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THE PURPOSE OF THE HOUSE The House was created by the The Architect , the creator of all, to record and follow the progress of the Secondary Realms. The Original Law of the Architect, states that no interference is permitted by Denizens of the House, in the running of the Secondary Realms, including interference to end interference. The law is not binding though and can be broken. Each Morrow Day has full control of their powers in the Secondary Realms only on their 'day' - i.e. Mister Monday can only influence the Secondary Realms to his fullest abilities on a Monday. LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HOUSE The Lower House The Lower House is the domain of Monday, and is incredibly inefficient due to Monday's centuries of Sloth. It is guarded by metal Commissionaires and Denizen Commissionaire Sergeants, along with the Midnight Visitors under control Monday's Dusk. This is where Doorstop Hill, the Front Door of the House, is located, along with the Seven Dials and Monday's Dayroom. There are two known currencies of the Lower House, the Gold Roundel and the Silver Pence. For the events in The Lower House during the novel Mister Monday, see Mister Monday
The Far Reaches The Far Reaches are the domains of Tuesday, and are currently in the form of a massive Pit, with a train station at the top and miners at the bottom, who search for useful amounts of Nothing to pay off ever-increasing debts. Much of the Far Reaches have been eaten away by the digging of the Pit. Wings are forbidden here because they attract gobbets of Nothing together, potentially forming Nithlings, or creating massive storms of Nothing. At the moment, the Pit is being filled in by the former Grim Tuesday and the guards of the Far Reaches, the Overseers. Before the breaking of the Will, the Far Reaches had a spring in the Grand Cavern, a huge room where a spring of Nothing was situated, but Grim Tuesday wanted to make more and eventually sunk the spring and mined the source of nothing due to his affliction of Greed. There used to be three types of currency in the Far Reaches, the gold Noble, silver Real, and copper Bile. However, all actual currency was gathered by Grim Tuesday in his greed. The miners were sent to Grim Tuesday as payment for goods that he made. For the events in The Far Reaches during the novel ''Grim Tuesday'', see Grim Tuesday The Border Sea An ocean at the edge of the House, the Border Sea can extend to any body of water in the universe. The domain of Drowned Wednesday, its major landmasses were lost during the transformation of Lady Wednesday into a Leviathan , and many of its native Denizens were forced to become sailors in what has become known as the Border Sea. Anything lost will eventually end up in the Border Sea, and the borders of the Sea have extended into the Void of Nothing and mortal realms. It is not known what type of monetary units are used in the sea. The Raised Rats also live here who pilot steamships. They used to have a submersible as well, before its deterioration by Nothing within Wednesday's stomach. Small numbers of mortal pirates who use Nothing more recklessly then the Denizens live here as well. For the events in the Border Sea during the novel Drowned Wednesday, see Drowned Wednesday
The Great Maze The domain of Sir Thursday, it is the great maze consisting of a great mountain range of stone and ice on on side, shielding the House from the effects of Nothing. The Maze itself is comprised of a great set of tiles, one million square. At each sunset the tiles move to another location, allowing any attackers to be split and easily attacked by The Glorious Army of The Architect - Sir Thursday's armed forces. The only way for Nothing to get in is via a tunnel, which in turn is guarded by 4 gates. The first one is one inch pure gold. The second one is gilded in silver and the 3rd gate is gilded with bronze. The fourth and final one is Immaterial, which means that the lustre is blinding, even to immortal eyes. Each one contains a lever, operated by complex machinery below the mountains which goes to a room, just above the tunnel. They are opened in various ways depending on the amount of Nithlings, Sir Thursday wishes to be brought in. The Nithlings are used for training, and the Maze as a training ground for Denizens. For the events in the Great Maze during the novel Sir Thursday, see Sir Thursday . The Middle House Merely mentioned by the Will in its letters to Arthur . Ruled by Lady Friday. The Upper House Merely mentioned by the Will in its letters to Arthur. Ruled by Superior Saturday. The Incomporable Gardens Merely mentioned by the Will in its letters to Arthur. Presumably ruled by Lord Sunday. It is supposedly like nothing within the Secondary Realms, unmatched by its beauty. HISTORY The House was created by The Architect from Nothing. The many realms were built and each one was given to one of her loyal Trustees, The Morrow Days .
However, the Trustees broke The Will Of The Architect . For this, many of the Realms began to fall into decay. |
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