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*[[Book of Magnus]]{{Fn|13}} (copy){{Fn|8}}
*[[Daemonicus Totalus]] (copy){{Fn|8}}
*[[Stern Codex]]{{fnFn|6}}
===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|CME}}, 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.{{fnFn|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==
===Fall of the Eldar===
Much of the [[Eldar]]'s ancient knowledge was lost during the [[Fall of the Eldar]], with the [[Craftworld]]s being the rare exception and as they have drifted apart, this knowledge has consequently become fragmented – yet more lost each time a Craftworld has been lost over the milleniamillennia.{{Fn|1}}
The Library is the only source of the Eldar's knowledge concerning [[Chaos]] that has remained untouched.{{Fn|1}} Since the fall, the [[Guardian-Scribes]] have begun to collate and transcribe the Black Library's knowledge of [[Chaos]] to disseminate it among the [[Aeldari]].{{Fn|1}}
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|5e}} pg. 30 — ''The Dance of Ages — The Death of Dúriel''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Pariah (Novel)]], Chapter 41
*7: [[Hand of Darkness (Audio Drama)]]:
**{{Endn|7a}} Part I, ca. 00h:18m:45s
**{{Endn|7b}} Part II, ca. 00h:04m:20s
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 296
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Ahriman: Undying (Novel)]] - , Prologue*10: [[Atlas Infernal (Novel)]]:**:{{Endn|10a}} – : Interregna III**:{{Endn|10b}} - : Interregna IV
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pg. 13
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Harlequin (Novel)]], Chapters 19-20
