Lantern Stair scene background: a hidden spiral stair lit by lanterns and blue footprints.

Reader path

The Lantern Stair

The stair curls under the stacks. Blue footprints appear one by one, while a brass flower ticks softly behind a loose stone.

Choice thumbnail: follow blue footprints toward the rainlit atrium. Follow the blue footprints Choice thumbnail: turn from the stair into the clockwork garden. Turn toward the ticking garden