Noren Workshop

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Noren Workshop (诺伦工坊)
Affiliation	Star Ring Federation 35 241
Occupation/Role	Multiplanar wizard organization; academy network, research power, and military force
Status	Active 778
First Appearance	Chapter 20

Background / History

Noren Workshop is a mid-tier wizard force within the Star Ring Federation, governing multiple planes and operating a large network of Noren Academies. Its founder is the Level 8 Archwizard Wizard Noren, a top-tier alchemist whose name is synonymous with the organization. 20 35 371

The Workshop developed along the Logistics Department’s orthodox path. Alchemy, runology, and magic potions became its three core disciplines, although it also maintains substantial Combat Department forces. 3 372 466

Its academy system trains apprentices under binding contracts: graduates who reach formal Level 1 Wizard are required to serve on plane battlefields, while the contracts also prohibit betrayal of Wizard Civilization. 35 130

During a period of rapid expansion, the Workshop began establishing new academies and sending selected talent to pioneer new plane clusters. Eloria was converted into Noren Plane 147 after nearly a thousand years of transformation and construction, formally integrating it into the Workshop’s core territorial system. 286 325

Organization

Academy Network

Noren Workshop oversees more than a hundred Noren Academies. These academies recruit and educate apprentices, conduct graduation trials, select elite candidates, and supply personnel for expansion, research, and warfare. 86 286

• Noren Academy No. 1 — The Workshop’s headquarters academy, located on its core headquarters plane. 369
• Noren Academy No. 13 — A stronger mid-tier academy that sent elite apprentices to the Workshop’s general examination. 86
• Noren Academy No. 147 — Established on the former Eloria Plane as an expansion outpost and talent-training base. 144 325

Departments

Department	Function
Logistics Department	Creation, research, alchemy, rune work, potion-making, construction, and support. 3 149 372
Combat Department	Power, conquest, battlefield operations, and direct military action. 3 466

Elite Selection

The Workshop uses academy trials to identify and cultivate talent. Only the top tenth of graduates qualify for subsequent elite screening, while successful candidates may be sent to developing plane clusters or recruited into specialized units. 286

Wizard Noren later announced the Elite Development Program, which formed Elite Combat Units from the accumulated talent selected through the Workshop’s Elite Trials. 324 325

Headquarters

Noren Workshop’s headquarters occupies an entire transformed plane. Its central city consists of floating platforms, energy conduits, kilometer-high rune spires, orbital laboratories, training spaces, and large-scale teleportation infrastructure. 86

The headquarters combines magical and technological systems on a vast scale.

• Skyscrapers, floating vehicles, autonomous mechanical constructs, and energy-force-field transport networks are integrated into daily operations. 368
• An enormous space station hangs above the headquarters city. 368
• Core planes have achieved universal wizard aptitude among their human populations, producing an exceptionally large base of apprentices and formal wizards. 368
• Noren Academy No. 1 serves as both an academy and the faction’s headquarters. 369

Research and Infrastructure

Noren Workshop prioritizes knowledge, results, and practical application over ceremonies or honors. Its research systems include task-assessment centers, shared knowledge repositories, logistics services, and the Magic Network. 20 140 363

Materials and Artifact Research

The Workshop receives materials from conquered and newly invaded planes, then subjects them to rigorous testing to determine their properties, grades, and possible applications. 20

Its Magic Network records specialized runes and wizardry models, allowing wizards to identify and develop new spell structures through the organization’s knowledge database. 161

Construction Capacity

The Workshop’s Logistics Department can construct and reinforce battlefield infrastructure even during active combat. During the war against the Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence, hundreds of thousands of logistics wizards continuously expanded a steel-fortress defensive line under enemy attack. 472 479

A typical fortress incorporated layered composite materials:

• Energy-absorbing honeycomb inner structures.
• Self-repairing memory-metal middle layers.
• Hardened, anti-magic alloy outer layers. 472

Economy and Resources

Noren Workshop uses an internal point system for resources and knowledge. Its points can be exchanged within the Workshop, while Military Merit—issued by the Star Ring Federation or Star Track Tribunal—has wider purchasing power across Wizard Civilization. 71

Currency	Scope	Exchange Relationship
Noren Workshop points	Internal Workshop use	Roughly 10 points per unit of low-tier Military Merit by resource value. 71
Low-tier Military Merit	Star Ring Federation	Used across the Federation. 71
High-tier Military Merit	Major Wizard Civilization factions	Issued by the Star Track Tribunal for broader exchanges. 71

The Workshop’s control of numerous planes provides a steady supply of resources, including rare materials and high-value planar assets. 20 237

Military Operations

Plane Warfare

The Workshop expands through interplanar warfare and requires qualified academy graduates to undertake frontline service. Its forces conduct invasions, establish outposts, administer conquered planes, and develop new academies in secured territories. 3 35 144 286

During the Eloria trial, apprentices were tasked with helping break a battlefield stalemate; their contributions determined their share of permanent ownership rights in the plane. 89

Purification Protocol

After discovering the conceptual contamination associated with the Fungus Lord, Wizard Noren ordered the Purification Protocol. The Workshop destroyed the Triangle Plane Cluster and spent fifty years eliminating potentially contaminated civilizations and remnants. 322

War Against the Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence

The advancement of Grand Mentor Anton Buchanan to Level 8 disrupted the regional balance of power, prompting a coordinated war against the Tower of Silence and Chaos Cult. 450

Noren Workshop entered the conflict at a numerical disadvantage:

Force	Noren Workshop	Opposing Coalition
Level 8 Wizards	2	2
Level 7 Wizards	Slightly over 400	Over 500
Level 6 Wizards	Fewer than 7,000	Over 10,000
Overall troop strength	—	Approximately 1.5–1.8 times Noren Workshop’s 465

Its million-strong wizard army was divided into twelve battle groups, each containing ten brigades of ten squads. A basic squad comprised ten thousand Level 3–5 wizards, several Level 6 wizards, and at least one Level 7 commander. 472

Noren Workshop relied on defensive fortresses, composite barrier arrays, logistics construction, traps, and coordinated counteroffensives to stall for time and protect its hidden trump card. 465 472 479

Following the war, the Workshop assumed control over former Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence planes as part of the defeated factions’ territorial concessions. 540

Governance

Noren Workshop governs its territory through a centralized structure in which the Workshop serves as the core and academy-led plane clusters retain limited autonomy. In critical matters, all subordinate territories follow unified Workshop command. 540

Its stated model treats ordinary people and wizards as equal in race and personhood, though wizards hold greater practical status due to their power. Wizards assigned to local territories generally serve fixed-term protective or administrative missions rather than hereditary rule. 540

Relationships

• Star Ring Federation — Superior faction; oversees broader strategic policy, Military Merit systems, and coordination between wizard powers. 35 71 324
• Wizard Noren — Level 8 founder, legendary alchemist, and supreme figure within the Workshop’s lineage. 322 371 372
• Grand Mentor Anton Buchanan — Wizard Noren’s disciple; his advancement to Level 8 gave the Workshop a second Level 8 wizard. 372 450
• Tower of Silence — Former neighboring partner and later wartime enemy; lost territory to Noren Workshop after defeat. 450 540
• Chaos Cult — Former neighboring partner and later wartime enemy; lost territory to Noren Workshop after defeat. 450 540
• Noren Academies — Educational and administrative institutions that train apprentices, select elites, and govern affiliated planes. 86 286 325