Ten Noble Estates

The ten Noble Estates are located in the Cirque of the Moon, the innermost ring of Celephaïs. Each of the nine Greek Muses have their own Hall (provided with stage or other facility appropriate to that Muse). The tenth is the Hall of Drax, which is an immense library.

There is no resident staff, but there is almost always one or more employees (paid by the King) on premises.

The nine Muses are:

• Calliope (epic poetry)
• Clio (history)
• Euterpe (flutes and music)
• Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry)
  The walls and floor are covered with earth-toned agate
• Melpomene (tragedy)
  The entire building is built of black onyx.
• Terpsichore (dance)
• Erato (love poetry and lyric poetry)
• Polyhymnia (sacred poetry)
  The building is made of iridescent crystal, with crystalline prisms projecting skyward on top.
• Urania (astronomy)

The House of Drax is an imposing marble building in the Graeco-Roman tradition.