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The story of The Golden Compass (also known as Northern Lights ) follows , a spirited and deceptive young girl living in a parallel Oxford where human souls exist outside the body as animal companions called dæmons . The Call to Adventure

Lyra travels further to find Lord Asriel, believing he needs the alethiometer to defeat the oppressive Magisterium (the Church). However, she learns too late that Asriel actually needs the energy released from severing a child's dæmon to rip open a bridge to another world. Asriel sacrifices Roger to create this portal. The Golden Compass

Devastated by the loss of her friend but determined to find the source of Dust and stop the Magisterium, Lyra and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, walk through the portal into an unknown universe. The story of The Golden Compass (also known