Library of Verbus

The Library of Verbus, founded by one of the followers of Petra Mortis, is the largest collection of books and written material on the mainland of Paral. It is located in Nostris University.

The Library of Verbus is maintained by shades summoned long ago by its founder, Verbus Dominus. The shades are sentient and devoted to the protection and expansion of the library. The shades have agreed on two notable rules of the library. First, one may only enter the library if one has provided the library a piece of literature that cannot be found within, or if one is the author of one of the pieces within, although these rules have been suspended for the students of the university in order to prevent an influx of hastily written garbage. The second rule is that no piece of writing in the library may be removed, although the shades can easily be convinced to make a copy to which this rule does not apply. Every visitor is followed by one of the shades in order to ensure they follow the rules.

Physically, the library is maze of haphazardly added wings, and gates to the other versions of Nostris Lux scattered throughout. this is as a result of the shades working independently as they built and added to the original structure in order to make room for new material. Although originally a dome, very little of the original structure remains visible, surrounded by boxy additions and spires above.