Tome of Eldritch Lore: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' has the Emigre Manuscript, a book so evil that it even has skull-shaped pages. Its main selling point is that it contains instructions on how to bring someone [[Back from the Dead]], something attempted in all four games of the series. Unfortunately, most attempts end up as grotesque [[Eldritch Abomination]]s.

** The Pulse Tract and R'lyeh Text count even more so. The Pulse Tract incarnates a god form the soul of the earth, one which very nearly destroyed all of Shanghai and subjected the our hero to [[Mind Rape|The Mother of All Mind Rapes]]. The [[Shout-Out|R'lyeh]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Text]] however, besides being named after a certain undead city, 'summons a god form beyond the stars' which was described as being as far above humanity as humanity is above insects. Eldritch indeed.

* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' has the Dark Prognosticus, which was featured in the header picture. The game's intro states that "The book held frightful secrets not meant for people's eyes." Later in the game, it's discovered that {{spoiler|Lord Blumiere was reborn as [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] Count Bleck}} upon first opening the book.

* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' has the Dark Prognosticus, which was featured in the header picture. The game's intro states that "The book held frightful secrets not meant for people's eyes." The first page has a disclaimer warning a prospective user that "anyone who has possessed the book has never found happiness." Later in the game, it's discovered that {{spoiler|Lord Blumiere was reborn as [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] Count Bleck}} upon first opening the book.

** There's a reason nobody was supposed to look at it: opening the book sets in motion [[The End of the World as We Know It|The End Of The Multiverse As We Know It]], and makes you continue flipping pages until all worlds end.

** Another book, the Light Prognosticus, was written later. Unlike its darker cousin, this one predicts Mario & Co. stopping the end of everything. [[Sarcasm Mode|Which totally doesn't make the game's "prophecies are meaningless" aesop]] [[Broken Aesop|broken]].

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* The Gozerian Codex in the 2009 ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' game is one of these. The boss of the area uses four copies of it.

* The events of [[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair]] take place in the Grimoire, a book chronicaling the collective history of the namesake dwelling of Dracula.

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