# Tome of Vile Darkness >[!infobox|left] > # Tome of Vile Darkness > ![[Vecnan Tome.jpeg|350]] ### Details Type: Relic Alignment: Evil Held By: [[Jean Phillipe]] ### History This tome once belonged to [[Vecna]] before he ascended to godhood. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs. However, [[Kelemvor]], wiped the pages of all knowledge to keep from more dead being defiled. Nature can't abide the book's presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. This relic came to be stored at [[Kirkwall Tower]], a place it was supposed to be safe from further corruption. [[Rothwell]] tried to escape the tower with it to hopefully stop the [[Ritual at Kirkwall Tower]]. #### Wicked Aura - Unless the tome is covered in skin, any living creature it is within a close distance will suffer necrotic damage. #### Corruption Amplification - When in the presence of evil, the tome will begin vibrating and humming. The tome hungers to resonate with evil.