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| M. C. Escher, naturally. |
The universal store of knowledge. The emperor is vanished somewhere within.
There are no wandering monsters; just cold, altitude sickness, and guardians in their lairs.
1: Ziggurat Stair
Ascends from the Temple of Industry to the silver star doors of the archive. Turns at right angles, ascending hundreds of feet in a kinked spiral.
2: Knights of the Chain
(!) Twin knights, undead within golden armour and lion masks, armed with great flails. None shall pass.
A vastly high, echoing hall of white marble.
3: Balcony
The sun is black; the world is on fire.
4: Courtyard
A marble god pours water; the fountain runs over, and trickles into the neighbouring halls.
5: Reverse Hall
(!) Gravity is reversed in his 60’ room.
Water from the courtyard trickles upward to the ceiling.
6: Gravity Cube Stacks
Rows of bookshelves. The walls and ceiling have their own rows of shelves, anchored to each plane. Stairs ascend from the ceiling to the reverse stair corridor.
(?) Each surface of this room has its own gravity. The very centre has none.
(!) Lair of the ink demons, hiding with books.
(??) If you need a book, it might be here.
7: Reverse Stair Corridor
(!?) Reverse gravity; stair connects to the ceiling of the Gravity Cube Stacks and the Reverse Hall.
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