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|caption1 = Smoke in blue and gold and black belches from the furnaces. Art from Sunless Skies.
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|allegiance = [[The Sapphir'd King]]<br>[[Scrive-Spinster]]s
|allegiance = [[The Sapphir'd King]]<br>[[Scrive-Spinster|Scrive-Spinsters]]
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The Lamentation of Mists<br>
''"Crew press their noses to the windows, hoping for a glimpse of the fabled Forge of Souls."''
The First Venturer}}


<blockquote>''"Crew press their noses to the windows, hoping for a glimpse of the fabled Forge of Souls."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Log Entries|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>
''"A colossal many-towered citadel contains the Lyceum, an ancient library and rumoured to hold the fabled Forge of Souls within its depths."''


<blockquote>''"A colossal many-towered citadel contains the Lyceum, an ancient library and rumoured to hold the fabled Forge of Souls within its depths."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|The Forge of Souls|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>
The '''Forge of Souls''' is a legendary library in the [[The Blue Kingdom|the Blue Kingdom]].__forcetoc__


The '''Forge of Souls''' is a legendary library in the the [[Blue Kingdom]].__FORCETOC__
== The Forge Gone Dark ==


==The Forge Gone Dark==
A long time ago, [[The Blue Kingdom|the Blue Kingdom]] housed the fabled '''Forge of Souls'''. The [[Judgements]] gathered here to create new life; many wonders and horrors of the heavens came from this place. Among these creations are the [[Scrive-Spinster|Scrive-Spinsters]], invented by the Garden-King and created by [[The Halved|The Binary]]. Thus the Forge became the genesis of many species...
A long time ago, the [[Blue Kingdom]] housed the fabled Forge of Souls. The [[Judgements]] gathered here to create new life; many wonders and horrors of the heavens came from this place.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Enquire about the Forge of Souls, said to dwell within Lyceum|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Among these creations are the [[Scrive-Spinster]]s,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Lamentation_of_Mists|Request permission to repair the Forge of Souls|Sunless Skies}}</ref> invented by the Garden-King and created by [[The Halved|the Binary]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Awoken|Craft a Scrive-Spinster|Sunless Skies}}</ref> Thus the Forge became the genesis of many species...


...until a mysterious incident happened. 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''. As a result, the Forge eventually became entirely broken, unused, and abandoned.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Enquire about the Forge of Souls, said to dwell within Lyceum|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Lamentation_of_Mists|Request permission to repair the Forge of Souls|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
...until a mysterious incident happened. 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''. As a result, the Forge eventually became entirely broken, unused, and abandoned.


==The Lyceum ==
==The Lyceum==


'''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, who would love to see the Forge up and running and making Scrive-Spinsters again.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Lamentation_of_Mists|The Lamentation of Mists|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
''"Fortresses of knowledge, held against the dying of the light."''


Originally, the Lyceum was located inside the Forge of Souls, and was created to record the Forge's many creations. However, once the Forge broke down, its servitors saw fit to use the many empty chambers of the Forge for the Lyceum. Now the Forge itself is ''inside'' the Lyceum.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Mount an Expedition to the Forge of Souls|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
'''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, who would love to see the Forge up and running and making Scrive-Spinsters again.


The destruction of [[Eleutheria|Eleutheria's]] grand library caused some of the Scrive-Spinsters to turn the Lyceum into their new library. Unfortunately, all of the literature that they could gather was Ministry-approved literature, which the servitors of the Lyceum still desperately try to clear from their shelf.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Offer tribute to the Lamentation|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Lamentation_of_Mists|Request permission to repair the Forge of Souls|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
Originally, the Lyceum was located inside the Forge of Souls, and was created to record the Forge's many creations. However, once the Forge broke down, the servitors saw it fit to use the many empty chambers of the Forge for the Lyceum. Now the Forge itself is ''inside'' the Lyceum.


There are many subjects cataloged in the Lyceum; for instance, the law of the stars, the fear of the stars,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Lamentation_of_Mists|Inform the Lamentation of the Ombudsman's disappearance|Sunless Skies}}</ref> creations of the Forge,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Forge a companion|Sunless Skies}}</ref> and anything related to the number 7.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask what she does here|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
The destruction of [[Eleutheria|Eleutheria's]] grand library caused most of the [[Scrive-Spinster|Scrive-Spinsters]] to turn the Lyceum into their new library. Unfortunately, all of the literature that they could gather so far was Ministry-approved literature, which the servitors of the Lyceum still desperately try to clear from their shelf.
 
