History
The Book of the Vishanti was written by unknown authors, possibly the Vishanti themselves, but more likely dictated by the Vishanti to human students of the white magical arts.
The first known owner was the Atlantean sorcerer Varnae around 18,500 BC. After his death Varnae was turned into a vampire by a spell from the book of the Darkhold, making him the first vampire on Marvel Earth.
The next known owner was the Babylonian god Marduk, who may or may not be the same as Daimon Hellstrom's father Marduk Kurios. Marduk set a griffin to guard the Book. The sorcerer known as the Ancient One travelled back in time to c. 4000 BC and defeated the griffin and returned to the 20th century.
The Ancient One would remain the book's owner, despite a brief loss when the dark wizard Kaluu returned the Book to the Griffin, until he deemed his student, Doctor Strange worthy of taking the book.
The current owner, Doctor Strange, keeps the Book in the library of his townhouse in New York City's Greenwich Village. He briefly lost the book when he destroyed his home to prevent the alien wizard Urthona from taking his magical artifacts, but the book was saved by Agamotto himself, who transported it to his realm and returned it to Strange some time later.
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