Editing Great Library of Amber (section)

==='''East Fireplace Nook and the Astrolabe Globe''' Second and Third Floor. East Facing. ===
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The great Astrolabe Globe is an artifact of Oberon's discovery. It allows the viewer to look into shadow and view many different versions of of a single person or creature.  It does not display the location of these people and will not stay one a person for more then a few hours though many things about the person is given to the viewer. The Astrolabe is a tool of great complexity and takes a great deal of practice to use,  A querent poses the version of a person they know, then the Globe seeks variations from across shadow.  What the globe shows can not be controlled further.  The Globe is addictive and Oberon considered it more dangerous then useful.  Fiona is said to have gotten addicted to it in her youth and it took great efforts to ween her from it.  To this day Fiona will not enter the East Nook.  

The Nook below the Globe is a deeply recessed area with a great always burning fire place.  It has several large padded chairs, and a few sofas.  It has many paintings that tend toward obscure topics. The shelves in this area contain obscure texts on macabre poetry, the works of Poe, Tribis, Alaonkic, and Bierce. It also contains autograph books.  

Much to the annoyance of the Chief Librarian, Prince Arloxedra has relocated many of the ever-full decanter sets and a Barrel of Dame Margot's Kitchen wine here and often sleeps in the nook.  A deep shelf has been cleared, and stocked with a mattress pad and pillows for the ex-crown prince to sleep in.