The Curiositorium – A Brief Guide
How It Got Its Name
The Curiositorium was named by Professor Thaddeus Cogglepotts himself. He said his workshop was “too curious to be a laboratory, and too alive to be a museum.”
Everyone who visited agreed!
With moving shelves, walking blueprints, wandering inventions, and objects that refused to stay still, the place needed a name as strange and wonderful as it was.
So it became The Curiositorium—a home for curiosity, wonder, and wild imagination.
Who Works There
Even though it’s mostly Professor Cogglepotts’ workshop, the Curiositorium is always full of life. Inside you might find:
Corvus the brass winged raven fluttering between shelves
Morcant Vale a vapor alchemist, studying the fog of Whimbrassel
Thalric Quill a brilliant mathematician, studying charts of timelines
Elara Cogwright an accomplished engineer and problem solver
Apprentice inventors, storytellers, and curious Gearlings often stop by to learn something new—or just to see what surprising thing appeared today!
What Makes It Magical
The Curiositorium is built on top of a powerful Aetherlight junction, which fills the whole building with creative energy. Because of this magic:
Objects sometimes wake up on their own
Blueprints redraw themselves during the night
Tools change shape depending on who uses them
Even thoughts can leave glowing trails in the air
The whole place feels like it’s buzzing with ideas waiting to be discovered.
Myths & Legends
People tell many stories about the Curiositorium, such as:
The First Curio, an ancient artifact that may be hidden somewhere inside, guiding the professor’s inventions
The Wandering Wisp, a tiny Aether spirit that likes to rearrange tools and erase chalkboards
And the rumor that the building itself is alive—breathing, learning, and dreaming through Professor Cogglepotts’ work
No one knows which legends are true… but in Whimbrassel, anything is possible.
Why It Matters in Gearinthia
The Curiositorium is known as the creative heart of the entire kingdom. This is where life-changing inventions begin, where stories find their writers, and where impossible ideas become real.
Scholars, inventors, and adventurers from all over Gearinthia look to the Curiositorium for inspiration and hope. As long as its gears keep turning and its windows glow with Aetherlight, the kingdom stays full of creativity, imagination, and endless adventure.
