The Amber Monolith

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The Amber Monolith
Author(s)	Monte Cook
Publisher	Monte Cook Games
Published	August, 2012
Pages	18
Format	PDF

The Amber Monolith is a short story set in the Numenera universe, written by Monte Cook. It is the first Numenera book and the first short story set in the Ninth World to be released, and is freely available at the Numenera website.

The Amber Monolith presents itself has an in-universe book, the Sacred Chronicle of High Father Calaval, with only a selected number of chapters. It narrates the adventure of Calaval and his exploration of the Amber Monolith.

Appearances

Characters:

• Amber Pope (first appearance - only mentioned)
  • Calaval (first appearance)
• Doroa of the Silent Song (first appearance - only mentioned)

Locations:

• Citadel of the Conduit (first appearance - only mentioned)
• Ninth World (first appearance)
  • Cloudridge (first appearance - only mentioned)
  • Plain of the Brick (first appearance)
    • Amber Monolith (first appearance)

Organisations:

• Aeon Priests (first appearance - only mentioned)
• Order of Truth (first appearance - only mentioned)

Species:

• Human

Creatures:

• Thuman (first appearance)
  • Feddik (first appearance)

Technology:

• Numenera (first appearance)
  • Cyphers (first appearance)
  • Datasphere (first appearance - only mentioned)
  • Iron Wind (first appearance)

Culture:

• Sacred Chronicle of High Father Calaval (first appearance)

Astronomy:

• Sun (first appearance)

External links

• Numenera - The Amber Monolith