The Shapers are the visionaries of Sappho—engineers, inventors, and architects who refuse to let the old world’s failures define the new. They are thinkers who build, dreamers who fix, tinkerers who solve with grease-stained fingers and sleepless nights.
They study remnants of what once was, not to recreate it, but to improve upon it. They believe that intellect and intuition are both sacred—two halves of the same divine spark.
The Shapers live and work in Crafter’s Corner Quad, beside the Sweatworkers who bring their ideas to life. Their workshops are cluttered with sketches, blueprints, coils of wire, and piles of scavenged parts waiting to be reborn. At night, the forge-light paints the walls with shifting shadows of motion and thought.
They live simply, sleeping in lofts above their workshops or in narrow quarters lining the main walkway. Meals are communal—spread across workbenches, shared between sparks and sawdust.
Their minds rarely rest. Even in laughter or drink, their hands trace ideas in the air, sketching new mechanisms on napkins and walls. Among them, failure is no shame; it’s a step. Every broken prototype earns a toast before it’s taken apart to try again.
Every Shaper keeps a Maker’s Book, a ledger of ideas, failures, and breakthroughs. When one dies, her book joins the communal archive at the heart of Crafter’s Corner—a library of invention written in grease and graphite.
Their attire is functional: cotton shirts, aprons of hemp and suede, belts heavy with tools. A bronze emblem of a compass over a triskelion, colored in purple and rose gold, hangs from each workbench—a symbol of direction and unity.
They favor practical ingenuity over perfect design. If a machine hums, a bridge holds, or a wheel turns—they consider it beautiful.
The Shapers believe wisdom without action is wasted. They live by the motto “To build alone is to build half.” Collaboration is the law of their craft; every design belongs to the commune once drawn.
They believe the world collapsed because it forgot how to share—so they rebuild with open blueprints and open hearts. Knowledge, like motion, must circulate to live.
The Shapers’ mission is to harness the McKenzie River’s current and convert it into renewable power for Sappho—fueling lights, tools, and the tram line itself.
They are designing a modular turbine system made from salvaged steel drums, raw wood, reclaimed copper, and generator cores traded by the Sellers. Sweatworkers construct the frame and anchor supports, while Scavengers retrieve vital materials from the ruins.
Their prototype must generate enough current to power Crafter’s Corner and feed the tram within two full moons.
This project, known as The Turning of Light, will give Sappho its own living pulse—a heartbeat of water and motion that no outside force can take away.