List of Books

Black Lamb's Blood

A book purporting to be the autobiography of a Diabolist, arguing for greater acceptance of diabolists and for modifying the Awakening ritual and Seal of Solomon to regulate their behaviour.

Blessed Wrongs

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0">I looked at the books, noting the differences from the ones in the rest of the house. They were better taken care of, for one thing, and they tended to be narrow.
Cassandra’s Gaze.
Deleterious Craftings
Draoidh. The book had a little ivory mask inset in the spine, with round staring eyes and a very curly beard.
Glamour.
Poppets.
Shamanism: ‘Animus’, volumes one through six, and Shamanism: ‘Umbra’, volumes seven through ten.
Vestige: Glimmers and Gasps.
Wū zhěn: Eastern Vodun Practices.

I finished reading spines along the one wall. I traced spines with my fingertips as I passed on to the next wall.
Blessed Wrongs.
Dryads, Varieties.
Jokes from the Faerie Folk.
Lilith’s Children.
Maddening Things.
Observations on Bacchae interacting in Modern Society.
On Others. Editions from 1964 through 2012 were lined up on the shelf. Thicker texts.
Pitiable: Transcriptions from informal dialogues with Vampir. - excerpt from Bonds 1.3 </ref>

Cassandra’s Gaze

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" />

Classifying Others: Fiends and Darker Beings

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1">The Worst of the Others.Devils and Details.
Dark Contracts
Classifying Others: Fiends and Darker Beings.
Hellfire: Bindings
Infernal Wrath
Pacts and Prices
I tried to swallow, but my mouth was too dry. I didn’t know much, but I knew this was a bad idea of the worst kind.
These were the books that held a place of prominence on grandmother’s

bookshelf.  These were the tools she expected us to employ.

No small wonder she’d made the enemies she had.
These books? They each had the same set of initials on the spine. R.D.T.
She’d written them.
- excerpt from Bonds 1.3 </ref> Chapter 4 contains precautions for dealing with abstract entities such as Barbatorem.<ref name=":5">Those looking to interact with Barbatorem at any length should see about precautions against abstract entities in Classifying Others: Fiends and Darker Beings, chapter four, and the texts on means of attack and defense against Others, in Infernal Wrath, chapter two. - excerpt from Dark Names, quoted in Bonds 1.7</ref>

Dark Contracts

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" /> Contains templates and recommendations for preparing contracts with demons.<ref name=":6">I’ve left you something, or perhaps it is more correct to say I’ve left you someone. I refer to him as Barbatorem,

making a small joke, as I tend to do, but he is an older one, bearing

some status and a few stories from years past, with no name of any meaning that has survived the passage of time. You should be able to find those stories and notes on that status in Dark Names, p. 38.
[...]
For him, the conversation is ongoing, and you’ll need to see the notes on his page in Dark Names so you can continue from where I, and each member of our line, left off. Failure to do so may confuse or irritate him.
[...]
If you intend to deal with him, use one of the templates outlined in Dark Contracts, which I left to

the right of the desk.  Page 15, 17, 29 and 77 are good places to look,
if you find yourself in a hurry.  Do not improvise, for words must be

chosen with utmost care. The final third of the book has recommended terminology with examples, which you can insert into the templates as needed. - Bonds 1.6 </ref>

Dark Names

A book on Diabolism by Rose Sr, found in the Hillsglade House library. Contains (among other things) notes on Barbatorem, including the ongoing conversation between it and the Thorburn Family, details on what it means for it to be so old that it's original name (if any) is lost,<ref name=":6" /> and a description of how Rose bound it, all found on p38.<ref>Bonds 1.7</ref>

We see some of Barbatorem's entry in Bonds 1.7.

