Ghostwater. Northstrider’s underwater research facility. A pocket world on the ocean floor pursuing the Grand Work: enhancing the mind.
Overview
Ghostwater is a pocket world created by
By the time sacred artists from the outside world gained access, Ghostwater was collapsing. Northstrider had abandoned the facility, and the scripts maintaining its structure were failing. Multiple factions sent teams to salvage whatever research and resources remained before the pocket world dissolved entirely. [GW Ch.1]
The Three Wells
Northstrider’s research was organized around three experimental branches, each centered on a “well” — a concentrated source of refined power:
- Life Well — Research into vitality and physical enhancement. Its waters could heal injuries and strengthen the body.
- Spirit Well — Research into
madra - Dream Well — Research into mind and memory. This branch pursued the Grand Work most directly, attempting to create a construct capable of perfect recall, analysis, and prediction. [GW Ch.5]
Dross
The Dream Well’s research produced an unintended result:
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