Killer’s Song

Appearance:

A worn suede hardcover book torn down the spine. The cover features the book’s title and an image of bagpipes with four different knives plunged into the bag.

Though cleaned the book remains heavily stained with blood from its acquisition (see document #9931907). Several pages of the text block are torn or missing entirely, with bloody fingerprints scattered throughout, most prominently on the two centre pages.

Content:

Killer’s Song is empty. 100 blank pages, with no text or images. Efforts to uncover hidden text or symbols have so far been unsuccessful. There is no evidence to suggest the book ever held content, despite its worn appearance.

It has been theorised that the destruction and dispersal of its power resulted in any existing content simply disappearing leaving its pages blank.

Abnormality:

The book appears to have been rendered inert due to the damage it sustained before acquisition. Exposure to architecture and opposing forces has not triggered any activity.

According to witness statement #9931907 the book once caused individuals to rampage attacking anyone nearby in frenzied violence, mutilating one another without regard for injury or death. It is currently unknown if this effect can be reversed.

Whether the book needed to be read, touched, or destroyed to activate its power remains unclear. It is theorized that the book’s destruction amplified its influence, infecting over 16 individuals instead of a single person.

During the event all radios within the area of effect played bagpipe music. It is theorised that victims also heard this song, which may have been the mechanism for altering their minds. The witness statement describes hearing the music faintly at the site of the book’s destruction.

Acquisition:

The book was retrieved from the evidence locker of the North Highland Police following the Lanncraig incident, in which an entire crofting community tore each other apart. It was found torn in two, still clutched in the mutilated hands of the mobile lending library’s owner.

Classification:

Music and violence makes this an obvious manifestation of butchery. It will be stored in the respective wing but fortunately it appears to have lost all power. Nevertheless, it should be monitored closely in case it is merely dormant waiting to cause another sudden massacre.

A proposal to repair the book to see whether its power could return has been submitted and swiftly denied. Why risk another Lanncraig within the Library?