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Lizzie Donner
THEN
A librarian at Miskatonic University, Elena has been assigned to seek out certain rare antique volumes reputed to be somewhere in Malton. An adept in the practice of augury and dream interpretation, she patiently unravels the clues as they unfold. Before her induction into the Department of Arcane Studies, Elena worked for fifteen years in Miller Library [12,92] on the western side of the Miskatonic University campus.
The largest of the three, Kelley Library [11, 93] holds the university's medical and legal book collections. Their law library is acknowledged as the finest in the city. Purvis Library [8, 97] in the south of campus holds the regular collections and student coffee shop.
Miller Library is the second in size of the three libraries at Miskatonic. James Miller was a highly successful mining entrepreneur who operated the largest number of lead mines in Great Britain. A noted philanthropist and benefactor of the arts, he donated the funds for building Miller Library when the university was founded in 1690. There is an iron safe in the basement that holds the notorious book, the Necronomicon. It is so dangerous, the lie was perpetuated that the book is only a fictional work. This was considered to be an excellent ruse to keep thieves at bay; nobody tries to steal what nobody believes exists. Disbelief in the volume's reality, as well as the dozens of wards put on the book and the place where it is kept, has preserved the precious volume all these decades. Miller Library is also home to the Miskatonic Arcane Studies Department and the University's jewel, the Special Collections: ancient and rare texts, manuscripts, diaries, handwritten correspondence and occult ephemera held in the climate-controlled archives.
NOW
Currently, Elena is working in the Curton Mansion in Chancelwood. A dream showed her that behind one of the decorative wall panels there is a hidden entrance to a secret library under the great house. Unfortunately, almost every room in the house is filled with decorative panels to add architectural interest. But Elena works tirelessly with her trusty crowbar. That secret will be revealed in the end and Miskatonic will receive new volumes and perhaps a few forbidden texts.
 Miller Library, restricted collection
Lizzie Donner (talk)
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