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{{Archive|status=done|book}}{{Infobox book
| image = file:WrittenBookNew.gif
| author = Unknown; (theorized to be the [[Archive:Order of the Abyss|Order of the Abyss]])
| language = English (Translation from Kogoni)
| country = Unknown
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| pages = ~20
| editor = [[Archive:ar1st0tl3|ar1st0tl3]], [[Archive:Arcadian Arcane Order|Arcadian Arcane Order]]
| name = Codex Abyssus
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== Overview ==
The ''Codex Abyssus'' is a large, ash-black, disturbing tome of unknown origins, which describes an ancient vision of the end of the world (the ''Abyssum)'' and the central tenets of what historians have concluded to be an ancient death-cult, known as the "[[Archive:Order of the Abyss|Order of the Abyss]]". The mystery of its meaning and origin has excited the popular imagination, making it the subject of study and speculation for philosophers and historians around the world.
The ''Codex'' is of particular significance due to its disturbing contents and profound effects it imparts upon the reader, with many having become seriously ill or, in some cases, terminally insane upon completion of the book. Further studies are being conducted; It is also theorized that the ''Codex'' might be one of a series, none of which have been discovered as of this date.
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=== Background ===
The ''Codex'' is the first known volume, apart from [[Archive:The Kaido|The Kaido]], to describe the religious faiths or tenets of ancient populations, as the book has a notably aged appearance. It was discovered by the [[Archive:Arcadian Arcane Order|Arcadian Arcane Order]] during an archeological survey off the western coast of [[Archive:Southada|Southada]], encased in an iceberg. Due to the location in which it was discovered, and the lack of any corroborated historical evidence suggesting the existence of such a tome, the consensus remains that The ''Codex'' is the first of its kind to show the religious beliefs of ancient, long-gone peoples of the Southadan glacial tribes.
==== Section I: ''Abyssus'' ====
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=== Current Status ===
The ''Codex Abyssus'' is currently held in the deep in the vaults of the [[Archive:Arcadian Altanate|Arcadian Altanate]] , though proposals have been made to transfer the work to a secure part of the Alathran Library at Kais-Kogong for historical preservation and safekeeping.
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