The Mirror of Talmud

Brother Thomas

Rivka bat Shimon

Jakub

Rivka's Lending Room

A small chamber in Prague's Jewish quarter, its single narrow window barred against both theft and pogroms. Wooden shelves line every wall, crammed with ledger books whose spines bear generations of borrowers' names. The air smells of old paper and fear.

Jakub's Alchemical Workshop

A drafty cellar beneath a butcher's shop, lit only by candles and the mirror's impossible glow. Glass vessels line stone walls, each containing a different colored smoke that twists into human shapes when no one watches directly.