Books of Stormsong Valley
Despite the local presence of the learned Tidesages, the vast majority of books in Stormsong Valley are repetoires of mundane knowledge.
Sagehold's Secrets: First Sign of Trouble
My favorite book design in all of Kul Tiras! It's such a simple design that of course I couldn't draw it from memory.
The cord running over top the spine and onto the cover itself is an odd detail--are we looking at something like a Secret Belgian Binding style of book? (For example, Secret Belgian Binding guide a la Hollanders: https://hollanders.com/pages/secret-belgian-binding) Or is the rope not part of the book's case at all, and instead has someone been having fun with macramé?
2. The Sagehold's Secrets 2: glowing Codex and pulsating dagger too
These ominous treasure bindings built with all those impressive metal furniture (i.e. the clasps, corners) are remarkably out of place once you start looking around. In fact, even in the grottoes and sanctums all the writings found in a place of honor are scrolls--not tomes and ESPECIALLY not treasure bound ones. So where were these books hiding, and why? 3. Sagehold's Secret's 3: A Hexbane Codex?
Now this was a complete surprise, and one I never would have spotted were I not touring with a tauren. Apparently there are the odd books stacked on top of the bookshelves in the buildings that the Renegade Tideguards and Tidesages are barricading themselves into. The confines of the space means the camera angle can barely manage to get a look at what's up there, but the environmental design team have left us surprises again!
Notes:
I found this a resource most helpful for making sense of the many small parts of book bindings: https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/bound-for-beauty/page/anatomy-of-a-book
