Central Glassworks “The Vitreum”

Industrial City • Interior Rishama (central deserts) • Standard Glass Production Hub

Quick Facts

Water & Power

• Deep Spring & Qanat Gallery: A glass-domed artesian spring feeds into qanat tunnels (stone-lined galleries) that snake under the complex; wind-tower scoops cool the airflow. Water is rationed by color tokens during peak heat.
• Energy Mix: Primary heat from heliostat mirror arrays (clear days backup char kilns for night/overcast; waste-heat recovery drives shop forges and bath heating.

Operations (Standards)

• Sheets: S1 (small panes) • S2 (house windows) • S3 (shopfront) • S4 (architectural). Each pane bears a Proof-stamp (date/batch/flux).
• Rods/Tubes: R1–R4 rods for lampwork and instrument spindles; T1–T3 tubes for alchemy and gauge-glass. Calibration blanks ship to Siraj & Ras Talas for finishing.
• Quality & Proof: Council inspectors pull cut coupons from every batch; failed runs are cullet-ground and re-fluxed.

Law, Labor & Price Controls

• Union Charter: # LSFW Local 7 bargains shifts (three-bell rotations), heat pay, and Sirocco Breaks. Complaints escalate to Oath of Uncolored Ink at the Proof Office.
• Company Store Cap: Markup strictly limited (posted weekly; typically ≤ 4% above Nahrim street price). Surprise audits; violations forfeit a season’s bonus and trigger Council sanctions.
• Safety Regime: Flame-free zones, respirators for glass-lung prevention, slag-berms, and cadence horns (white = shift, amber = heat hazard, red = breach/fire).

Economy & Distribution

• Outbound: Palletized S-sheets, R/T stock, cullet bags, annealed blanks, and reinforced panes (construction grade).
• Inbound: Fluxes (natron, ash), Aryan timber/char, olive-pit briquettes, packing straw, ration grain (via Al-Majra).
• Logistics: Overland sled-wains on hardened causeways to Al‑Majra/Siraj/Ras Talas Anemoi Fanwing couriers carry master lenses and urgent replacements.

Research & Curiosity

• Below the Sand: The Council wants a sub-sand core (stone/mineral survey) but can’t keep shafts open—sand floods. Proposal: glass-lined caissons with remnant-powered rams; budget pending.
• Blend Trials: Visiting scholars test salt-glass/desert-silica mixes; results circulate to coastal workshops under license.

Safety & Incidents (it’s safe—mostly)

• Typical: Heat exhaustion, minor cuts; slag avalanches during fast cools.
• Rare: Mirror flash-fires in wind shifts; quench-tank fractures (red-horn lockdown).
• Response: On-site infirmary, fire sand crews, and a remnant warden to deal with motive echoes that sometimes imprint on repetitive labor.

Culture & Life

• Shift-City Rhythm: Streets breathe with the bell—markets swing open on the two-count before shift; evening music under wind-towers.
• Union Days: Founders’ Pour festival; Mirror Blessing for new arrays; sports: sled-pulls and balance-glass games.
• Knowledge First: Workers earn ledger credits for process notes that cut waste—redeemable for pay bumps or tuition in Nahrim.

Sites of Note

• The Mirror Field: Heliostats turning in unison, throwing a river of light into the Furnace Spine.
• Proof Office: Glass-fronted hall with test racks; the Price Board is posted here and at the store.
• Clear Keep Tour: Reinforced glass corridors with sand-falls; lecture rooms for visiting Collegia.

Travel & GM Tools

• Approach: Way-marked causeways (DC 10 overland in sandstorms add +4 and follow the blue-white pole line. Fanwing pads clear by flag.