Deaths in the Eastern Realm of the White Tailed Deer

Found in the Hillsglade House library. Consists of a list of Practitioner deaths and their causes within an area up to 2011, dating back to the colonisation of North America.<ref name=":8">
“Title is Standards, subtitle is ‘A history of practices for dealings between the gifted’.”
“Which shelf?”
“Ummm… Bookshelf seven, shelf five.”
I looked at the sheet I had sitting beside me. I’d drawn out two octagons, with numbers at each side, excepting the sides that opened out

into the second and third floor hallways.  I identified bookshelf

seven, looked, and was pretty sure I could see the book she’d mentioned. I wrote it down. “Standards. Sounds like a thrilling read.”
“The second book, bookshelf six, bottom shelf, right at the bottom, we’ve got ‘Deaths in the Eastern Realm of the White Tailed Deer.‘ [...] It’s not about deer. It’s about the general area. A straight list of practitioner deaths, times of death, and causes of death since we settled in the new world. It’s only as recent as twenty-eleven, but I think it covers a list of executions and reasons for execution. You can

skim it for the executions and see if there are any trends.”

- excerpt from Damages 2.3 </ref> Extremely long and heavy, so heavy Rose Jr couldn't lift it.<ref name=":9">“Me? You said ‘you can skim’. You usually say we instead of you, unless we’re arguing. You’re assuming I’m reading this list of deaths?”
“I’m going to get started on Standards, since you’re already looking through… what was it?”
I double checked the cover of the book that now lay across my lap. “…Prominent Feuds.”
“Right. You’re reading that. I’ll start on Standards, you get started on the deer book when you’re done reading what you’re reading.”
“I’m already pretty fed up with all this. How long is this death-ledger?”
“Long. But like I said, you can skim down the one column. Will you go over it?”
I craned my neck, but I couldn’t see the bottom shelf on the floor above us. “Can you show me?”
There was a pause. “I could.”
I turned to look at Rose in the mirror. “Please?”
She sighed. “It’s too heavy to lift.” “You were trying to con me,” I said. “Trying to get me to commit to reading over some ridiculously huge tome.”
- excerpt from Damages 2.3 </ref>

Deleterious Craftings

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Curses.

Demesne

A book with an green cloth cover covering the details of Demesnes. Of a set with Famulus and Demesne.<ref name=":2">Another series of books, in a stack in the corner, where the lawyers had left them. Famulus, Implementum, Demesnes.

Orange, purple and green cloth covers, respectively, they all matched

otherwise, in size and the script on the spines. I glanced each one over, then tossed them onto the desk, where they rewarded me with a series of satisfying impacts. - excerpt from Bonds 1.3</ref><ref name=":3">2. Study and enact the ritual noted in Famulus.

The familiar is your greatest ally, and will serve as a tool, a

wellspring of power, an ambassador to dealing with more abstract things,

and will be a lifelong companion.  Make this choice with the same

respect you would with undertaking marriage, only know there is no form of divorce. The Familiar is to be a part of you for life. You gain their services, and they gain a chance to be mortal, even if it is a small mortalhood, in addition to whatever other terms you negotiate. Do

not allow your familiar to take the form of a rat or dog.

3. Study and enact the ritual noted in Implementum. Your

choice of tool will shape how you interact with this world, your craft,
and will be your badge in the eyes of many.  The book is dreary, page

on page of examples, but study it thoroughly, for there are many meanings, and a poor choice of tool may well cripple you.
4. Study and enact the ritual found in Demesnes.

Baba Yaga had her hut, I have my room.  Unfortunately, the rest of the

house has been claimed by our predecessors, and while it is a haven, you

will need to find your own place to make your own, where the rules bend
as you need them to, and where your power is greatest.  The three

rituals noted here are fundamental in determining how you access, hoard and focus power. Note, however, that your real power will be in how you

act with others and Others.

- excerpt from Bonds 1.3 </ref><ref name=":4">Interlude 2.x</ref> Quoted at length in Interlude 2.x. Blake and Rose read some of this book in Bonds 1.6.

Devils and Details

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" /> Also serves as a little nod to the reader; *Devils and Details* is the tagline of Pact.

