Monster or Minion? Advice needed.
I'm creating a mystery for my players, but I need advice. My main villain is a high-school kid that's got his hands on a sentient magic book. The book drives people who possess it to use dark magic and use it to hurt people. The kid was badly bullied, and now is using the spells in the book to get revenge on those who bullied him.
But I'm unsure whether the kid or the book would be the Monster. Because the book is driving the kid to do evil would that make the book the Monster (a Queen), with the kid as the minion (a Right Hand), or would the kid be the Monster (a Torturor) with the book as the minion (a Right Hand).
My gut feeling is the kid is the Monster. He's the one with the goals. The book doesn't really want anything except to drive anyone who gets their hands on it to do evil. But while the kid isn't a threat if he loses the book, the book is a threat in anyone's hands.
So it's a bit of a conundrum, and I'm really new to this game so any advice would be most welcome!