The Forge of Souls
"Crew press their noses to the windows, hoping for a glimpse of the fabled Forge of Souls."
"A colossal many-towered citadel contains the Lyceum, an ancient library and rumoured to hold the fabled Forge of Souls within its depths."
Once upon a time, the Blue Kingdom houses the fabled Forge of Souls. There, the Judgements gathered to create new life. Many wonder and horror of the heavens came from this place. Among them are the Scrive-Spinster which is invented by the Garden-King and created by The Binary. Thus the Forge became the beginning of many creations...
...until a mysterious incident happens. Whatever that incident was, The Sapphir'd King saw it fit to impose the Amaranthine Edict: Nothing new can ever be created at the Forge. Because of this, the state of the Forge declines. Eventually the Forge itself is entirely broken, unused, abandoned.
The Lyceum
"Fortresses of knowledge, held against the dying of the light."
The Lyceum is the library of the Sapphir'd King. It is headed by the Lamentation of Mists, a Scrive-Spinster as large as a Cathedral.
Once, it was located inside the Forge of Souls Originally it was created to record the Forge's many creation. However once the Forge is broken, the servitors saw it fit to use the many empty chamber of the Forge for the Lyceum. Now the Forge itself is inside the Lyceum.
The destruction of Eleutheria's grand library cause most of the Scrive-Spinster to turn the Lyceum into their new library. Unfortunately all literature that they can gather so far is London's Ministry-Approved Literature, which the servitors of the Lyceum desperately try to clear from their shelf.
There are many subjects catalogued in the Lyceum, among them are:
- The Law of the stars
- The Fear of the stars
- Creation from the Forge of Souls
- Anything related to the number seven
 The Lamentation desires...
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| ...for new Scrive-Spinster to be created from the Forge | ||
 What is the Roll of Ash? [Spoilers for Ambition: The Truth]
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| The Roll of Ash is a memorial containing the name of dead stars that are killed by "an exchange of courtesy". Each chamber contain at least a hundred epitaph of dead stars...
...and there are at least 278 chamber of them.... | ||
The First Venturer
"I was the first through the horizon. Not the Parzifal – I was. We opened the Gate and zailed through. I wasn't alone, as I am now."
- Main Articles: The Merchant Venturer
The First Venturer is the custodian of the Forge. Him and a zee-captain are the first human beings to pass the Avid Horizon.
Circumstances has cause him to become the custodian of the Forge, while the captain has become the Clerk of Sevens. The captain, unable to handle the massive amount of paperwork, pass his title to the third person who passed the Horizon, and flee the Lyceum. The Venturer waits for his return, still saving a bottle of Greyfield for them.
