The Black Tomes

The Black Tomes are four magical books that were created by Maxwell Almec. Disguised as 'spellbooks' for biomancy, they are actually traps designed to ensnare the minds of the reader and force them to spread violent outbreaks of Necora, making them 'trojan horse' style weapons that are capable of collapsing an empire. Maxwell planned to ship one of the four books off to four powerful houses around the world, then sit back and watch them consume themselves. His plan was thwarted by Archae, though it was his son Finnick who truely saw to his demise. The books were briefly lost, but Mylo and the Hawks carefully reclaimed them and had them seperated and hidden. Years later, Finnick began searching for the books again during his rise to power. Three books are in safe hands, but one is held by Finnick currently.