an iron tome bound in gold and crimson

This tome is bound in plates of thick, blackened iron wrapped with crimson ribbons of silk that lace back and forth across the covers in intricate patterns before wrapping many times around the front cover. Tarnished charms of gold and black jade dangle from the length of the ribbon, carved and moulded into the shape of chess pieces set with gleaming rubies. Blasphemy writ in fluid, curving gold calligraphy runs across the surface of the book in deeply graven channels, detailing foul rituals carried out by ‘The Crimson Priests’. Within, the pages are sharply pressed paper interwoven with threads of gold and saffron, their edges lined with silver foil stamped with the images of twisted and broken statues. A sickly sweet smell, redolent of rotting flesh and rotting roses, rises from the tome, fouling the air.

Cartel: Bloodymoon | Designer: Sthai

a twilight tome of gas flames

The smooth leather that wraps this large tome is a gradiated shade of blue – beginning at a powdery cobalt, it steadily darkens across the surface of the tome. A glittering, menacing miasma of sapphire and onyx dust swirls across the cover in an abstract design, seeming mimicking dancing gas flames. A delicate shroud of silver filigree wraps the spine – secured to the centrepoint is a ribbon of midnight blue silk which wraps thrice around the book, tying off around the fob – a glass vial filled with the shimmering wings of insects. Within, the pages of the tome are immaculately pressed and creamy vellum, ornamented with swirls of blue and golden filigree designs.

Cartel: Gasflame | Designer: Sthai