Book of Shadows/Lore

The Black Grimoire (also known as the Book of Shadows) is a massive arcane grimoire written by Demnok Lannik.

Description
The weird Book of Shadows is said to be an impossible tome with pages filled with unreadable prose of unknowable thoughts. Filled to the brim with arcane knowledge accumulated throughout the years of Demnok's zealous thirst for lore, the book appears to be big and heavy relative to its author's size. The book is meant to preserve and instruct its info.

Contents
Arcane knowledge derived from recovering countless spellbooks are enwritten in its pages. Wukong and Hoodwink imply the Black Grimoire contains pages on demonology.

Those who are slain by its author will have their names catalogued in its pages. Compared to the grimoire's vast knowledge, its necrology is minuscule and insignificant.

The book is also a record of its author's life. Demnok embarking on a new feat becomes a new chapter in his book, and him succeeding in it becomes a story for his book.

Assuming that the grimoire is written by hand and not through writing machines or magical methods, the Black Grimoire probably contains Demnok's poor penmanship.

Author
is the Black Grimoire's author and owner. It seems he carries it all the time (perhaps on his shoulder bag) since others talk about it as if it's on his person.

As one may tell from what is said about the book, the Book of Shadows is a reflection of Demnok's obsession to accumulate every last bit of arcane mystery.

The grimoire is his metaphor for his life. A new life after death is like turning a new page, but death is a page torn. Expanding it is a metaphor of him gaining knowledge.

With all the arcane knowledge preserved in it, Demnok intends for his Book of Shadows to last throughout the ages so that it may teach others who look upon its vast pages.

Following his times of failure, Demnok takes some time to step back and consult the Black Grimoire to heed its advice and wisdom for future problems.

Heroes
has read some of Demnok's work (perhaps including the Black Grimoire) and expressed his opinion on them to him, saying that they are so-so.

A fellow Oglodi intellectual, is curious about the contents of the Black Grimoire. After killing its author, he plans to add it to his knowledge repository.

The cosmic divinity thinks the Book of Shadows is insignificant, stating that none will bother reading it.

agrees to cooperate with Demnok to contribute to his Black Grimoire by directing him to the old piles of abandoned spellbooks in the dangerous Tomo'kan.

Since the enjoys good stories about demons, he may ask Demnok if he could borrow his grimoire for reading.

mentions the Black Grimoire when prophesying about Demnok. He recalls that he dreamt of the obituary of Demnok's foes in the Book of Shadows.

's surprisingly vast knowledge undermines the hard work Demnok poured into the Black Grimoire. It believes that the book may be full of wrong information.

calls dibs on the Black Grimoire after he slays its sole owner Demnok Lannik.

mentions Demnok's grimoire when he taunts him after he kills him, saying that the time he wasted on the grimoire was better off on writing his memoir.

may ask Demnok if his book can be consulted for the result of their battle of the Ancients.

It seems that is also one of the many people who want to read from the Black Grimoire. She merely intends to do some leisure reading with such an eldritch book.

states that the Black Grimoire is not well received with its negative reviews.

Well aware of Demnok's prying curiosity, hopes that he will not reveal any of her mysteries in his Black Grimoire.

plans to incinerate the Black Grimoire, destroying all the foul magic accumulated in it, after she kills its author Demnok.

(or ) finds the Black Grimoire as uninteresting.