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===Rumored Contents===
*The [[True Name]] of the [[Emperor of Mankind]]{{Fn|6}} (possible location)
==Location==
[[File:BlackLibraryTheLordOfDamnation.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kyganil]] shows [[Ephrael Stern]] the beginnings of the path through the [[Webway]] to the Black Library{{Fn|19}}]]
While the Black Library exists wholly within the [[Webway]]{{Fn|5a}} within the [[Warp]],{{Fn|11}} echoes of the Black Library persist within the [[materium]]. Some time after the opening of the Great Rift, the last of these traces in realspace were located at the western fringes of the [[Ghoul Stars]], within a triangle formed by the [[Grand Shrine of Asuryan]] and the [[Exodite world]]s of [[Syph]] and [[Quilan]].{{Fn|5a}}
The Black Library may be accessed in several ways, including the labyrinthian paths of [[Webway Gate]]s guarded by the [[Harlequin]]s{{Fn|}}, such as those detailed within the [[Tome of Karebennian]]{{Fn|10a}}{{Fn|16a}} (which intentionally lead to an ambush on [[Arcadia]]){{Fn|16b}} and through the more flamboyant path known as the [[Endless Stair]] or '''Neverending Stair'''{{Fn|7a}}, a coiling vortex of silver runes through which the [[White Seer]]s and their engines translocate to any [[Webway Portal]] within the [[Webway]].{{Fn|17}} However, every passage to the Black Library is triple-guarded by the [[Harlequin]] [[Solitaire]]s and [[Guardian-Scribe]]s.{{Fn|18}}
==Construction==
The Black Library is often described as a ''"Dark [[Craftworld]]"''.{{Fn|9}} While this is true in the sense that it is an [[Artificial World]] of [[Wraithbone]] construction,{{Fn|11}} it is no mere ship or lost city.{{fn|11}} Just as the webway is a labyrinth of psychoactive tunnels that shift and change, as if each visit is a visit anew,{{Fn|9}} so does the structure of the Library – it is a labyrinth within a labyrinth.{{Fn|9}} The Library's mind defends itself, barring the weak and corruptible.{{Fn|1}}
==History==
Even hidden in the [[Webway]] the Black Library was not immune to the turmoil caused by the [[Great Rift]], which caused a section of the Library to fall into the [[Warp]] completely. Now in the clutches of [[Slaanesh|She who Thirsts]], that portion of the library is tainted forever and beyond the reach or ability of even the [[White Seer]]s to cleanse.{{Fn|7b}}
==Black Council==
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Rise of the Ynnari: Ghost Warrior (Novel)]], Ch. 5
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Renegades]], pg. 6
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series)]] – Book Two: the Lord of Damnation
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