Johann/Story

Johann encounters Myne when she needed a diptych and stylus crafted, which the former bombarded her with questions on, but she was more than happy to answer them.

When Myne began creating picture books, she ordered precision knives for cutting paper into stencils.

When leherls come of age in the Smithing Guild, they must pass a test to be recognized as an adult. Failure would result in the nullification of their leherl contract along with the demotion to a lehange position. Due to his finicky personality, the only patron who returned and could assign him a task for his test was Myne. She decided to give him the tall task of forging fifty of each vowel and twenty of each consonant letter types from the thirty-five letter alphabet language. Upon completion of the task over the winter season, Johann presented the letter types to Myne who gave him the title of 'Gutenberg'. His coworkers would go on to tease him as 'Gutenberg' till it stuck as a nickname.

Just when he thought he was free from making letter types, Myne would go on to order symbol letter types as well as varying font sizes. She also orders an iron (the tool used for clothes), mimeography stylus, and a mimeograph. When he learned that most of Myne's orders are related to printing, did he truly understand that he would forever be a "Gutenberg", and wept tears of joy. Only when she orders small bells for stuffed animals, or diptychs, did he enjoy a short respite from the monotony of forging letter types.

In the spring after Lady Rozemyne's third year at the Royal Academy, Johann is schedules to accompany her to Kirnberger to aid in the establishment of local workshops. At the meeting discussing the preparations for the trip, Rozemyne grants Zack, Heidi and Josef permission to sit this one out due to Zack getting married this summer and Heidi being pregnant with her second child. The need to send replacement from their respective workshops gives Rozemyne the idea of using this opportunity to foster the next generation of craftspeople and thus she requests all her Gutenbergs bring their chosen disciples or successors.

Johann is also engaged, but unlike with Zack, his bride-to-be - the granddaughter of his workshop's foreman - isn't of age yet and thus he will only have his starbinding in two years at the earliest, leaving him free to attend.

While some of the other Gutenbergs chose to remain behind in Ehrenfest and send their disciples in their stead, Johann chooses to go together with his successor Danilo.

After her third year at the Royal Academy completes, Lady Rozemyne informs her Gutenbergs that she will almost asuredly have to leave Ehrenfest in the spring of next year. Unlike most nobles, she leaves the decision of whether the commoners wish to come with her, or remain in Ehrenfest to them, rather than commanding them.

Johann is initially unsure about moving, since he is engaged to the granddaughter of his foreman. As it turns out however, this woman is far more interested in Danilo, due to him being much more open and approachable than Johann. With Johann only having Lady Rozemyne as a patron, his foreman isn't particularly hopefull for Johann's future away from her and this is much more in favour of him leaving with Lady Rozemyne and marrying his granddaughter to Danilo, who has several patrons in Ehrenfest, and making him the successor of the workshop.

This leads Johann to decide to move to Rozemyne's new home. While he is glad to be able to follow her, the way the whole affair went, still leaves him quite depressed.

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