There are many subjects cataloged in the Lyceum: the law of the stars, the fear of the stars, creations of the Forge, anything related to the number 7. ''(SEVEN IS THE NUMBER)''


===The Roll of Ash===
===The Roll of Ash===
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Deep within the Lyceum lies another library, '''the Roll of Ash'''. It's a memorial containing the names of dead stars that were killed by "an exchange of courtesy". Each chamber contains at least a hundred epitaphs of dead stars, and there are at least 278 chambers.
Deep within the Lyceum lies another library, '''the Roll of Ash'''. It's a memorial containing the names of dead stars that were killed by "an exchange of courtesy". Each chamber contains at least a hundred epitaphs of dead stars, and there are at least 278 chambers.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Roll_of_Ash|The Roll of Ash|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
==Scrive-Spinsters==
{{Character|title1 = Scrive-Spinsters
|image1 = Scrivespinster.png
|caption1 = Wood and paper. Art from Sunless Skies.
|location = The Forge of Souls
[[The High Wilderness]]
|allegiance = The Forge of Souls
|relationships = [[The Halved]] (creator)
|notable_members = The Lamentation of Mists
}}''"Tall as giants, wrought of bronzewood and clad in tatters of paper, the Scive-Spinsters once managed the greatest library of heaven. Since its destruction they are bereft, and keep to forgotten places unless roused by the scent of paper and ink."''
 
''"Once, it is said, there was a great library where the suns kept records of their laws. But disaster struck, and the library was destroyed and strewn across the sky. Now its librarians seek its ruins and texts. We call them Scrive-Spinsters."''
 
'''Scrive-Spinsters''' are unbound, papery creatures who were formerly the librarians of the heavens. They were made from bronzewood in the Forge of Souls.


Long ago, when [[the Halved]] was still two stars, they recorded the laws that the [[Judgements]] made in a grand library at [[Eleutheria]]. Sometime between the failed revolution of the Solonacean Conjunction and the darkening of the Halved, their library was destroyed ([[Langley Hall ]] was likely built on the remains of this library). Ever since then, they have been scouring the High Wilderness, wearing scraps of ancient knowledge, trying to recover the bits of their collection.


Skyfarers trading books and other literature must be wary of Scrive-Spinsters, who will surely be attracted to the knowledge within.
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==The First Venturer==
==The First Venturer==
{{Character|title1 = The Merchant Venturer|image1 = SS_merchantventurergaz.png|caption1 = Northbound and beyond! Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[London]]
{{Character|title1 = The Merchant Venturer|image1 = SS_merchantventurergaz.png|caption1 = Northbound and beyond! Art from Sunless Sea.|location = [[London]] (1800s)
The Forge of Souls (1905)|allegiance = Independent
The Forge of Souls (1900s)|allegiance = Independent (1800s)
The Forge of Souls (1905)|alias = The Custodian of the Forge|relationships = The Clerk of Sevens (former companion)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/hope-is-an-anchor Hope is an Anchor]}}<blockquote>''"Will you come with me? I don't know when we'll return. But when we do... we will be armoured in glory."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Venturer%27s_Passage#The_Venturer.27s_Passage|Pass beyond with him|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>''"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."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_First_Venturer|Share stories|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>
The Forge of Souls (1900s)|alias = The Custodian of the Forge|relationships = The Clerk of Sevens (former companion)|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/hope-is-an-anchor Hope is an Anchor]}}''"Will you come with me? I don't know when we'll return. But when we do... we will be armoured in glory."''
 
Contrary to popular belief, the ''Parzifal'' was not the first ship to cross the gate. Rather, it was '''the Merchant Venturer''' and his zee-captain companion, who had collected funds and performed research all across the [[Zee]] for much of the late 1880s. As of now, he resides, alone, in the The Forge of Souls, serving as its custodian, but he's forbidden from repairing it. One day, he may zail the [[The High Wilderness|skies]] again. His face is still cracked with frostbite and the wear and tear of winter, and he still carries a bottle of Greyfields for his departed companion. His favorite color is, for some reason, blue.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_First_Venturer|Share stories|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Venturer%27s_Desires|The Venturer's Desires|Sunless Sea}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Venturer%27s_Passage#The_Venturer.27s_Passage|Pass beyond with him|Sunless Sea}}</ref>


''"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."''


