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Thomas Book is the owner of Greenstone Books, a quiet used bookstore near Prospect University. Known for his calm demeanor, scholarly interests, and willingness to help others sift through knowledge both mundane and arcane, he has quietly carved a niche as someone who knows things and is approachable even when those things are strange or unsettling.
Greenstone Books
Greenstone Books is more than a storefront for Thomas Book; it is an intentional space—part library, part salon, part quiet crossroads for questions that don’t fit neatly elsewhere. Students, locals, and the occasional eccentric drift in for coffee, conversation, and answers, and Thomas has a habit of looking not only at what happened, but why. The shop exists as much for inquiry as for commerce. Rumor suggests he comes from old money back east—Boston, perhaps—and with a doctorate in history and a modest independent income, he does not strictly need to run a bookstore or teach to make ends meet. Greenstone is, in many ways, an indulgence: a chosen vocation rather than a necessity, and a place where he can curate both books and conversations on his own terms..
* Are you a college student? A book nerd? A journalist (in the strictest sense of the word)?
Phoenix Group
Thomas is associated with the Phoenix Group, a small, insular society of hedge practitioners and psychics focused on scholarship and quiet influence. Its members often exchange rare texts, share insights on occult phenomena, and deliberate the ethical use of power. The Phoenix Group is a small, scholarly sect of sorcerers and psychics devoted to the preservation and responsible use of occult knowledge. Comparable in structure to organizations like the Ancient Order of the Aeon Rites and the Arcanum, the Group favors mentorship, sponsorship, and peer review over rigid hierarchy or overt displays of power. Its members are typically academics, collectors, or quiet researchers who believe that fragments of lost traditions can be recovered, studied, and refined for careful modern application. Emphasizing discretion and intellectual discipline, the Phoenix Group operates through private libraries, correspondence networks, and informal salons, seeking illumination through study rather than dominance through force.
* Are you a Sorcerer? Have you heard of them? Perhaps you might recognize the motto (in latin or english)?
Midnight Market
Thomas has occasionally been spotted at the Midnight Market, though never as a vendor and rarely at the center of attention. He tends to move quietly between stalls, examining rare texts, unusual artifacts, or listening more than he speaks. His presence there has led some to speculate that he maintains interests beyond strictly academic circles. Whether he attends as a buyer, observer, or intermediary is unclear—but those who notice him tend to remember that he was there.
* Are you a a patron of the Market? Do you go there often? Perhaps we've run into each other?
General Hooks
- Ghost Stories
- Urban Legends
- Psychic Phenomonea
- Rare & Forbidden Texts
- Occult Artifacts & Estate Finds
- Lost History / Suppressed Records
- Folklore & Regional Myths
- Secret Societies (academic or occult)
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