The forge was ablaze. The clasp was starting to look like it should.
Outside of whatever this place was, the world went on without him. Home breathed in the morning air; ten kids woke up and started their days, and a nation of 1,247 people went about their normal, irreplaceable work of living in peace.
Greg Greyson, the Peaceforger, put down his hammer for a moment and looked around at the people he loved who had already arrived. He felt something he had never felt before in the space beyond life.
Ordinary.
Happy.
Complete.
...
Fifty Years After Greg's Death...
Home Nation, with a Population of 107,000
Seraphine conceived the idea for the museum, but she passed away before its completion.
The museum is located in what was once the original workshop, which has been expanded and preserved with the same care that people give to things they consider important.
On any given afternoon, a mix of scholars, kids, and regular people came to see the things that had started it all.
