"The Haunted Shelves"
The Haunted Shelves are one of the most mysterious and dangerous places inside of the Wanderer's Library. According to the recorded history , this place it's all that remain of the "Great Spirit Infestation" of 1666 A.D. During this period the Library was plagued with the lost souls of deceased patrons and external ectoplasmatic entities unable and unwilling to leave thos plane of existence to go to the other side.
After an inttensive work of exorcism and blessing rituals, that lasted decades, the problem was finally solved ( at least for the most part). Only a relativelly small area remains " inhabitated" by these incorporeal beings ; and in the centuries to come it has been named as " The Haunted Shelves".
It's unknown the reason why the spectral infestation seems to be so difficult to eradicate in this area of the Library, and it's even more mysterious the reason why this specters became more hostile the more a "living" dare to come deeper into the heart of this place of haunting. Legends and Tall Tales told by the patrons around campfires speak about some of the most rare and powerful volumes of necromancy and exorcism being kept in the center of this location; guarded by the demons themselves to be sure to never be bannished from their new place of haunting.
Famous Entities of the shelves
The Chained Reader
This ancient and mysterious entity resemble a humanoid figures covered with a white wrap and chained to a reading desk on wich there seems to be a huge volumes that the creature continue to read no matter what. Intereting details about this volumes is no matter how many pages has been turned the book seems to never end as if new ones are created as time pass. Aside from its earie looks this entity is peaceful as long no one tries to steal his volume. In that case he'll try to strangle the thief with his chain.
"The Hall of Titans"
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The Hall of the Titans is the plave where patros of extreme large size. Created Eons ago to make sure that someone size would have not be an obstacle in the pusuit of knowledge. Beside the normally peaceful temperement of the patrons this is still pne of the most dangerous area of the Library since the tiniest distraction by their part may have end in a catastrophe.
So, while visiting these megalithic halls it’s recommended to pay extreme attention. This is true both for the “Titans” Wanderer slang to refer to the dezidens of this are of the Library that travel throught this place.
List of common patrons
The Long Shadow:
A mysterious entity, the “Long Shadow” is the tallest of the recorded patrons in this area of the Library. This being, standing at a height that fluctuate between 350-700 feet tall. Its body seems seems to be composed of a black incorporeal matter. This characterist make it probably one of the safest Titans to stay around since every solid being that would unfortuanatly end up stepped on by would experience as a sudden fade of all sources of light. This effect will immediatly cease as the person leave its body or as it moves away (normally not even noticing the event). It seems to not project any shadow. It can still be noticed it’s ability to turn some part of its body to a more solid taste or to still be able to influence the space around itself, given its capacity to pick books from the shelves or to offer give a ride to smaller patrons in need. It’s still unknow its origins or the way it enters the Library (if he ever even leaft it). It’s extremlly difficult to find this being as if it seems to posses the power to simply vanish behind any corner of the mountain sized shelves.
Records and sighting of its presence on Earth
Mostly spotted on our world during night time, making it difficult to spot due to its coloration. Its eyes could easilly be mistaken as falling stars of airplane lights from someone in the distance. Also shown to be able to walk upon great water surfaces
Locations:
Scotland, “Clach suidhe” or the “Sitting Stone” Mount is said to be the resting place of this mysterious colossus while traveling our world.
Canada, Cave paintings of this titan has been found depicting it protecting a herd of buffalos from a group of men armed with bows and arrows.
Zimbawe “The Bringer of Rain” among few villages in the southern part of this country watching its stroll across the great plains is a good omen and its sightings anticipate the coming of the rains season. A local festival among this people has as main events a tribeman dressed up in black walking on a pair stilts across the vilagge to bless it.
The Amazon:
She lets herself be call by the name of Althea Hyppolitha III (of Thebes?). She stays in what is considered the medium size for a Titan (around 85-100 feet tall)
Backstory Ideas:
She belongs to a subspecies of humans that had an extreme case of sexual dimorphism regarding the size difference between the males and the females.
They departed to a pocket dimension eon ago to escape a genocide by the modern human species. They lived in what at the time known as Scythia and were eventually leaded to their exodus by Sarkiks, Mekhanite Empire and Daevites. They achived to survive by kidnapping men from Earth every now and then (Men still exit and are born in their world but as said before they risk to fall into inbreeding). She is trying to find a way to reunite her people with the main world stopping the mistratment of men.
Decine of tombs of member of her kind cha be found around the world. Rituals to turn baseline human women into member of their species. Rituals need to use the blood of an original member of the species. The effects of this rituals seem to work extremlly well with juvenile specimen that can reach the size of a medium sized amazon in matter ofa few years. Beyond the age of 16 years old the growth is definetly “inferior”, reaching a height between 8 and 12 feet tall.
