We did not choose to live underground. We chose to make underground a place worth living.
FROM: A Political History of the Gaslit Reach BY: Archivist-Emeritus Greywick, Department of Governmental Memory EDITION: Ninth (the definitive edition, he insists, though the tenth is already in draft) The founding of Glimhaven is not recorded in any document, because the founding predates documents. It is recorded in the limestone — in marks on the walls of the First Chamber, where the original Compact was spoken. Not written. The earliest settlers preferred the spoken word, which can be amended in real time, unlike text, which sits there smugly being wrong until someone corrects it. Who were they? This is the question that the Department of Governmental Memory has been unable to answer for the entirety of its existence, which is embarrassing given that answering questions is literally our institutional purpose. The founding population of the Reach descended from the surface — this much is clear from the geological record, the architectural evidence, and the persistent cultural mem...
From the lore of The Gaslit Reach.