This tome had been purposely left on the table that Akakios had been working at in the library. As to who would have left it there was anyone's guess. Largely it would be useless for their needs, save for one particular chapter in particular- the one that seemed to be on ancient faery runes, if the images were any indication. It was hard to gauge its true usefulness because like the rest of the book, and any of the others, the text was scrambled beyond recognition.
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