Palimpsest -- a word referring to a scroll that has since been reused, its original text scratched off to save parchment. Harmless enough, just be careful what you write. If the parchment of a magic scroll is reused too often it will come alive. The text of its previous authors, faded but not gone, merges together. Now alive and hungry for more magic, the Palimpsest floats between bookshelves, masquerading as something mundane. When the time is right, it will pull an unsuspecting reader into its form. With each victim the Palimpsest grows stronger, able to invoke the magic of those it consumes. Wizards beware. Instinct: to absorb living magic

• Slowly absorb them
• Hide on bookshelves
• Invoke the magic of its victims
• Summon an inky fog