Firefly Library

Firefly Library

Firefly Library is the headquarters of the Mewnistry house of House Firefly. It is the cultural center and learning center of the Butterfly Queendom. It is located to the Northeast of Butterfly Castle.

### History

The Firefly Library was constructed by Hemera Butterfly the builder to be the headquarters for her newly created house of House Firefly. It was constructed on a area called the Clearing of Fireflies, which many fireflies gathered at night lighting the area. Hemera would then go on to store her 50,000 books she received from Elfendor Interdimensional University. The library would then go to collect many books, records, and documents, and many more.

Over the years personal records from Estelaria Butterfly, Polaria Butterfly, and Cosmica Butterfly were stored here.

200 AM, during the reign of Festivia Butterfly the Firefly Library caught fire. This fire destroyed around 20,000 books and other historical records. However the stone structure was not damaged.

217 AM Asteria Butterfly visited the forbidden section of the Library, only accessible by the Butterfly Royal Family and House Firefly, where she found records damaged by the Fire of 200. While there she met her future husband Orion Firefly.

Skywynne Butterfly would visit Firefly Library many times. On a trip there she found a record by Polaria Butterfly, which stated that the Ancient Mewnian Empire used glyph to channel magic. She used one of the glyphs to create a security system for the library. She used an hourglass glyph, which would trap a thief in a time loop until they gave up.

During the reign of Luna Butterfly and her desire to hide the history of her mother Eclipsa Butterfly, she ordered the renovation of an underground extension of the Firefly Library, the deepest point. This area is known as the Mewnian Secret Archive. This area was constructed with walls of thick concrete blocks with pixtopian shards to inhibit magic and transformidian crystals to prevent the use of dimensional portals in the area as well as ophidian steel filaments, one of the strongest metals. This area would hold all documents written or about the Butterfly Royal Family and is only accessible to the Butterfly Royal Family.

Celena Butterfly would then place all the documents in the Mewnian Secret Archive in devices known as crypexs, which is a small canister with a document inside wrapped around a small bottle of vinegar. The cryptex would require a code to open and if it was attempted to be broken open the bottle of vinegar would break, destroying the document inside.

### Structure

The Firefly Library is a 656 foot tall tower made of stone, making it the tallest structure from ground level in the Butterfly Queendom. It has multiple levels each with shelves of documents and books. At the top is a light that is a large stack on hay which thousands of fireflies live, lighting the hay. Under the tower are many levels of basement, most of which are storage and also houses the Mewnian Secret Archive. This area was constructed with walls of thick concrete blocks with pixtopian shards to inhibit magic and transformidian crystals to prevent the use of dimensional portals in the area as well as ophidian steel filaments, one of the strongest metals. The tower has very few windows to prevent document from being destroyed due to age.

Connected to the tower by a raised bridge is the Firefly Manor. The Firefly Manor is the residences of the House Firefly. It is a structure raised off the ground by a mound of dirt. It is a rectangular building with a smaller building on top with two adjoining towers.