Items of Note - The Liber Populi

    The Liber Populi (the Book of People in common, Le Livre du Peuple in Franche) is a magical tome that takes a constant census of the adventurers that call Ville des Marai home. Created by Kelwyn himself, the tome is both unusual and arcane in nature. Keyed to the spirit of the city, the book magically adds pages and general information about low-level adventurers that have moved into the city and established themselves as members of the community for one month.

    If an adventurer decides to permanently leave the city the all basic information about them vanishes, but a name is automatically added to the appendix and sorted. If an adventurer dies, their page is ringed in gray and is moved to the back of the book automatically but it is not removed. Whenever changes take place, the book glows with a purple light sprinkled with golden motes of light. This glow lasts for exactly one minute, and then quickly fades.

The Liber Populi

    Marquise Désirée Fournier commissioned the book from Kelwyn, and it sits inside a magically locked and barred cage in her office. It is only accessible by the Marquise, Papillion Linville and Stéphane Barrere, and if anyone else tries to touch it a Magic Mouth cries out an alarm and the cage becomes electrified with enough energy to fry a Hellhound.

    While a census of adventurers may not seem like a powerful item to have, it has helped the city on multiple occasions. For example, when Lord Gy Lévesque rallied the troops against the undead that were sent by Papa Abélard Delacroix, able-bodied adventurers were found within and called to join in the fray as a spell automatically keys to them and allows for a verbal message to be sent immediately that only they can hear.