Diabolatry

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior. Has a flexible black cover with gold lettering. Behind this book was a note placed there by Rose Sr for when her heirs became desperate enough to reach for diabolism, detailing Barbatorem and with the key to his room attatched.<ref>Bonds 1.6</ref>

Dramatis Personae

Dramatis Personae is a journal handwritten by Rose D. Thornburn, Sr. It lists and summerizes notable individuals within Jacob's Bell and the surrounding area.<ref>Mr. Beasley, as well as individuals you’ll find in Jacob’s Bell and the surrounding area, is described in a little black book I playfully dubbed

Dramatis Personae, when I was younger. - excerpt from Bonds 1.3</ref> It is a small black book<ref name=":7">“What about the North End Sorcerer?”

“What about him?”
“I take it you didn’t read the little black book from cover to cover? Look him up.”
[...]
I opened the tiny book.
Johannes Lillegard, believed to be an adopted name...
- excerpt from Bonds 1.6 </ref> with tabs seperating "Allies" (Containing only her lawyers' number) and "Enemies" (Everyone else in town.)<ref>I found Dramatis Personae. I flipped through it. There were tabs. One for ‘allies’, which was virtually empty, with only the lawyer’s number.
Enemies… they took up almost all of the remainder.
- excerpt from Bonds 1.3 </ref>

We see Johannes' entry in Bonds 1.6.<ref name=":7" />

Dryads, Varieties

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" />

Draoidh

A book in the Hillsglade House library. It has a small, bearded ivory mask inset into the spine.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Druids.

Essentials

Main article: Essentials

A book containing the very basics of the Practice, serving as a "beginner's guide" of sorts. Every Practitioner worth their salt has a copy.

Famulus

Full title is Famulus: The Familiar.<ref name=":4" /> A book with an orange cloth cover covering the details of Familiars and the relevant ritual. Of a set with Implementum and Demesne.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Quoted at length in Interlude 2.x.

Forged Hearts

Has a small sculpture-like image of a woman pulling a key from her chest set into the spine.<ref>Forged Hearts, A book on the creation of enchanted objects, with a woman pulling a key out of her chest set into the spine like a shallow sculpture. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.5</ref> A book by an Item Crafter named Tess Hager on the subject of her craft. Lent to the Blue Heron Institute library by a L. Graubard. Quoted at length in Bonus Material: Bedtime Reading.

Fundamentals

Contains warnings on the dangers of overusing Second Sight<ref>Fundamentals had warned about using the sight too much, going too deep. I was starting to understand how that worked. When we crossed over, our sight had adjusted. If I peered hard enough or long enough, I suspected, I might not be able to readjust my vision to view the normal world at all. Go too deep, exploring permutations and distant perspectives of things, and perhaps you couldn’t resurface. I could see the problem with that. Being in the real world, but only able to view the spirit world version of it? It would be like going mad, except the monsters and things in the shadows could very well be real, and there could be no hope of maintaining normal relationships, when you saw normal people through the eyes of an Other. - excerpt from Subordination 6.10</ref> and some basic elemental Runes.<ref>I recognized one of the symbols in the dead center, writ large, as an elemental ward, one of the more elementary ones we’d learned from Fundamentals. - excerpt from Duress 12.5</ref>

It's possible that this is same book as Essentials, given the similar name & some overlap in the contents. If so, this could be either the author or the characters misremembering the name of the book.

Glamour

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Glamour.

Hellfire: Bindings

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" />

Implementum

A book with a purple cloth cover covering the details of Implements and the relevant ritual. Of a set with Famulus and Demesne.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Quoted at length in Interlude 2.x.

Infernal Wrath

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" /> Chapter 2 contains notes on attacking and defending against Others.<ref name=":5" />

Jokes from the Faerie Folk

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Fae.

