Foundryman's Calculus

Foundryman's Calculus is an Artifact in the set Heart of the Furnace.

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Before a great power can gather and be born anew, it must first be divided into three.
The young Domovoy understood this well. He also knew he had no right to lay claim to such power.
The lady who could shape wind and snow with empty hands departed, carrying the heart with her. From that day onward, nothing concerned her but her own kin.
The somber alchemist turned to the pursuit of eternal life. He began a long vigil, waiting for the reunion he believed would one day come.

And what of the Domovoy Grand Duke who announced the silver-haired girl's death?
Being a Domovoy himself, he immediately recognized the falsehood hidden within the Grand Duke's words.
The young Domovoy had once obeyed his commands. On that day, however, he made his choice.
With flawless courtesy, he declined the Grand Duke's invitation. Even as he spoke, his mind raced ahead.

He refused to believe that the silver-haired scholar he called his teacher had truly perished within the world of shadows.
He swore to cross that once-dreaded realm again and again. He would return countless times to the realm he had once feared.
He would continue until both his strength and his life were spent, or until he found her cold and silent body.
Whatever it might cost him, and whatever sacrifices it might demand...
He would find a way to make everything hidden within the palace archives his own.

News of Kitezhgrad's destruction by the dark tide had once filled him with grief.
In that very instant, however, sorrow gave way to elation. He had found a chance to step beyond the game board.
The Lord of Kitezhgrad, the Domovoy Grand Duke who governed the mines, would inevitably be consumed by the task of building the new capital.
Hurry, hurry! He had to stand before the new sovereign upon the throne before anyone else could.
Through the intercession of a fellow Domovoy in the Tsaritsa's service, he was finally granted an audience.

What price he paid during that audience is known only to the handful who stood within the chamber.
Thus, when Grand Duke Alvis returned from Novokitezhgrad, he discovered that the Energy Commission already had a new master.
"You have always been cautious. Her Majesty the Tsaritsa has been merciless toward the faes who once held true power in the old court..."
"That is why you needed the construction of Novokitezhgrad to serve as the cornerstone of your standing in the new regime."
"But I... Izmaylov. Ordinary. Insignificant. A pitiful kinsman, looked down upon by you..."
"To uncover what your lies have buried, I have never needed the luxury of such restraint."

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Heart of the Furnace Artifacts Flower of Life Foundryman's Conjecture Plume of Death Foundryman's Observation Sands of Eon Foundryman's Calculus Goblet of Eonothem Foundryman's Magnanimity Circlet of Logos Foundryman's Legacy