Zikran's Zephyrean Tome - Candlekeep Mysteries

Zikran's Zephyrean Tome. Zikran's Zephyrean Tome An Adventure for 10th-level Characters Developed & Edited by Christopher Perkins Written by Taymoor Rehman Zikran's Zephyrean Tome was donated to Candlekeep by adventurers seeking refuge from a storm that seemed to follow them wherever they went. A junior member of the Avowed, although unable to open the book, cataloged it as a treatise on the Inner Planes, based solely on Zikran's reputation as an expert on the subject. The book has been moving through the archives ever since, as Avowed who were also unable to open it take guesses at its contents. After a time, they stopped trying. Finding the Book Characters in Candlekeep might uncover this book while researching any of the following topics: Denizens of the Inner Planes, especially the Wind Dukes of Aaqa (powerful beings of elemental air) and djinn Extraplanar travel Magic fortresses Book Description The book is a heavy tome with covers of white marble bound in pale blue leather. A large padlock prevents the book from being opened and resists all attempts to open it with magic, but it snaps open when the book is held by someone who intends to leave Candlekeep with it. The book contains one hundred eight mostly blank pages made of tissue-thin white paper and emits a soft breeze whenever a page is turned. Most important, when the book is first opened, it reveals the creature trapped inside it: a djinni named Gazre-Azam. The first ten pages of the book contain various notes in Zikran's hand that indicate he tried several times to trap a djinni in the book before finally succeeding. The next eight pages are observations of Gazre-Azam's behavior during his time of servitude to Zikran. The last ninety pages of the book are blank, and a character who succeeds on a 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can figure out that this volume used to serve as a wizard's spellbook. At some point, the spells were removed in such a way as to leave the pages blank. Gazre-Azam's Predicament...