Lilith’s Children

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" />

Lost and Bound: Bogeymen

A book in the Hillsglade House library. A catalogue of Bogeymen for sending after your enemies, by the same author as Plumbing Darkest Depths. Contains some basics of binding them in case you screw up, but not a full guide; the assumption is that you will buy the author's other work if you care about anything more than a quick source of minions.<ref>The second book was a catalogue of bogeymen. Rose’s research for summoning the ‘help’. A quick perusal suggested there was very little in the way of vital information. A practitioner who focused on things that had fallen between the cracks was known to the practitioner community as a ‘scourge’, and it seemed like Rose was leaning that way.

Just by the language of the text, the assumption seemed to be that the

people who were reading the book were very angry types with revenge or hostility in mind.
I could only assume that those did like Green Eyes had suggested and went down to the places between the cracks to collect fallen things for use were to scourges what grandmother Rose was to the diabolist community. The scary ones you didn’t want to tick off, who knew their stuff and were very good at doing what they did without getting killed.
The book had no explanations about what types of bogeymen there were or how they could sustain themselves. It was a text for people looking for quick answers, types who wanted to hurt a rival or answer an insult,

often in the bloodiest, most horrible ways.

The last chapter, however, did have some information I could use.
Binding a bogeyman typically involved using some form of the natural elements, and things with permanence.

In the former case, it depended based on the type of bogeyman and the

place beyond the cracks in reality that they had come from. Some were particularly vulnerable to running water, others struggled to move solid

objects and could easily be trapped or stopped by a simple closed

door. Yet others didn’t like fire.
Moat, box, or burning circle could serve, depending on the type.
The other option was old items that had a history and durability to them, antiques.
- excerpt from Malfeasance 11.2 </ref><ref name=":10">The final chapter was, as far as I could tell, the ‘I fucked up, how do I run damage control?’ for novice scourges. Troubleshooting and understanding where things could go wrong. It said a lot that it was the last chapter, as if the assumption on the part of the guy who put the catalogue together was that the scourges would prioritize summoning first and fixing problems later.
Diabolists, priests, and now scourges, as sorts who were their own worst enemies, setting themselves up for failure.
The book followed a trend I’d noticed, where authors really liked referencing their other texts. I imagined it was a way of selling more books to what was no doubt a niche market. Couldn’t fully understand the contents of ‘Lost and Bound: Bogeymen’ without ‘Plumbing Darkest Depths’ first.
Those who’d buy just the catalogue without getting the work that presumably introduced concepts was probably reckless to begin with. The

ideas raised in the last chapter seemed to be intent on answering that

sort of recklessness.
Bogeyman came with a container, practitioner broke the container? Approaches to binding rituals.
Sent bogeyman to go murder someone in the most horrible ways possible, but they were blocked, and came back to me, what does the practitioner do? Do the same thing, and hope they aren’t equipped to bounce it back for the third total time, because it would be far stronger on the third trip. - excerpt from Malfeasance 11.2 </ref>

Maddening Things

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" />

Observations on Bacchae interacting in Modern Society

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Bacchae.

On Others

A thick and notable book, the Hillsglade House library held all the editions from 1964 through 2012.<ref name=":0" />

Others

Volume one, chapter one of this book includes details of the Seal of Solomon.<ref>Given Barbatorem’s nature, this author would recommend another means of baiting him in the future, as he will remember, anticipate and adapt with each means used. He agreed to be bound by the seal of Suleiman bin Daoud four months after the initial capture. See the Others volumes, book one, chapter one, if unfamiliar with the seal. The diagram this author used for entrapment, necessitating only one line to open or close, can be found on page five of this entry, followed by the means of summoning and the recommended diagram for imprisonment. - Bonds 1.7</ref>

Pacts and Prices

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" />

Plumbing Darkest Depths

A guide for becoming a Scourge.<ref name=":10" />

Poppets

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably deals with Sympathetic magic.

Prominent Feuds

A book in the Hillsglade House library that Blake read while researching the threat of execution via Witch Hunter.<ref name=":9" />

Pitiable

Subtitled Transcriptions from informal dialogues with Vampir.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Vampires.

