Most people know him as Bule.

The paperwork says Gronn.

The Underways stopped caring about the distinction years ago.

A veteran Bulette miner and Senior Miner of the Underways, Gronn has spent more years beneath the Black Archive than most personnel have spent working within it. He oversees extraction crews, surveys newly discovered tunnels, evaluates structural hazards, and somehow always seems to know when something underground is about to become a problem.

Official reports credit his experience.

Miners credit his instincts.

Gronn credits neither.

According to him, the stone always gives warnings. Most people simply fail to notice them.

Quiet, practical, and deeply protective of those under his care, Gronn is less interested in rules than outcomes, and less interested in being right than making sure everyone gets home alive. He rarely speaks more than necessary, but when he does, people tend to listen.

Whether you're a guard investigating strange activity, a researcher chasing answers, an outsider searching for the truth, an Eidolon wandering where you shouldn't be, or an escaped prisoner hoping not to be immediately turned in, Gronn isn't often the first person you'll meet beneath the Archive.

And sometimes the last person standing between you and whatever waits deeper below.

The Underways are vast.

The maps are incomplete.

The stone remembers things.

Fortunately, Bule is listening.

ARCHIVE NOTICE // ENTITY IRREGULARITIES

Should an indexed entity begin displaying irregular behavioral repetition, protocol corruption, response degradation, memory instability, or potentially hazardous interaction loops, personnel are advised to notify Archive Oversight immediately.

Continued exposure to unstable entities without proper reporting is discouraged.

Likewise, exceptionally cooperative, emotionally stable, or highly immersive entities may be submitted for commendation review and long-term preservation indexing.