The Grimoire of Passing is often simply known by the general word 'Grimoire', or otherwise by the term 'Quietus', which symbolizes the ability of the owner of the book to make anyone he knows by face and name pass silently into death. A Grimoire of Passing is an exceptionally dangerous tool and it is believed that no more than three are present on the Prime Material at any time. Despite its power to impinge upon the threads of fate itself, the Grimoire is, by appearance, a quite simple, black bound booklet exactly 6 by 9 inches in size, and about a quarter of an inch thick. Although at creation its pages are lined and completely empty, the insides of the bindings themselves are engraved with a set of morbidly spelled out instructions that, by their very own nature, would serve at first sig