The Rumor Mill - Week 27

Literature, scrolls, periodicals, and books grace the list on week 27 of The Rumor Mill. Whether available in libraries, bought from travelling vendors, or found in ruins, the written word holds power in Beneterra. Stories teach and give hope, and yesterday's knowledge leads to tomorrow's breakthrough. Some words have raw magical power, while others change the world through inspiration or emotional influence. Words inform, delight, comfort, or enrage as only true power does.

Let's hear it for powerful words and the people who write them, gather them, and share them.

1d8	Rumor	True?
1	The Bochord in Occam holds the largest single collection of books in the region.	Yes1
2	You can find nearly any book or scroll in the College libraries in Fellport.	Maybe2
3	Several random people wrote Cochrane Ironcalf books over the past 2 centuries.	No3
4	A Spell Exchange membership helps mages find and research new spells.	Maybe4
5	The Captain Morgan series of books about a pirate's adventures sell really well.	Yes5
6	There's a lucrative market for magic item recipes. Just ask Randir Greymantle.	Maybe6
7	The College maintains a definitive list of spells in its main library.	No7
8	Observational Epistles comes out twice yearly, sharing knowledge worldwide.	Yes8

1 - Some say the Runlorg Society founded Occam to build the Bochord, and knowledge has gathered there for over 600 years.
2 - Yes, but it's not easy. The main library ran out of room, so they keep adding new locations without updating the main catalog.
3 - There's no randomness evident here. The series has a unified voice, so they must be written by one person or a small team.
4 - It's a membership-driven franchise with monthly dues that deals mostly in low-level spell scrolls. It's a little fly-by-night.
5 - Captain Morgan's author, Vincent Caldas, was born in Andalusia, but settled in Fellport to write stories after a life at sea.
6 - He's been trying to sell his notes for creating the Multispout for the past year. He's sold 2 copies so far of the 10 he printed.
7 - Magical research creates new or variant spells so often, it's impossible to keep track of every spell, but there's a core list.
8 - The official periodical of the Runlorg Society in Occam, "The Obs" covers a variety of magical and mundane research topics.

Part of T.W.Wombat's Lore 24 project, detailing the world around Fellport.
For all city posts, see the Fellport Index. For posts about the wider world, see the Beneterra Index.