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→History: Added examples of events that corresponded to a chain disappearing from "The Final Act"
The existence of the Library is known to few, and even fewer are allowed access to it. The Library's mind defends itself, barring the weak and corruptible. Only those who have mastered the Chaos within themselves are able to enter. Only two groups come and go at will: the Human [[Illuminati]] and the [[Eldar]] [[Solitaire]]s.{{Fn|1}} [[Inquisitor]] [[Bronislaw Czevak]] gained entry once, but had to prove himself worthy. [[Ahriman]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] has sought entrance to the Library for almost ten thousand years, in his vain attempt to understand the ever changing [[Tzeentch]], Lord of Change. Inquisitor [[Jaq Draco]] also managed to find a way into the Black Library and steal the ''Book of the [[Rhana Dandra]]'', aka the ''Book of Fate''.{{Cite this}}
Since the [[Fall of the Eldar]], a crystal tome bounded with chains of light has rested upon an obsidian plinth at the heart of the Black Library. As fabled events came to pass, — beginning with [[Ahzek Ahriman]] learning the first of those truths leading to his eventual attack on the Black Library{{Fn|5b}} and culminating with the death of the [[Maiden World]] of Dúriel{{Fn|5b}} — so those chains faded one by one until the tome opened shortly before the opening of the [[Great Rift]]. Revealed within were writings said to have been written by [[Cegorach]] itself, telling of a final act that changed utterly the tale of the Fall. Instead of the ultimate victory of Chaos, the final act tells of Cegorach's ultimate jest that would trick Slaanesh into expending all of her energies to save the Eldar instead of destroying them. How such an event could come to pass remains unclear.{{Fn|5}}
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