Chapter 1
Once upon a time, in a land of dragons and myth, a bedraggled Adventurer met with a wealthy Collector, who sought a priceless treasure.
The Collector, who had already sent six brave adventurers to their demise in search of this treasure, and who did not intend to disclose this information to Adventurer Number Seven, told the Adventurer of a mythic library:
"Many centuries ago," the Collector said, as if he had rehearsed it at least six times, "there lived a beautiful and wealthy noblewoman who loved a gentle scholar. She traveled to the ends of the Earth to find one-of-a-kind ancient scrolls and handwritten tomes and priceless letters and plays and manuscripts, all to prove her love to the scholar, and built for her lover the most grandiose library the world has ever seen! It was talked about the world over.
"But the scholar spurned the noblewoman, and married a wealthier heiress. Grief-stricken and full of revenge, the noblewoman fled to her library. There she had built a secret: a wing, accessible only by secret passage, full of hundreds of volumes on black magic. She tore through the library voraciously, haphazardly attempting to cast spells the likes of which history can only imagine.