Paridon newspaper (p165/184)

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Tomorrow I'll work to change all the entries around so that, instead of giving listings book-to-book, it'll just give a huge list of entries followed by what books it's mentioned in, as I realize the previous format is nearly unusable.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

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Here's the books list, in a more human readable format. Note that all "RCS" entries have both the RCS/RPHB page numbers:


--- Agrippa, Professor. Scrying and the Nature of Visions - (VRA p46)
--- Allandar. Allandar's Travelogue - "Gazetteer for supernatural events" (Gaz4 p88)
--- Ansgar. Den Bjaergekesjer - Nova Vaasan epic poem (Gaz5 p28)
--- Ansgar. Fare imod de Aften - Nova Vaasan epic poem (Gaz5 p28)
--- Ansgar. Haldor og Gudrun - Nova Vaasan epic poem, greatest of Vaasi literature (Gaz5 p28)
--- Ayre. Ancient Tales of the Vistani* - (VRA p54)
--- Barclay. Sight Unseen: The Theory of Ethereal Resonance - (VRA p45)
--- Galbraith, Madeline. Dust of Empires - History book on dead cultures (Gaz1 p45)
--- Gleam, Hans and Jakob. Tome of Terror - Illustrated fairy tales from the Core (DT&DL p122)
--- Goucus, Erryl. The Third Horseman - Darkonian book on military history (Gaz2 p20)
--- Harriet, M. Claude. The Scrawls - Story, may also be name of book (VRGttWD p48)
--- Milhavet, Inard. Struggle and Victory in the Animal Kingdom - Naturalist text (Gaz3 p86)
--- de Penible, Francois. The Forgotten Sensations - Dementlieuse book (Gaz3 p23)
--- Raluca, Petre. The Exile and the Return - Barovian history, Terg invasion (Gaz1 p17; Gaz4 p15)
--- Rivtoff, Sir Armand "Ironhand". The Beast of Ehrendton - Novel on demonic cult (Gaz5 p42)
--- Sedgwick, Arthur. The Life of Alanik Ray - Book of short stories (RCS p63/76; Gaz3 p128)
--- Sedgwick, Arthur. The Casebook of Alanik Ray - Book of short stories (Gaz3 p128; VRGttWD p50)
--- Tellurian, Archmage Jacktin. Transpossession: A Guide to Phenomena - (VRA p46)
--- von Sarr, Cletus. The Hammer of Light - Guide to fighting undead (VRGttWD p79)
--- von Zarovich, Strahd. Tome of Strahd - Propaganda autobiography (RCS p4/5,12/14,p77/90; LotB p128; SotDR p10)
--- Wyan of Viktal. Malleus Umbricum - "Hammer of Shades", text on fey creatures (VRGttSF p6)
--- Zeitsgraeng. The Silberkudexa - Historical book on Falkovnia's Silver Falcon Kingdom (Gaz2 p92)

--- Bestiary of Artak - Includes info on hungry dead (VRGttWD p40)
--- Catalogue of the World Entire** - The Core as of 711BC (Gaz4 p69)
--- Madrigorian, The - Writings on morality of evil (Gaz3 p21, et al)
--- Marcusen Manuscript - Court record, describing Seelie and Unseelie courts (VRGttSF p71)
--- Raiment of Clarity by the Iron Crown - Cursed necromantic text (VRGttWD p86; VRGttSF p7)
--- Romance from Beyond the Grave: A Love Beyond Death - trash novel (VRGttWD p80)
--- Romance from Beyond the Grave: The Dead Travel Fast - trash novel (Gaz3 p19)
--- Sources de Puissance - Arcane text (Gaz3 p21)
--- Tainted Writings of Blackcomb, The - Arcane text (Gaz3 p21)
--- Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead - re: research on the Deathstone (LotB p20)
--- Van Richten's Guide to the Created - Moral concerns on having written it (VRA p61)
--- Van Richten's Guide to the Lich - (VRA p6)
--- Van Richten's Guide to Vampires - Printed 735BC (RCS p18/20)
--- Van Richten's Guide to the Vistani - Printed 742BC (RCS p18/20; VRA p6)
--- Waning of Leybria and Others, The - Fall of the Silver Falcon Kingdom (Gaz2 p92)


