Truename Tome

Legend

“Some who heard the Hymn of Truenames completed their works by implementing these lyrics into their Truename Tomes.”

“As Nuggala Hrat heard the hymn, he used clay tablets to imprint hand weavings.”

Skjald Ulrich

 

Description

A Truename tome can be short, and it can be long. It may be parchment, vellum, wood bricks, clay tablets and so forth. Some are huge; others are remarkably small. But all contain the true names of things existing, some even the spelling in Vornirian, and the hand weavings used to manipulate its holder.

A truename tome is a book containing deep knowledge and instructions on the art of truename magic, which allows a practitioner to gain power and control over a creature or object by speaking its true name. These tomes are rare and difficult to obtain, but they are essential for understanding and wielding this fundamental form of magic, with various specific tomes like Nuggala Hrat’s Tablets focusing on different aspects of truename magic and the ancient, fundamental language of reality.

These tomes provide the true names of various entities and objects, a secret knowledge that is key to the practice of true truename magic. Truename tomes are often treated as core references for truename magic, detailed in works like the Tome of Longest Song by Tamm Ternes, which describes magic’s fundamental language. The information within these tomes relates to the ancient language of creation, a magical tongue that allows the speaker to command and reshape reality.

Many contain different categories of truename magic. Specific tomes focus on different aspects of this magic, such as Dkrakhul’s Tome of manipulating liquids, Von-Vogel’s Analect of Creatures, and Dots on Tongues by Ottar Dilbrim for inanimate objects. By knowing and speaking the true name of a being or object, a true-name master can exert immense power over it, commanding it to do their bidding or altering it completely, affecting locations, creatures, or inanimate objects, with the power to alter, renew, or destroy them through the spoken words.

“Even the slightest bend of name, intonation, or weave. It can be fatal.”

Skjald Vinotis

 

History

Dark Ages

In the dark ages, Ljost and Drakk Alfar began noting down the truenames they heard the elder divines utter. Now, 15 millennia later, there are still beings adhering to these, and only by utilising them properly is contact possible. So these notes, pages, and truename tomes are of great value.

“Saying its name, gently weaving the energies – it appeared.”

Skjald Ulrich

First Age

The biggest scoop regarding truename tomes occurred when the Hymn of Truenames was sung by the Vornir. Seeing their work being bent, torn, and outright destroyed, the Vornir decided to sing all Truenames through the Void, Astral, and our world.

Some used these sung names in the ongoing conflict; others saw an opportunity to face old foes on equal terms or even attempt previously impossible feats, besting monsters or gaining sought-after answers. Most of these forgot that more than Truenames mattered and knew not sufficient Magic Weaving, or lacked Mana Flow, etc., so they failed.

Others either realised their limitations or saw this as a means for mana thread study—almost as if trying to figure out the very nature of Vornir minds—and thus the key to an even higher level of mana manipulation. So tomes were written, and mind you, in varying quality, as some are very well-built masterpieces – others are not. These masterpieces that can be studied alone due to the very nature of their content are also content that should be studied in groups for a better understanding of what was just read.

“Although uncertain about the text, it was spoken…”

 

Skjald El Mary