The bay is protected from incursion by an ancient dragon turtle. The great hall’s floor is a glass sheet, through which the disciples observe the tide, seeing its ebb and flow as loving gestures shared between the earth and ocean. They’ve built a massive temple on stilts, comprised of several ramada-style shelters around a central great hall. Serene Tide Pools of Sing-Lai - The tortles of this rocky bay pensively care for the tide pools here, wondering at the tender life surviving the searing sun and savage surf. The upper suites, attics, and/or towers of these out-of-the-way establishments are off-limits to all but the approved initiates who bear a very intricate geometric tattoo. The tiefling proprietors secretly transmit an esoteric wisdom tradition culled from tomes, sacred sites, and communities across the planes. Veil & Key - A chain of less-than-respectable taverns, concealing an expansive mystery cult. Any humanoid who spends at least 2 hours in a sweat here gain the effects of a greater healing potion, although they may also experience hallucinatory visions of ancestors, totemic spirits, and/or surreal landscapes. The clan shaman hosts regular sweats here, often inviting trusted guests, for reflection, shared wisdom, and purification from greed.
Their ancestors wove a great willow structure around the heat vent, and plastered it with sod, creating a wide, low hillock hiding their sacred sweat lodge. Hollow Hill - The reclusive firbolg regard the vapors from this heat vent as the breath of the earth, and revere the site for its healing properties and as a possible passage to the spirit world. The garish vestments of the clergy are orange, adorned with the holy symbol of a six-faced lantern. The only thing held firmly by the church is that all life is miraculous and sacred, and must be protected zealously. Certainty is shunned, and paradox is embraced. Like the inscrutable energy of flame, the elves believe that their god, and the volatile magic that it births, are inherently unknowable.
The long, rectangular structure is the symbolic home of the Hexune, a six-aspected deity of arcane magic, and the worship center for the cryptic wildfire elves who have adapted to these hostile environs.
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Religious dread pervades their gatherings like the smoke and incense they incorporate in their rituals, as they twine their mimicry into the “Lament of the Flightless.” Their misanthropic worship is full of secrets only intelligible to their own kind.Īrk of the Unknowable - This obsidian-walled church is surrounded by the sulfurous wastes of the holocaust swamp. The Dark Aerie of the Unkindness - Kenku from all over the city assemble by night under this rooftop cupola. The dwarven elders make elaborate heirloom headdresses, necklaces, and armbands for important ceremonies, often incorporating beads of totemic bone, sacred wood, and precious stones into their work. During the day, the coastal dwarves of this village mend nets and weave baskets and tapestries here.
In the center of the temple is a massive, ancient tree with vibrant golden leaves.ĭais of the Ancestral Spirit Guardians - This long stone platform at the center of the village is the community hub, often lit by torches at night for ritual dances patterned after the constellations. The temple features a training ground, study hall, dormitories, and chapel. Temple of the Golden Leaf - A training ground for up and coming paladins and clerics. One hundred amazing temples and monasteries that your players can make a pilgrimage to! d100
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