S:This book appears to be a journal penned by the Archmage Trobriand, one of the lesser-known wizards of the ancient realms. As you turn its pages, many strange and ancient secrets come to light, along with a good deal of dust. Towards the end of the book, the writing grows oddly disturbed in both style and hand, as Trobriand relates a series of experiments in the use of certain magical rings to attract scaladars and other powerful creatures. What success Trobriand may have achieved is not entirely clear, as the book's final pages are all but obliterated by bloodstains.
