Wythyndle's Round Book

Wythyndle's Round Book was one of the few holy books of the church of Milil. It described many spells, including several ones exclusive to this book.

Description
The Round Book was shaped like a perfectly round disk, two thin slabs of unbreakable black stone encasing similarly round wire-rimmed vellum pages. The external sides of the stone was decorated with interwoven lattices of a gleaming, silvery metal.

Powers
When the tome was opened, brief melodies rose from it. Those tunes were seemingly chosen at random, with the notable exception that these were never hymns to any deities.

The Round Book also had the peculiar ability to stand upright without rolling or falling sideways despite winds, rain, or light nudges. Only a firm and deliberate action could topple it or move it elsewhere.

Any direct attacks on the tome left it entirely unaffected, and damage was reflected to the attacker instead. This included magical attacks, as well as attempts to remove pages from the book, deface it, or destroy it.

Contents
As a Spellbook, the Round Book contained information on the following spells: accelerate healing, analyze balance, animate rock, battle song, blessed abundance, calm chaos, cloud of purification, create holy symbol, dispel silence, dissension's feast, divine inspiration, draw upon holy might, emotion control, emotion read, focus, forgotten melody, fortify, genius, heroes' feast, holy word, idea, know customs, memory read, mind read, music of the spheres, mystic transfer, nap, personal reading, plane shift, rapport, sacred guardian, singing stone, speak with animals, speak with dead, speak with monsters, speak with plants, stone tell, telepathy, thought broadcast, thought capture, tongues, unearthly choir, and zone of truth.

In addition and most significantly, the following spells were bestowed by Milil for the first time through this book: searing song, song of healing, and elsewhere chant. Any faithful of a different deity that cast those spells would be compelled by a powerful geas spell to aid the next Sorlyn priest that would require their help. The most powerful members of the clergy were able to sense whenever someone was under the influence of that geas.

History
The Book that Sings was bestowed by Milil to Wythyndle, a blind Half-elf bard, during the 10 century DR. Wythyndle was singing the deity's praises on a mountaintop of the eastern Cloven Mountains when he received the book, before being carried down to the House of Alastrin to bring news of this holy gift.

Notable Owners

 * Wythyndle, the first owner, to whom the book was originally entrusted
 * The House of Alastrin, a temple of Milil near Cloven Mountains (lost it in 996 DR)
 * The Brossfeather noble house of Waterdeep (in 1012 DR)
 * The mage Artabranth of Eshpurta] (in [[1018 DR)
 * The red dragon Maerithryvvin (in 1026 DR)
 * The blue dragon Thoklastees of Calim Desert
 * The adventurer Flester Farcoat of the Dun Blades of Ulkan (in 1144 DR)
 * Annaethe Farcoat (briefly in 1161 DR)
 * Lord Irlistir of Ulkan (in 1161 DR)
 * The bard Paerestus of Tsurlagol (until 1182 DR)
 * The Church of Milil (was taken on a tour in a "Grand Promenade" from 1296 DR to 1313 DR)
 * The adventurer Talandusar (in 1337 DR)
 * The mage Noustlas Mnarrath (in 1345 DR)
 * Obelos Braeril, a merchant setting shop on the Way of the Dragon (in 1355 DR)
 * The Sorlyn priest Velmos Sonder, who was the last known owner and kept the Round Book in the Abbey of Highsong until it was stolen