Quasi

A book on Heartless practices and the blurry definition of humanity. Quoted at length in Bonus Material: Bedtime Reading.

Shamanism

Found in the Hillsglade House library. A multi-volume work, with volumes 1-6 subtitled "Animus" and 7-10 subtitled "Umbra".<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Shamanism.

Standards

Found in the Hillsglade House library. Subtitled A history of practices for dealings between the gifted.<ref name=":8" />

Sympathetic Magics

A book on sympathetic magic found in the Hillsglade House library.<ref>Malfeasance 11.2</ref> Cover features the author's coat of arms. Defaced by Blake to get a message to Rose.<ref>Malfeasance 11.3</ref>

The Worst of the Others

A book on Diabolism written by Rose Thorburn Senior.<ref name=":1" />

Valkyries

By the same author as a book on Vestiges. The cover is leather, with the image of a helmeted woman in profile. Discusses Valkyries and ghosts, in enough detail to learn basic Valkyrie magic.<ref>“Bookshelf two, third shelf from the bottom. It’s by the same author that wrote the book on Vestiges. Valkyries.”
[...]
The book was easy enough to find. The image on the front was similar to that of the Vestiges book. A woman’s face in profile, complete with a winged helmet, pressed into the leather cover.
[...]
“I read it because I thought maybe it was related to vestiges like me. And it is. But this one focuses on ghosts too, on historical elements, and some more practical applications. You’ve got practitioners who specialize a hundred percent on ghosts and vestiges. A

kind of necromancy.”

“Death magic.”
“Right. In this case, you’ve got practitioners convincing warriors, usually dying soldiers, that there’s an amazing afterlife of parties and

respect for their deeds waiting for them, so the warriors agree to give
up their spirits after death.  Use that agreement to help make a

vestige or create a ghost, a representation of their skills or their knowledge, their strength, whatever else, and imbue all of that into a vessel.”
[...]
“But I like the concept. I like the author. The book talks about working with ghosts being an option for a practitioner without many resources, in an area where practitioners have already taken hold of everything worth holding, or where the Lord forbids certain practices. You take a ghost, you imbue an object, and you’ve got…”
“A magical item?”
- excerpt from Damages 2.3 </ref><ref>“We chant the spirit’s name. This should establish a tenuous connection. You put power into that connection.”
“How?” I asked.
“Blood. Draw a symbol, like you see in the book, the median line running parallel to any line of connection you see between yourself and the ghost. Blood is power, basically the most distilled and direct form

you can offer."

[...]
I reached past the border of salt and drew out the symbol, copying what was on the open page in the book. - excerpt from Damages 2.3 </ref>

Vestige: Glimmers and Gasps

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" /> Presumably concerns Vestiges.

Wū zhěn: Eastern Vodun Practices

A book in the Hillsglade House library.<ref name=":0" />

Unnamed Books

An alchemical glossary, found in the Hillsglade House library.<ref>Twenty large, fat coins. I couldn’t make head or tails of the

language on the coin’s faces. I was careful as I moved them aside, wary

of the guard I couldn’t see or hear.

Two books. One on alchemy, more like a dictionary than any kind of spellbook, filled with tables and measurements and Latin words. Aqua Regia, Aurum Regia, Aqua Justatium, Lapis Philosophorum, and so on. Each chapter was prefaced with the sort of stuff that started with ‘Evidenced herein’ and spent more time referring

to other parts of the text than it did actually saying anything. - excerpt from Malfeasance 11.2</ref><ref>Ty reached around, grabbing a book, and placed it so it sat open,

standing up, blocking his view of Evan’s cards. He did the same for me,

dealing the two cards face up, behind the books.  It looked like he’d

done it before.
Nothing interesting in the book. A glossary of alchemical symbols, it looked like.
He doled out what looked like copper coins from another nationality.
- excerpt from Malfeasance 11.1</ref>

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