The Library Heretical

Burning books create a heavy smoke that trickles down into the Underworld. The soot of this smoke is scraped and harvested by the ancient and unknowable cyclops librarians, who then painstakingly use it to restore the original uncensored texts. The culmination of their work lines the walls of the Library Heretical. It is said that the librarians do not understand the languages that they write, and are merely replicating the shapes embedded in the psychic residue. Still, as a result of their efforts, the Library Heretical contains a vast wealth of knowledge from every age of the Wide World.

Sights

Endless rows of books. Shelves stacked with scrolls. Sprawling scriptorium.

Sounds

The scribbling of pens. The whisper of a turning page.

Smell and taste

Dusty and dry. A lingering acrid smell of smoke.

Lighting

Jars of dire fireflies hang from chains on the ceiling and provide bright light to most rooms. The jars are regularly tended by the librarians.

Structures

Corridors and rooms made of gigantic wooden bookshelves. Secret doors hidden in the bookshelves. Everything is sized for cyclopes: climbing up stairs is laborious for humans, like bouldering for underfolk.

Common monsters

Ink Imps, Cyclops Librarians, Origami Golems, Bookworms, Crawling Brains, Book Mimics, Memetic Plagues, Speech Bubble Jellyfish

Dungeon lord

The Librarian Lich