The pocket dimensio where they reside seems to resemble an island with a surfaces of 3.054 km² with a sea extending for a few hundreds of kilometers around. It’s unknown what happen beyond this point given that the closer any ships come to the limits of this realm the more extreme the weather becames, turning traveling beyond this point nearlly impossible given their technological level. The Island is for a majority flat with the expection of the small mountain range in the Northen part, with the tallest mountain, Aurora’s Palace, standing at 9560,36 feet tall.
Legendary Figures: “The First Amazon”, “The First-born amazon”, “The Greatest Heroine”
The presence of amazons resembling human ethnicities not native of regions around the Black Sea are due to the numerous missions lead by diferrent trusted members of the original tribes to travel across the known world to find new sisters to free from subjugation of men. Some of this ission seems to have gone as far to reach the regions of modern Greece, Egypt, Britain, Ethiopia, China and India.
Conflicts with the House of Apollyon.
The way to reach their current location outside of Earth reality was said to have come as a prophetic dream to the last great leader of their united tribes before a final attack by the Mekhanite Empire during 1100 BCE in a region of modern Ukraine.
Throught out history there has been many tentatives to return to our world that has ultimatelly failed both to the native resistance and the imposiibility for the majority of modern Earth ecosystems to sustain large numbers of creatures of their size. The last faeled colonization happened in the 18th century.
Their society had an extreme revolution due to the passage from a nomadic civilization to a sedentary one.
The Mechanical Colossus:
Robotic construct standing at an height of 120 feet tall possessing the appearance of mycenean warrior of the Bronze Age. Pronze seems to be indeed one of the materials this mechanical wonder from the ages of old seems to be made of according to its coloration. One of the most interesting features of this particular patrons seems to be have been damaged as it shows to have a notable tearings all over its body, of which the most notable one on its left anckle, forcing it to walk with a limp.
According to some observation it seems to go searching far and near for volumes regarding thaumatechnology and mekhanite history, probably in attempt to repair itself.
It’s knowk fro sure to be one of the few titans to never leave the library. It has been observed to enter ina sate of total immobility every once in a while, taking poses of classical grecian sculptural art. In this way be mistaken as an actual statue or monument by new visiting wanderers of smaller size, while larger ones try to pay attention to not trip over it.
Backstories Possibilities:
Last standing construction built during a conflict between the sarkiks and the great Mekhanite Empire.Viewed like a son by his inventor (one of the last great mekhanite geniuses of the ancient times). Later becoming the one protector of the island where he stands on, protecting it by sea monsters, pirates, and foreign invasions. Ultimatelly defeated by a group of grecian explorers. Searching a way to fix itself. Also searching for a new purpose in life.
The island he protected may have sunk later in time after he moved to the Libray, due to a tsunami provocated by the eruption of Santorini.
He has been unable to talk for the majority of his life but during the 40’s he was able to insert inside himself a Voder one of the earliest artificial comunication devices.
Ms A:
Little is known abou this figure. The first known record of her presence inside the Library has been around 1872 information that fit perfectky with her traditional victorian clothing. Another important detail that could help us to uncover her origin are the testimonies from people who have met her and say that she speaks with a strong londoner accent. Accordinmg to the observation she seems to enjoy books about cooking, botany, herbal medicine and riddles. Many of you would be asking what it’s so peculiar abou this woman, and the most observant of you may have already noticed how I have not shared yet her height. Well, the reason behind this is this person seems to not have a consistant one, there are reports of people who have said to have meet her from height that goes from little above the ordinary ,9 feet, to some above the 200 feet tall. Al this deatails make of Ms A. one, if not the most intriguing member of the “Titans”.
- The Long Shadow
- The Amazon
- The Mechanical Giant
- The Intellectual Kraken
- Skadi & Jörgen
- Giant Insect ?
- Nancy
- Mountain Troll with many heads
"Rhymes for Brave Anomalous Children"
Beware the Jailors
Beware the Jailors since they watch all the time
They feel no guilt or pain
No matter how horrible the crime.
They watch you when you sleep
They watch you when you are awake
Don’t let them see that you are different
Or your freedom is them to take.
They haunt their barren prisons
It’s useless to cry.
They will hear no reasons.
With them years will fly.
They repeat to themselves:
“We do what must be done.”
Now you know where to look
When your loved ones are gone.
One Once More
My mother told be a fable,
About three knights sitting at a table.
They discuss all day and night
About how to put things right.
Their king had a great fall
He shattered in pieces to save us all.
With screws or wires will he be tether?
How to put him together?
They have no idea where to start
And even worst they still miss a part.
Where it went no one can tell
And I fear the fable won’t finish well.
May one day peace be restore
And the king returns one oncemore.
Dragon Where?
Dragon Dragon, where are you?
I swear earlier there were two.
If you’ll ever enter in that room
Left behind will be sorrow and gloom.
Dragon Dragon, where are you?
Since I lost you, I am feeling blue.
All day has been only you and me
Why don’t we invite giants and elves for tea?
Dragon Dragon, I miss you a lot
The time with you I’ve never forgot.