Moira Grimoire Notes

Moira Grimoire is the given name of the proprietor of the Wayward Tome, a combination curiosity shop and magical archive which exists simultaneously in many places. She is of demonic origin.

Her primary goal is acquisition of knowledge, with a special interest in the Lonely King. In this and all pursuits she is grumpy, detached, and more than a little bit strange. Her sense of humour, such as it is, is one of snark and black schadenfreude. Despite this, Moira is a neutral force in anything that does not concern her, her shop, or her regulars, trading knowledge and items with those who cross her path.

Though she hates dealing with people for longer than the absolute minimum time required, she sometimes develops attachments to those whom have proven trustworthy in one way or another - even if you might be forgiven for not noticing.

Moira has no voice; her head contains the sum of all past and future conversations she will or might have, and she can turn pages at will. Her body has physical form wrapped with a material resembling green vellum, and appears otherwise transparent. If bound into service, she is incapable of manifesting this body without orders to do so.

The easiest way to draw actual anger out of her is to steal from or cause damage to, or within, her shop.

The Wayward Tome:

The shop can only be entered by those who know where it is, or else found by those in great need of it. Moira has no control over this.

Due to its place between planes, Moira’s shop is a mess of magical paraphernalia, spirits, and the occasional non-Euclidean space. Not even she is certain of everything in it at any given time, which is why she spends most of her free time drifting through the storage rooms analysing and marking everything for price.

The shop itself is a single area within a tower on its home plane. The Tower is owned by a landlord Moira only refers to as “The Baron of Black Song”. The Baron demands regular payment in order for her to use the space for her own ends, but doesn’t seem to care what she does there. Many of the items within are things which he has accumulated over the years, and Moira’s tenancy proved to be a good opportunity to clean the place up while getting money at the same time.

Recent Events:

Moira spent the last century forced into the service of the Bluebloods, before being freed of her bonds by Ada in exchange for information. This is a resource Moira is glad to exchange (in her own way) due to interest in Ada’s situation.

Unfortunately, the rent is still due. Moira now has a shop in disrepair to clean and a hundred years of rent to pay off. Due to recent planar events, the Baron is unable to arrive and collect rent… for now. But it’s only a matter of time, and there are some people you don’t want to be in debt to.

Additional Info:
When transforming from book to humanoid form, her book jacket and bindings "stretch" to become her wraps and dress. The sash is a similarly-stretched bookmark.