Second only to the royal palace in scale, the Ancient Library stands out proudly in Sphaira with its sweeping domes and celestial architecture. Built in reverence to Eremos' Song, the library's layout follows a series of embedded spheres, each chamber nested within another like the harmonics of a sacred chord. Scholars say the design itself is a mnemonic device, echoing the layered truths of Alendrian philosophy.
The halls are vast and echoing, lined with scrolls, tomes, and codices from every age of the empire. Marble shelves curve along the spherical walls, and staircases spiral like constellations between levels. The ceiling of the central dome is painted to resemble the night sky, with constellations that shimmer faintly in the dark, responding to the breath of visitors.
Light within the library comes not from flame or sun, but from perfect spheres of illumination that float gently through the air. These orbs drift silently, casting soft light and rearranging themselves according to the hour and the needs of the scholars below.
Beneath the library lies the Vault of Ginomai, a sealed archive containing the most ancient and delicate texts in Alendria. Access is granted only to the head curator, Chloe Iphimedeia, whose lineage traces back to the first archivists of the realm. It is said that within the Vault lie the original verses of Eremos' Song, etched on star-metal and bound in silence.