Oral Histories of Faerûn

Oral Histories of Faerûn was a lore book that collected stories and sagely musings on a variety of different topics, published before 1492 DR.

Description
This tome was a thin book with a gold-trimmed cover. Numerous scraps of paper with previous owners' notes and annotations could be found inside.

Gith and Mind Flayers
Oral Histories of Faerûn: Gith and Mind Flayers was authored by various story tellers of the Realms. Each chapter named a different source of old oral tales and firsthand experiences. Chapter four was recorded from the words of Pallidor the Swift, a 700-year-old wood elf from the Wood of Sharp Teeth. The chapter told about the author earning the old elf's trust in order to record his tales. The following poem was told by a warm campfire and Pallidor swore the story was true.

"Long ago Before my eves and ears, Before our lonesome quill, dear scribe, There was an empire or people– Or perhaps only Belief. An empire or brain-eaters, soul-wasters– They called themselves illithids; the flayers of minds. The children of Gith were bowed, Bent in service to the flayers. A passionate people Made to serve a cold Belief. The flayers were untouchable, Their minds a great oppressor. No proud will or passion Could break Gith's children free. Until, at last, a reckoning– Its source unknown; its power, unproven. But its events, history-making: The cowed would not be cracked. Gith's children fought back valiantly, Their freedom theirs—the flayers bent, And broken, 'til today."

- Excerpt from Oral Histories of Faerûn: Gith and Mind Flayers, Chapter 4

History
In 1492 DR, copies of this book could be found throughout the Western Heartlands.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III