An Isekai Story

Aethelred's library, the Vault of Silent Knowledge, holds unconventional texts: scrolls of preserved skin, inscribed ice tablets, and bound volumes of cryptic symbols detailing necromancy and reality's unraveling. The air is still, scented with aged parchment and frozen ink. Silent, skeletal librarians meticulously maintain the bone and frozen wood shelves, transcribing ancient texts. This vault contains vast, dangerous knowledge, forbidden secrets of life, death, and Kavrix's nature. Rumors speak of texts revealing weaknesses of powerful mages and methods for true undeath. The near-absolute silence underscores the solemnity of this knowledge; any sound echoes unnervingly, making intruders feel they disturb something ancient and potent. The collection represents Aethelred's obsession with understanding and manipulating the fundamental forces governing existence, a testament to his cold intellect and detachment from the living world.

The chamber is dimly lit, with an air of stillness that carries the dry scent of aged parchment and frozen ink. The shelves, made from bone and frozen wood, are lined with scrolls and tablets, while skeletal librarians glide silently through the aisles, their movements precise and ghostly.