| rdfs:comment | - The Incorruptible Republic of the Immortal Library of the Grand Architect (The Incorruptible Library, The Immortal Library, or simply The Library, for short) is, to [ quote] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] Ardsley Wooster, "..an autonomous government which claims a large section of underground Paris off the Black Market. They lend out any book to anybody. Many people find this irresponsible." The Library also has in residence a population of over-sized cats led by a human Catmaster, which can be assembled into armor-clad clowders and dispatched on raiding expeditions against surrounding fiefdoms.
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| abstract | - The Incorruptible Republic of the Immortal Library of the Grand Architect (The Incorruptible Library, The Immortal Library, or simply The Library, for short) is, to [ quote] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] Ardsley Wooster, "..an autonomous government which claims a large section of underground Paris off the Black Market. They lend out any book to anybody. Many people find this irresponsible." This sprawling collection of extreme bibliophiles and the books they acquire, protect, and provide access to was founded by the mysterious Van Rijn, and has possession of some of his secrets. The Master Spark had a secret (or at least tightly locked and cleverly concealed) [ workshop] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] inside its walls, dubbed his "Hermitorium". The site now occupied by the Library was previously one of the fortresses of the Corbettite Monks, and their trap-laden storage vaults for dangerous artifacts are still present, sealed off and mostly forgotten. The Library also has in residence a population of over-sized cats led by a human Catmaster, which can be assembled into armor-clad clowders and dispatched on raiding expeditions against surrounding fiefdoms. Doctor Dio Zardilev takes refuge here after his time-manipulation expertise makes him the target of numerous assassination attempts.
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