Refuge of Stone
| Refuge of Stone | |
|---|---|
| Related to | Canticle, Canticlite culture |
| Type | Myth |
| World of Origin | Canticle |
| Universe | Cosmere |
“It is a wild hope, these stories of a land untouched by the sun”
—Contemplation speaking of Refuge[1]
The Refuge or the Refuge of Stone is an apocryphal underground city on Canticle believed to have been created by the Sunlit Ones long ago.[2] The Sunlit Ones were said to have been able to take in the sunlight and use it rather than being destroyed and were therefore able to stay in one place long enough to build the city beneath the ground using stones that Canticle's sun cannot melt.[2] As the people on Canticle always need to be moving forward to outpace the sun, Refuge represents a sanctuary from their eternal migration.
History[edit]
Beacon's Lodestar Elegy Salvage believed the Refuge to be real and to be the most viable salvation for her people to escape the Cinder King.[3] After Elegy's capture, Zeal leads a team of Beaconites to steal the Cinder King's Scadrian authorization key believing it to be a key to the Refuge which the Cinder King had found and kept for himself.[4] Nomad, knowing that the key actually belongs to a Scadrian research facility agrees to to lead the Beaconites to the door and open it for them. Nomad attempts to tell the Beaconites that the door does not lead to Refuge but he is rebuffed.[2][5]