Layout
From the outside, the vault stands out for its cross shape with a octagonal center, topped off with a dome. Only one entrance exists through the eastern wing, going up a flight of stairs past the statue of the Tenebris Foundation's founder, Hunter Tenebris himself.
Main Floor
Entrance Hall
All guests are welcomed through the main entrance hall, where one can register themselves to the front desk to visit other wings open to the public. Cushioned seats allow one to wait here beneath the large paintings of the foundation's staff, with a few displays showing some lesser magic objects as decoration. The high ceiling and white walls do make it feel more spacious than it truly is.
To gain access to the rest of the building, a pass is provided to any person for both the museum and library. To get inside either the workspace or vault, one either needs to have staff identification or be accompanied by a staff member at all times.
Building Center & Vault Entrance
Workspace
The Vault Itself
Once you get past the common museum sight you end up at the entrance of the underground vaults. The only way in is through an elevator going deep beneath the surface, guarded at all times by both ordinary and arcane means.
After a long drop down, one enters the main facility: a network of tunnels and chambers dedicated to all sorts of tasks, containing storage space for all items and facilities for one to research them in full safety. Here one will find the more powerful and dangerous magic items the Tenebris vault has to offer.
Cabinets Vault
Since most smaller magic items pose not immediate threat, the building comes with one vault storing most of them. Each one gets their own drawer to store the items in, often rented by noblemen to ensure they keep a space amongst the wall of other drawers.
It is the largest vault in the entire facility, said to hold enough storage space for at least a few hundred items at a time. Despite the shared area though, it is as secured as many other vaults, having both regular and arcane measures to ensure nothing gets stolen.
Specialised Vaults
More unique items each get their own chamber they get stored in, each with their own safety measures to prevent anyone from either getting inside or the effects of the item leaking outside.
A few dozen of them are scattered around the corridors, many empty waiting for new items to be included. Once one is stored in there, the required safety measures get applied to the room. This can be as simple as using a certain material to coat the walls in to magic seals and additional magic items to prevent anything from getting in or out.
Research Chambers
Lastly are the research chambers, designed to test the limits and capabilities of magic items both produced here and donated by others. Isolated from the rest of the vault, they allow scholars to try out all sorts of scenarios and effects to see how these products work in a controlled environment.
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