The Upper Halls

Location from Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The cloud-halls of the House — marble galleries so high that weather forms inside them, where albatrosses wheel through mist and fresh water condenses on ancient stone.

Also known as: The Cloud Halls, The Bird Halls

What They Know

• Primary fresh water source — condensation gathers in pools and runs down staircases in thin streams
• The albatrosses nest here and Piranesi has learned their patterns: when they breed, when they fish, when they return
• The clouds that drift through these halls behave like real weather — they form, move, precipitate, and dissipate according to patterns Piranesi has attempted to chart
• The highest halls Piranesi has reached still show more staircases going up — the House has no known ceiling

Connections

• part_of — the_house
• nesting_ground_of — the_albatrosses
• visited_by — piranesi

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