--- deliantra/server/pod/books.pod	2007/03/07 19:01:54	1.15
+++ deliantra/server/pod/books.pod	2007/05/24 03:33:29	1.17
@@ -567,10 +567,10 @@
 
 =head1 History of Lake Country
 
-Lake Country originally was where the elves who where exiled from the north
-by the kings of Scorn, during the Vth millenia EK. They named the area
-Vkovzerov. The major elven city of Vkovzerov was Tashkeren-tah. It was
-destroyed by a Water arch-elemental in 4453EK.
+Lake Country originally was where the elves lived who where exiled
+from the north by the kings of Scorn, during the Vth millenia EK. They
+named the area Vkovzerov. The major elven city of Vkovzerov was
+Tashkeren-tah. It was destroyed by a Water arch-elemental in 4453EK.
 
 
 =head1 Visit our Training Centres!
@@ -1282,23 +1282,17 @@
 
 It is said that of the four primary elements
 
-- there is earth which is.
-
-- there is water which changes.
-
-- there is air which moves.
-
-- there is fire which consumes.
+   - there is earth which is.
+   - there is water which changes.
+   - there is air which moves.
+   - there is fire which consumes.
 
 =head2 Overheard in a Narcopian brothel
 
-When Mother Earth was suckling her children
-
-sky suckled from her right teat
-
-but flame and sea fought to suckle from her left teat
-
-this is why they still fight to this day
+   When Mother Earth was suckling her children
+   sky suckled from her right teat
+   but flame and sea fought to suckle from her left teat
+   this is why they still fight to this day
  
 
 =head1 The Tale of Lord Butakis - The Lost Stars of the Lake, Volume I
@@ -1864,31 +1858,31 @@
 He also wrote a book that details all the ways and passages, alas, nobody
 could decipher it yet:
 
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-2jnaqre2nebhaq2hagvy2lbh2ybpngr2n2znc2aN,
-2vg2vf2ba2gur2obggbz2ragenapr2bs2n2znc.
-2bapr2gung2vf2ybpngrq2tb2evtug,
-2hc,
-2evtug,
-2evtug,
-2evtug,
-2evtug,
-2evtug,
-2lbh2jvyy2or2ng2gur2rkvg.
-2gb2trg2gb2gur2inhyg:
-2jnaqre2ebhaq2hagvy2lbh2trg2gb2znc2aN1,
-vg2vf2gb2gur2evtug2bs2n2abezny2znc.
-2tb2hc,
-2yrsg,
-2hc,
-2yrsg,
-2qbja,
-2qbja,
-2evtug,
-2qbja,
-2qbja,
-2qbja.2Lbh2jvyy2or2va2gur2unyy,
-2tb2guebhtu2naq2gb2gur2yrsg2gb2ernpu2gur2inhyg.
+   gb2trg2gb2gur2rkvg:
+   2jnaqre2nebhaq2hagvy2lbh2ybpngr2n2znc2aN,
+   2vg2vf2ba2gur2obggbz2ragenapr2bs2n2znc.
+   2bapr2gung2vf2ybpngrq2tb2evtug,
+   2hc,
+   2evtug,
+   2evtug,
+   2evtug,
+   2evtug,
+   2evtug,
+   2lbh2jvyy2or2ng2gur2rkvg.
+   2gb2trg2gb2gur2inhyg:
+   2jnaqre2ebhaq2hagvy2lbh2trg2gb2znc2aN1,
+   vg2vf2gb2gur2evtug2bs2n2abezny2znc.
+   2tb2hc,
+   2yrsg,
+   2hc,
+   2yrsg,
+   2qbja,
+   2qbja,
+   2evtug,
+   2qbja,
+   2qbja,
+   2qbja.2Lbh2jvyy2or2va2gur2unyy,
+   2tb2guebhtu2naq2gb2gur2yrsg2gb2ernpu2gur2inhyg.
 
  
 =head1 Order of the Gravestone
@@ -1927,3 +1921,39 @@
 is so easy to come back), and why would only the churches in Scorn have
 access to those in the first place?
 
+
+=head1 Barad-Dur
+
+In the mountains north-east of the great city we found it at last -- the
+hidden fortress of Barad-Dur. What treasures could lie in it I do not know
+for our party never gained its way past the entryway. Skulls, pixies, and
+a horrible creature I hesitate to name decimated my friends and I.
+
+
+=head1 A visit to the Alchemist
+
+...and then did the Alchemist agree to make me my potion. First he
+called to his grimm servants who hauld forth a great iron cauldron. Into
+this black device did he deposit his ingredients and, opening his spell
+book for reference, then did he cast his spell of alchemy therepon the
+cauldron.
+
+Greatly did the tub shake and move! I thought that the Alchemist had broke
+his device, but he chuckled at my ignorance. Into the cauldron did he
+reach an brought forth a filled bottle of golden amber fluid...
+ 
+
+=head1 The Philosophical Ingredients
+
+Know that there are 4 principle philosophical ingredients. In order, they
+are:
+
+   - philosophical salt
+   - philosophical sulphur
+   - philosophical phosphorus
+   - philosophical oil
+
+The great alchemist has often said that all living things are made of
+these ingredients. Proper combination of these with other base objects can
+often create potions of power and might.
+