Hall of High Cloud
The Hall of High Cloud was a lecture hall above the northern wing of the Knights Academy. [1]
Architecture
The lecture hall was an enormous sphere of glass panes carved with intricate calculations, weather patterns, and guidelines, and those in attendance would sit on buoyant benches floating around the hall. The lower half was curved to form a vast golden bowl. Anyone giving a speech would stand at a buoyant podium hovering in the very center of the room. This setup was designed to maximize the acoustic effects of the hall, so that the tiniest whispers could carry audibly. The Hall was designed by the architect Flux Cartius and it was his most famous building. The glass foundries of Sanctaphrax supplied the glass panels. [1]
Role in the Edge Chronicles
Role in The Winter Knights
The Hall Master of High Cloud during the Quint trilogy was Hax Vostillix. Quint and the other Lower Hall Squires listened to Hax Vostillix' call for a new purge there. [1]
Role in The Descenders
When Danton Clore and his Tallow-hats took over New Sanctaphrax, he imprisoned the High Academe Elect's wife Eudoxia Quarter in the Hall of High Cloud on a floating sumpwood lectern. [2]
References
- 1 2 3 The Winter Knights, Chapter 11: The Hall of High Cloud
- ↑ The Descenders, Chapter 27