The Book of Infinite Souls
The tome of collected lore about the Book of Infinite Souls is an old book, written in several languages over the course of centuries. There are many sheets of notes or relevant information from other sources that are loosely tucked in between various pages. It appears that some effort was made more recently to summarize and codify the many scraps of information, written in a neat hand in the Infernal language.
A reading of the summary reveals the following information:
At this point, there are some new notes in a different hand, revealing the following information.The Book of Infinite Souls was created on Oerth thousands of years ago during the Sueloise Imperium. The Book granted tremendous magical power to those who owned it, so long as they kept powering it with souls or other magical items. In time, though, the Sueloise god of Death and Magic, Wee Jas, took note of the Book's destruction of the souls of her flock. Angered by the affront to her spheres of influence, Wee Jas worked with a Power little known to the Suel, Celestian, The Far Wanderer, to hide away the Book.
Together the gods created The Donjon, a trapped demi-plane, in which they could hide the Book. The gods placed many protections on the Donjon, both mighty and subtle, then they tricked the owner of the Book into accessing the demi-plane, and when he fell prey to the magical protections, his own soul was devoured by the Book, leaving the Book trapped and unclaimed.
But the gods were not done yet. They sent their followers to track down the three items tied to the Book: a Helm, a Sword and a Spear. Each of them had the ability to drain souls and feed them to the Book. One by one the items were collected and destroyed, leaving the Book completely cut off from ownership and power sources.
Over the many centuries since, others have learned of the Book and sought to claim its power. None have yet succeeded and the Book lies inert in it's celestial donjon.
The dragon Valos has been seeking the Book for some time. It is thought that he has created at least one item that can directly feed the Book, as the Sword, Helm and Spear did, long ago. Another item has been recovered by Lord Eezamm, a helm of telepathy, which is also tied to the Book. It is not known if the dragon has found a way to breach The Donjon or bypass the defenses.
Another note is scrawled in the margin next to this. The dragon is in the Donjon! We do not know how but he was able to enter safely. However, he appears to be trapped there. This is a mixed success, for the dragon has claimed the Book and is able to use its power to influence the world outside of The Donjon, but he cannot leave. It is unknown how long the dragon can exist in The Donjon but potentially forever?