The Bleak Margin Scriptorium

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Est. 2025 • Half-Elf Wizard (Divination)

The Bleak Margin Scriptorium

The shop's ceiling is festooned with hanging scrolls and maps, many of which appear stained or pitted with circular voids of blank parchment. When the door open...

Shopkeeper

Maelor Thrice-Ink, a Half-Elf Wizard (Divination) (Lvl 7)

Keeper's Species

Half-Elf

9 Misc1 PotionsEst. 591 gp

Shop Inventory

(10)

Miscellaneous9

The Silvered Lexicon

A hefty tome chronicling forbidden rituals. The text seems to shimmer between pages, and some passages are written in languages unknown—even to scholars.

75 gp

A hefty tome chronicling forbidden rituals. The text seems to shimmer between pages, and some passages are written in languages unknown—even to scholars.

While studying for 1 hour, advantage on Arcana checks related to planar anomalies for 24 hours.

Scroll of False Color

A magical scroll containing the spell 'Disguise Self.' It is inscribed with enchanting, shifting hues—except for a single, pale strip running through it.

50 gp

A magical scroll containing the spell 'Disguise Self.' It is inscribed with enchanting, shifting hues—except for a single, pale strip running through it.

Casts Disguise Self (), user’s disguise is faintly desaturated; true color returns after spell ends.

Inkpot of Opaline Memory

A sturdy inkpot that never dries up. Dipping a quill into it produces softly glittering ink, except in utter darkness, where it turns pitch black.

30 gp

A sturdy inkpot that never dries up. Dipping a quill into it produces softly glittering ink, except in utter darkness, where it turns pitch black.

When used to write, produces text memorized by the writer in perfect clarity for 24 hours.

Manual of Monochrome Shadows★ PRIZED

A rare, hand-bound treatise explaining the phenomena of the colorless spots spreading across the land.

200 gp

A rare, hand-bound treatise explaining the phenomena of the colorless spots spreading across the land.

After reading for 48 hours, gain advantage on all checks to identify or interact with the colorless spots for one week.

Novice’s Spellbook (Partly Blank)

A spellbook with strange voids in the center of certain pages, as if gnawed by chromatic moths. Usable to transcribe spells.

35 gp

A spellbook with strange voids in the center of certain pages, as if gnawed by chromatic moths. Usable to transcribe spells.

Otherwise functions as a standard spellbook.

Reading Spectacles of Hidden Truth

Elegant spectacles with iridescent lenses. When worn, they reveal hidden text and marginalia in books worn by time.

90 gp

Elegant spectacles with iridescent lenses. When worn, they reveal hidden text and marginalia in books worn by time.

Advantage on Investigation checks to uncover secrets in texts and maps.

Bundle of Chalks (Assorted Colors, Some Faded)

A package of ten sticks of chalk in typical classroom hues, though one or two have lost all pigment.

1 sp

A package of ten sticks of chalk in typical classroom hues, though one or two have lost all pigment.

Crumpled Flier: 'DEFEND THE HUES!'

A handbill warning of the encroaching colorless blight, with a crude map showing the latest reports.

2 cp

A handbill warning of the encroaching colorless blight, with a crude map showing the latest reports.

Its ink is blotched in places, nearly illegible where the map runs into 'blank' territory.

Quill of Ephemeral Inking

A raven-feather quill that writes in brilliant colors that fade to gray within one hour.

8 sp

A raven-feather quill that writes in brilliant colors that fade to gray within one hour.

Potions1

Potion of Sight Beyond Hue

A swirling, prismatic potion that, when consumed, temporarily attunes your vision to see hidden magical auras—except where color has vanished.

110 gp

A swirling, prismatic potion that, when consumed, temporarily attunes your vision to see hidden magical auras—except where color has vanished.

Gain Detect Magic (as spell, self only) for 1 hour, but all colorless areas remain invisible.

Maelor Thrice-Ink

Half-Elf•Wizard (Divination)•Lvl 7

Shop Atmosphere

“The shop's ceiling is festooned with hanging scrolls and maps, many of which appear stained or pitted with circular voids of blank parchment. When the door opens, a faint bell chimes—though you might hear it echo as a flat, toneless note. Maelor Thrice-Ink's left hand is perpetually stained with ink that refuses to wash away, and his pet bat emerges from behind shelves, sometimes carrying tiny torn-off book corners. At strange hours, letters in the titles on the shelves flicker and vanish, before slowly reappearing, often rearranged. Customers sometimes whisper that they feel watched—not by Maelor, but by the places where color once was, especially on nights when the moon shines red.”

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