The Librarian was a being created by the chronicler Roach to serve as the caretaker and librarian of the Library of Divination and its surrounding realm.
Biography[]
Writer of Destinies[]
In an effort to venture out and explore the universes comprising his multiverse, the chronicler Roach created The Librarian using Dark Creation to operate and maintain his domain of the Library of Divination, passing on his role to observe the lives of the inhabitants of the Roach Chronicles multiverse to him. Making use of the Lamp of Destiny provided to him by his creator, The Libarian carried on Roach's work, utilizing the lamp to document and sometimes even write the destinies of various others that have yet to even come into existence.
Years later, The Librarian soon realized that one of his apprentices he created himself had betrayed him and created an inevitable prophecy of the Emperor of Destiny, a being who would one day rise from the shackles of the past and absorb the powers of Dark Creation within the lamp through a complex ritual. With this power, the Emperor of Destiny would be able to assume control of all of existence and have the powers to rewrite destiny itself. Fearing the worst, The Librarian was forced to hide the lamp in a secure location, which would be later revealed as the Catacombs of Destiny. The Librarian would also hide the prophecy within the vaults of Divination, where it would be left unseen for countless millennia.
The Hands of Destiny[]
Seeking out a way to obtain the Lamp of Destiny in exchange for reviving their fallen friend Samuel Higgins, the heroes of Earth-31218 traveled to the realm of Divination through an experimental teleporter being developed in Area 51. However, because of their unconventional method of traveling to the realm, they ultimately allowed zombies to infest the library. The heroes soon fend off the zombies as they search the library for the information they need to find the Lamp of Destiny.
Meanwhile, The Librarian fell under Gruntijackal's influence, brainwashing him to retrieve the dark prophecy for him. The Librarian soon confronted the heroes in the library's vaults, where he engaged them in a fight. However, the heroes were able to defeat him, ultimately freeing him from Gruntijackal's influence. After the heroes discovered the prophecy, The Librarian appeared and explained his history to them. The heroes then explained their predicament with Gruntijackal seeking the lamp to become the Emperor of Destiny, causing The Librarian to realize that the dark prophecy was beginning. Giving them the prophecy of the lamp to the heroes, The Librarian cryptically remarked for them to "not look forward or back, but down", stating that his riddle would help them in the catacombs before using his powers to teleport the heroes away. With them gone, The Librarian soon sighed to himself, saying he had a large mess to clean up in the library.
Universal Convergence[]
Following the defeat of the Emperor of Destiny, The Librarian began to oversee the heroes within Earth-61017, Earth-31218 and Earth-111517. During their conflict with The Visitor in the midst of the universal event titled the Convergence, The Librarian was quick to use his powers to bring the heroes to the Library of Divination after they were sucked into a black hole created by The Visitor. The Librarian appeared before the heroes, welcoming them to Divination before revealing that he had been watching over the heroes' adventures since their last encounter.
Chris questioned how they were brought to Divination, with The Librarian explaining that while most of the Dark Creation that once was in the Lamp of Destiny was now gone, there was a little bit of power still preserved within Divination that The Librarian used to allow the black hole to teleport the heroes to Divination. TJ then butted into the conversation, asking if there was a way they could stop The Visitor. The Librarian soon led the heroes through the library, explaining The Visitor's dark history to the heroes and explaining that The Visitor sought to forge a weapon capable of annihilating every universe interconnected through the Convergence.
Observing The Visitor through The Librarian's crystal ball, the heroes formulate a plan to stop The Visitor from forging his ultimate weapon. After devising a plan, the heroes are soon teleported to Uriqar by The Librarian, armed with the Harbinger and a small fragment of Dark Creation.
Age of the Soulless[]
In Earth-61017, shortly after the fall of Master Ronin, Umbra Ops is brought to the Library of Divination in the realm of Divination by The Librarian. There, The Librarian, whom was deeply horrified and panicked, informed the team of an impending doom that would soon be unleashed onto the universe. He soon used his crystal ball to show the team of the heroes within Earth-111517, displaying their final battle with Ronin. The Librarian explained that Master Ronin planned on using the Matter Orb to gain eternal life and incredible power, but due to his overuse of the relic, the darkness he absorbed overtook him, sending his soul to the Dark Realm while his body was morphed into the Cube of Darkness, which soon went into the Dark Realm as well.
Chris soon questioned him, asking what the impending doom was. The Librarian revealed to the team that their past has ultimately caught up with them, informing the team of the Prophets of the Soulless, saying that they were ancient beings who originated from Limbo, and played an intrusmental part in the creation of Umbra Ops' Soulless. The Librarian continued, saying that their leader Echthroi was seeking out the Cube of Darkness, as well as the Book of Rituals, which The Librarian kept hidden within his library.
Before The Librarian could explain what Echthroi was planning on doing with both items, the library was soon attacked. As fire began to consume the library, Echthroi himself and his Prophets appeared and ambushed the heroes, revealing that they had been eavesdropping on the conversation, as well as explaining that all these years the Prophets have been secretly following them since the first defeat of Xarcoh. Before the heroes could react, Echthroi used his Fire powers and blasted The Librarian through the floor, trapping him in the library's basement.
Eventually, Umbra Ops managed regroup with The Librarian in the basement. As the entrance to the basement collapsed behind them, The Librarian manifested the Book of Rituals, saying that they needed to destroy the book before it was too late. However, Echthroi appeared, throwing his sword at The Librarian and impaling him to the ground. Echthroi soon knocked the heroes down as a couple of his Prophets held the team at bay. Echthroi picked up the discarded Book of Rituals, promting Rook to question what he was planning on doing. Echthroi explained that he was merely beginning a great prophecy before flipping through the pages of the book, ending up at a blank page at the end of the book.
After a few moments, the pages began to display text, as well as a drawing of the Cube of Darkness. Placing the book on the ground, Echthroi began to read aloud the ritual, causing a rift to form. Suddenly, the Cube of Darkness emerged from the rift as it floated towards Echthroi's hand. Knowing what must be done, The Librarian charged up a beam of energy, blasting Echthroi aside and giving Umbra Ops a brief moment to break free from their captors. Rook soon grabbed ahold of the cube with his cybernetic arm, causing him great pain as the cube printed out its seven runes along his arm. Using the last of his strength, The Librarian used his magic to teleport the heroes away to an unknown location.
Furious over the loss of the cube, Echthroi ripped out his sword from The Librarian's chest, saying that the prophecy in resurrecting Roach and Xarcoh could not be avoided before driving the sword through The Librarian's neck, brutally killing The Librarian. Taking his sword out of The Librarian's lifeless corpse, Echthroi ordered his men to begin "Phase 2" of their plan while he personally located the cube. Teleporting away with his men, the rest of the library soon burned to ashes.
Boss Rush[]
The Librarian is indirectly referenced by Rook while reprimanding Echthroi about prophecies.
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