The Newcastle catacombs. All major cities have them.
Burial chambers, basically. Underground tombs. A subterranean receptacle of the dead.
They’re adding the skulls of the righteous members of the old department. Remembering their philosophical ancestors.
They have commemorative feasts. Services.
It’s an ossuary. For storing the bones of cleared graveyards.
This is the crypt. Right below the floor of the uni.
What’s it for?
Philosophical relics. Sacred philosophical things. First editions.
It’s all brick-lined. Stone.
It’s like a family vault. A burial vault.
It’s where the philosophers of the old department are immured.
It’s where they’re preparing the Golem.
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