Contrary to popular belief, the ''Parzifal'' was not the first ship to cross the gate. Rather, it was '''the Merchant Venturer''' and his zee-captain companion, who had collected funds and performed research all across [[The Unterzee|the Zee]] for much of the late 1890s. As of now, he resides, alone, in the The Forge of Souls, serving as its custodian, but he's forbidden from repairing it. One day, he may zail the [[The High Wilderness|skies]] again. His face is still cracked with frostbite and weariness of winters, and he still carries a bottle of Greyfields for his departed companion. His favorite color is, for some reason, blue.
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==The Clerk of Sevens==
==The Clerk of Sevens==
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}}<blockquote>''"It could be worse. I could have the sixes. Can you imagine doing it for the twelves?"''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask what she does here|Sunless Skies}}</ref></blockquote>
}}''"It could be worse. I could have the sixes. Can you imagine doing it for the twelves?"''
 
 
 
The current '''Clerk of Sevens''' was the third person to pass the Horizon. She decided to take her current title from the Merchant Venturer's captain friend, along with giving them her locomotive, in an act of kindness. She has come to regret that.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask what she does here|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask how you can assist the Clerk|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
As part of her job, she documents everything that is numbered 7. Unfortunately, due to the extremely meticulous nature of her work, she'll be at her position indefinitely, unless she can find a loophole to escape her predicament.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask what she does here|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Have a look at the Clerk's work|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Ask how you can assist the Clerk|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
==The Forge, Awoken==
Long ago, every chamber of the Forge was ruled by a group of spirits, with their own roles and functions. If The Forge were to start working again, they would have to provide their services once more.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Broken|The Forge, Broken|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
Although the number of spirits is large, the most important of them are:
 
*The '''Sisters in Green and Gold''', who were once taught the secrets of longevity and expansion by the [[The Garden-King|Garden King]] himself. They wear long gowns made of moss and marsh, and have seven eyes.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Awoken|Entreat the Sisters in Green and Gold for an Aspect of Verdance|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
*The '''Principalities of Chalcedon''', former servants of the [[Judgements|King of Hours]] who are therefore adept in manipulation of time. Their bodies are very similar to hourglasses, and they hold chimes in their hands.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Awoken|Entreat the Principalities of Chalcedon for an Aspect of the Hourglass|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
*The '''Red Ministers''', fluent in the properties of vitality, wanderlust and loathing. They wear woven masks of scarlet paper and possess serrated wings of brittle glass.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Awoken|Entreat the Red Ministers for an Aspect of Incarnadine|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
 
*The '''Thrones''', who were given power over the principles of rulership by the [[Sapphir'd King]]. They resemble giant industrial looms.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge,_Awoken|Entreat the Thrones for an Aspect of Dominion|Sunless Skies}}</ref>


*The '''White Minister''', who oversees the work of all the other spirits from her lofty throne. She wears a robe made out of starlight and snow, has wings of canvas and white sapphires, holds sheathed silver blades in her forearms, and contains her voice in a silken casket.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Consult the Spirits of the Forge for the Clay Conductor|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Forge_of_Souls|Consult the Spirits of the Forge on Creating the Clay Conductor's Companion|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Forging_a_Clay_Companion|Forging a Clay Companion|Sunless Skies}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.miraheze.org/wiki/Forging_a_Clay_Companion|Provide a body|Sunless Skies}}</ref>
The current '''Clerk of Sevens''' was the third person to pass the Horizon. Back in [[Fallen London|Old London]], she was once a Seeker of [[Mr Eaten|Mr Eaten's]] Name and the only female member of Parliament. She decided to take her current title from the Merchant Venturer's captain friend, along with giving them her locomotive, in an act of kindness. She has come to regret that.


==References==
As part of her job, she documents everything that is numbered 7. Unfortunately, she'll be at her position indefinitely, because this simple number is integral to esoteric knowledge of the universe '''(''SEVEN IS THE NUMBER'')'''. Perhaps an adventurous captain can help her form a loophole of sorts with [[Correspondence]] sigils.
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