List of holy texts:
--- Book of Ezra, First - Revelation of Ezra to Yakov Dilisnya, 666BC (RCS p17/19; Gaz4 p16)
--- Book of Ezra, Second - Revelation of Ezra to Felix Wachter, 699BC (RCS p17/19; HoL p52)
--- Book of Ezra, Third - Revelation of Ezra to Joan Secousse, 709BC (RCS p17/19; Gaz3 p21; VRA p49)
--- Book of Ezra, Fourth - Revelation of Ezra to Teodorus Raines, 751BC (RCS p18/20; Gaz2 p30)
--- Doctrinae - Holy text of the Faith of the Overseer (Gaz2 p32)
--- The Tales of Ages*** - Holy text and history of the Halan faith (RCS p52/66; Gaz4 p104)
--- The Truth of Iron - First holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (Gaz5 p125,126)
--- The Fetters of Bronze - Second holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (Gaz5 p125,126)
--- The Black Trials - Third holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (Gaz5 p125,126)
--- Crimson Faith - Fourth holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (Gaz5 p126)
--- The Book of Stone - Fifth holy text of the Church of the Lawgiver (Gaz5 p126)
--- Vessels of Mercy, The - Holy text of the Echansons/Cupbearers heresy (Gaz3 p93)


List of plays, ballads, songs:
--- Berdarik. The Soulless Crown - Kartakan epic tragedy (Gaz1 p95)
--- Vercezzo, Cezar. The Blind Gypsy - Borcan play (Gaz4 WE)
--- Vercezzo, Cezar. Lotharia - Borcan play (Gaz4 WE)
--- Vercezzo, Cezar. The Silent Child - Borcan play (Gaz4 WE)
--- Blood of Mazonn - Barovian epic ballad (Gaz1 p16)
--- Courage - Dementlieuse play about workhouses (Gaz3 p24)
--- Flight from the Balinoks - Barovian epic ballad (Gaz1 p27)
--- La Mort de Mon Coeur ("The Death of My Heart") - Dementlieuse opera (Gaz3 p24)
--- Pavel, Heir to the Sun - Ancient Barovian saga (VRGttWD p44)
--- "My Bones Will Rest for Me" - Borcan folksong (Gaz4 p20)


Additional stuff:
--- Newsbill - Daily Paridon newspaper (RCS p165/184)
--- Fleming, Sir Archer - Mordentish poet (Gaz5 p10)
--- Smitskopf, Martyn - Author of fiction novels about diabolism (Gaz2 p83)


* Ancient Tales of the Vistani - VRA lists the author as being unknown. However, in the source novel "Castle of the Undead" (a Ravenloft "Choose Your Own Adventure" book from which the prophecy quoted in VRA comes from, along with the idea of the Bloodknife and the vampire Velkaarn) , the ghostly librarian Ayre claims to have penned a book called Legends of the Vistani, as reported by The Giamarga in the thread The Bloodknife. The book names seem too similar, so it seems fair to assume the two books are one-and-the-same and thus attribute the book to Ayre.

** Catalogue of the World Entire - As per GazIV, this was "commissioned by Camille Boritsi shortly before her death." As she died in 711 BC, several familiar Core domains had not yet been revealed by the Mists by this point. These are: Hazlan (714 BC), Dorvinia (715 BC), Sithicus (720 BC) and Verbrek (730 BC). It would also include several non-familiar Core domains, like Bluetspur, the Nightmare Lands, G'Henna and Markovia, all of which left in the Great Upheaval. See Jester's pre-Great Upheaval map

*** RCS/RPHB has title as Tales of the Ages whereas Gaz4 has it as The Tales of Ages. I thought the latter sounded better and have stuck with that.

[Lord Cyclohexane]

If someone wanted to do something with the above, making it into a spreadsheet or whatever, go for it. My part ends here, as I'm content with this as it is.

I'm half-tempted to go through some 2nd Ed stuff and add those to the list, but I'm assuming that Mangrum's list earlier has pretty much everything. Note that his stuff is *not* included on my list above, but I can merge it in if requested and remove all of the real-world references from the above references.

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Great job, Cyclohexane, et al.. But your permanent link isn't so permanent, since the boards get purged on a semi-regular basis. I think the list should go somewhere else. FoS members? got a spot for it?

(it occurs to me that this really ought to go in the catalog. any chance of getting it back open for editting so industrious folk like Cyclohexane can put stuff in? as mentioned before, I'm willing and most likely able to set up the dbman software...)

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Also, I'm willing to go through the Quoteth the Raven and whatnot as well, if desired.

And note that, unlike Mangrum's list, I left out any personal diaries/journals that were mentioned; I can go back and find those if desired, but I felt it only worth it to grab actual books, plays, etc that could be found on multiple people's shelves. (That said, I do like the Mangrum's is set to be able to see everything that's on Van Richten's shelf, so I'm not knocking the previous list at all).

[Lord Cyclohexane]

Holy crud, just found one of the references above:

--- de Penible, Francois. The Forgotten Sensations - Dementlieuse book (Gaz3 p23)

"Francois de Penible" was Stuart Turner's submission to CotN: Demons, a man in the process of being transpossessed by a Kyton (chain devil)... I'd wondered what that book was going to be about, and now I have a decent assumption.