The Treatise of the Iron Zephyr was penned centuries ago by Grandmaster Kaelen, a legendary monk who fought during the early days of the brutal Shadow War. This ancient tome, bound in the durable scale hide of a Silver Dragon, was Kaelen's attempt to counter the unnatural speed of the demons. These swift and destructive entities were pouring ceaselessly through the dangerous Bukhara Spire Gateways.
Kaelen cleverly disguised the manual as a common, mundane book of stretching exercises to protect its powerful techniques. This allowed its true nature to remain hidden from those without the focus and knowledge to decipher its shifting text.
The treatise was subsequently believed lost during a cataclysmic event that created Iron Mountain's vast internal abyss. For nearly a millennium, it lay hidden and forgotten within a sealed geode chamber. This chamber was situated perilously close to a raw node of potent Wild Magic.
Over its long period of seclusion, the manual absorbed significant chaotic energies from the nearby Wild Magic node. This proximity imbued "The Treatise of the Iron Zephyr" with unpredictable and potent properties.
Recently, the resting place of the tome was disturbed when the restless spirit of Ursula Nachthex unsealed its geode chamber. While it functions as a standard Manual of Quickness of Action, granting a +2 bonus to Dexterity and raising the maximum score, its text now shifts and dances across the page, demanding intense focus to decipher its secrets.
Independently, Dig the Bugbear and his partner Harry Blackshield have found references to this specific tome in their ongoing research for the Entropics. They believe it may hold the key to stabilizing somatic spellcasting components in treacherous wild magic zones.
Currently, "The Treatise of the Iron Zephyr" lies hidden within the debris of its recently unsealed chamber in Iron Mountain. It awaits discovery by either intrepid adventurers or the diligent researchers of the Entropics, poised to unleash its chaotic power upon the world once more.
