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== Apocalypse ==
===The New Mansus ===
The New Mansus consists of 7 concentric bronze spheres, with The New Glory at its center. The numerous Long and Names of the Demiurge live their lives entirely on the insides of these spheres, with the outside of the inner sphere as their roof.
'''The First Sphere:'''
The First Sphere is a beautiful place, said to rival the most wondrous parts of the Mansi before the Collision, and definitely surpassing them afterwards. It is filled with carefully crafted bronze vegetation, delicately lifelike bronze animals, and the beautiful art-deco mansions of the richest among the population of the New Mansus. It can, however, be dangerous at times, due to rampaging wonders created by these rich innovators and artists which occasionally escape their creators' workshops and wreak havoc across this layer. Some let their creations out on purpose, to test them out or pit them against one another. Another danger in this layer is the New Glory, which hangs in the middle of the layer and whose light is fully capable of driving mortals to maddened visions. The surface of the layer contains many crystalline mirror-domes, made to trap this light and mirror it outwards through the layers to provide them with the vital light that keeps Nowhere at bay. The most notable structure on this layer is The Lighthouse, an impossibly beautiful and impossibly tall structure stretching all the way up to The New Glory. This is The Demiurge's personal residence, and he spends most of his time at its top attempting to perfect the grand machine that refines the raw materials that keep the New Mansus functioning out of pure Glory-light.
'''The Second Sphere:'''
The Second Sphere is the market district of the New Mansus, where all manner of wonders created by the Long of the Demiurge are bought and sold. This area is home to the other side of the Leonine Gate, through which the Long first arrive in the New Mansus and through which the Demiurge leaves it on the rare occasions when he visits the Mansus. Many rich Long live in their market halls.
'''The Third Sphere:'''
The Third Sphere is home to grand factories and workshops of the Long, and prototype and manufacture many of the wonders produced in the Second Fansus. This layer contains the Mint, which engraves the shed bronze scales of the Demiurge with arcane symbols and pay them as wages to the working Long. The Demiurge sheds its skin like a snake, and pay comes when the scales have been removed from the skin and engraved. The remaining skin is then used as an isolator, keeping out heat, Nowhere, and Glory-light alike. The conversion rate between the scales and Spintria changes frequently and irrationally, and conversion between them requires tons of bureaucracy, cementing the kafkaesque nature of trying to leave the New Mansus. The New Mansus is also one of the only places where they're legal tender.
'''The Fourth Sphere:'''
manufacture
'''The Fifth Sphere:'''
housing
'''The Sixth Sphere:'''
maintenance
'''The Hull:'''
=== The Histories ===
