Mr. Legrand has escaped from the land known as Allied Zombies United, or AZU, where the culture has been compromised by an evil influence. But he has retained his belief that knowledge is power, as symbolized by the Sword of Power. Mr. Legrand is able to unlock the hidden meaning of words and explains steganography, of which Edgar Allan Poe was master.
Kenneth Bauman's Leaves of Lavendered Lily contains exhaustive research on the complexity of cryptograms and how their use can disguise the true meaning of words. Mr. Legrand is portrayed as a master wordsmith with almost mythic power and poetry, contained in Leaves of Lavendered Lily, which is simply enigmatic.