The suspended doorway remains open and motionless above the dais, bathing the black chamber in violet light. Alice stands before it with Mimir and the two ancient witnesses.
the Archivist of the Lower Vault
The First Weaving was not a spell, but an ordering of wills. Seven principles gave shape to power, and each demanded a living vessel.
The Dragon in Human Form
Fragments, Archivist. You name vessels and principles, yet omit who made them, and why the Weaving required dominion at all.
The seven sigils revolve without turning the doorway. Their light falls across the dragon in human form's bronze features and the The Archivist of the Lower Vault's black-flame lantern, leaving both faces divided by shadow.
the Archivist of the Lower Vault
Because the maker's name was consumed first. The principles were intended to govern living wills, until Wrath learned that no will could be made legitimate through ownership.
Mimir
Quietly, then, I should mention the doorway is tugging at my forms. The rose wand feels like a blade, and the shield remembers having teeth.
A faint violet pulse travels through Mimir's stitched body. Somewhere within the open doorway, a vast presence answers, not with words, but with the sound of a lock reconsidering its key.
Establish cooperation with the Archivist and the dragon
Learn who created the First Weaving