Millenium Gate

First Appearance and Context

The Millenium Gate is referenced during a winding of the great clock within the Mynster. As the narrator describes the clockworks housed in the Præsidium, four auxiliary weights are noted: a cube (for the Year Gate), an octahedron (for the Decade Gate), a dodecahedron (for the century gate), and an icosahedron that governs the millenium gates.

Structure and Features

• Clock-driven portal: The gate is part of the Mynster’s clock system. Its actuation is tied to an icosahedron-shaped weight that rides on rails fixed to one of the Præsidium’s pillars. Each time the clock is wound, this auxiliary weight rises slightly; over long spans, it descends to trigger its gate-opening function.
• Cycle: The text indicates a millennial cadence—hence “millenium”—placing it alongside other periodic gates (yearly and decadal). Specific mechanical details of the gate’s leaves, portal location, or passage are not described in detail.
• Integration: All auxiliary weights connect into the same network of chains, sprockets, shafts, and escapements that drive the clock and its add‑ons. The Ita are known to clean and inspect these mechanisms.

Relationships and Functions

• Part of the Mynster’s great clock: The gate belongs to the same system that opens the Year Gate and Decade Gate, with all three coordinated by the works anchored in the Præsidium.
• Maintenance and oversight: The Ita are responsible for cleaning and inspecting the clockworks that couple to the auxiliary weights and gates. The gate’s broader ceremonial or practical use is not yet explained in the text; only its timing relationship to the clock is described.

Current Status

At the time described, the icosahedron weight associated with the millenium gates stands about seven‑tenths of the way up its track, indicating that the millennial opening is not imminent. No recent activation of the Millenium Gate is recorded in the available text.