Image 1: Shelf Southwest 15R, dedicated to Medomai the Perspirant
PLUVIAM DE TIMORE
Of the myriad calamities that have befallen the Library in its existence, few were as revolting as the Year of the Putrid Discharge, an era demarked by the presence of Medomai the Perspirant. Afflicted with a rare condition native to her homeworld of Dolpices, Medomai perpetually excreted an odorous sweat from every pore in her body. Branded an undesirable by the aromamancers of her home, Medomai fled Dolpices to escape her impending execution and took sanctuary in the Wanderer's Library, where she dwelt for the remainder of her life.
Although possessed of an innocent curiosity and a compassionate disposition, Medomai's condition quickly earned her the ire of both the Librarians and her fellow Wanderers. An acrid stench was the perennial harbinger of Medomai's impending approach, with a streak of rancid sweat always trailing in her wake. An untold number of texts were irrevocably damaged when exposed to Medomai, whose perspiration ruined the pages of Anton Fisk's Seventh Treatise of Multicorporeal Entities and rendered Karlov's Sonnet of the White Dwarf illegible.
In an effort to bring the senseless massacre of tomes to an end, an assortment of Wanderers captured Medomai and sequestered her in the Southwest wing. As they deliberated on how to deal with Medomai and her excretions, the issue resolved itself when Medomai quietly expired to dehydration. A brief memorial was held, the nearest shelf dedicated to her, and Medomai's remains were returned to her homeworld.
And so, for the stains she left upon the Library, Medomai is remembered.
Image 2: Shelf Down 889, dedicated to The Last Cherub
UT MORTEM ET CLAMATE
Image 3: Shelf Outer South KA-2, dedicated to Kingdom Animalia
IN BESTIA SED
Image 4: Shelf East-by-Southeast 08, dedicated to Abosh im-Zaphur
UNITATIS IN DISCIDIUM
Image 5: Shelf Southwest 7-41, dedicated to Washer Turiqois
DE COLORIBUS ET DOLOREM
Image 6: Shelf North 0.4 x West 2.25, dedicated to Polyfractus-9
POLYGONUM RABIDUS
Image 7: Shelf Western 96P, dedicated to Wistful Dave
PARS PER PACE
Image 8: Shelf Upper-Right XII, dedicated to King Bishimon III
AETERNUM IN CARNEM
Image 9: Shelf Greater South 81203, dedicated to Ungo No-Chin, Scourge of the Ways
MINE MEUM MEA
Image 10: Shelf Inner 56-IRT, dedicated to Maximillian van Holdt
AD CURARE QUIDAM TEA?
Image 11: Shelf Southwest KFC, dedicated to The Flesh Connoisseur
DIGITUS LAMBENDO BONUM
Image 12: Shelf Upper 7984, dedicated to Ablor-gon'gil Jabbur Set-Hardr
ET AMICUM, MIKE
Image 13: Shelf Outermost 89-Upsilon, dedicated to Zaggoth, God of Extremities
MANUS LOQUI
Image 14: Shelf East-West QX2, dedicated to Zachariah Shortbow
CAPUT SUPRA CALCEM
Image 15: Shelf High East 49Z, dedicated to Shabbalor, Lesser Sphinx of Gur
PULSO PULSO
Image 16: Shelf Major Northwest 5667, The Minstrel of the Pale Court
CADERET MORTUUS RIDENS
Minstrel, jester, singer, fool,
juggler, poet, bard, footstool
acrobat and puppeteer
watchful eye and open ear
hand to princes, hand to kings,
hand to gods and greater things
loyal from first to final breath,
witness birth and witness death
father, husband, battle-brother
advisor, confidante, and lover
bitter rival, villain, hater
killer, nemesis, and traitor
reign to reign and age to age
another scene, a different stage
a single actor with many roles
the only script, which he withholds
he lives to serve, and serves to live
he takes all his master has to give
bows to all but kneels to none
swears his fealty to One
dancer, comic, musician, clown,
to bear the noose as if the crown
Minstrel, jester, singer, fool,
harbinger of the Pale Court's rule