Pilgrim’s Reach

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Temple of Quiet Devotion

“You need not see the divine to be seen by it.”

High in the unforgiving embrace of the Whitescar Mountains, where breath clouds the air and the sky itself feels closer than the ground below, stands a monument of reverence and wonder — a temple unlike any other. Carved from the mountain’s own marble bones and inlaid with veins of silver and gold, the Pilgrims Reach rises like a promise kept between mortals and the divine. Its presence alone is humbling: immense, radiant, and untouched by time, it is a place of pilgrimage, of devotion, and of sacred challenge.

The structure is circular in design, perched on a plateau of stone so smooth and pristine it seems the gods themselves polished it. Its vast dome towers overhead, crowned by a twelve-pointed oculus that opens to the heavens. Through it, daylight spills in like liquid gold, casting shifting patterns across the sanctified floors. On the darkest nights, starlight and snow find their way through the opening, bathing the interior in a cold, celestial glow. 

The heart of the temple is a vast atrium where silence carries more power than any sermon. Its floor is a great mosaic, crafted of countless tiles of glass, stone, and crystal, depicting the Twelve Gods entwined in harmony — their forms abstract and eternal, their aspects intertwined. Pillars circle the hall, each carved in the likeness of a god, their symbols set in precious metal, their eyes seeming to follow all who pass beneath. Around this sacred space, twelve shrines radiate outward in perfect symmetry, each a space wholly devoted to a single god, and each different as fire is from ice. Each shrine is tended individually — twelve in total — whose members have dedicated their lives to the rites and customs of their chosen deity. They tend the flames, fill the pools, sweep the mosaics, and keep the rituals alive, welcoming all who come to seek the gods’ presence. Pilgrims often spend days, sometimes weeks, dwelling within the temple, visiting each shrine in turn, offering their prayers, their burdens, and their awe.

Cost of Construction:

Level 1:  7 Myths | 11 Saga | 36 Faith | 5 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike | 1 Signature of 1 Priest of Each God

Level 2: 7 Myths | 11 Saga | 120 Faith | 10 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike | 5 Signature of 1 Priest of Each God

Level 3: 10 Legends | 10 Saga | 360 Faith | 50 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike | 1 Ritual with a Handsel

LOCATION: VALDRAETH – Whitescar Mountains (Andheim City)

Unique Build Code: BG.RB.31

Contributions so far:

Aisling SilvertongueValdraeth1 Myth, 2 Faith
The People of ElandraFaith Contribution from the people479 Faith
Isolde the GentleValdraeth5 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike
Aisling SilvertongueValdraeth2 Myths, 9 Sagas, 2 Faith
Aisling SilvertongueValdraeth2 Sagas. 9 Faith
Valentin “Der Welpe” BergknechtHammerstadt2 Faith
Hans WardHammerstadt4 Faith
Birger the Blooms-WardThe Wonder1 Faith
Ludo Jean BakerHammerstadt1 Myth
Brother Ambrosius of the Sanctum FraternitusKairos1 Myth
Cadmus of the Sanctum FraternitusKairos1 Myth
Niklaus FaithsmithHammerstadt3 Faith
EncoreAvereaux3 Faith
Sabas “Snorri” D’Aurore De Fortuna TeciadaPortavas6 Faith
Vigilant-Watch-In-The-DarknessSyradonia1 Myth
YugisiaValdraeth4 Faith
Dredge HammersmithValdraeth1 Faith
REMAINING BALANCE (Level 1)FULLY FUNDED
The People of ValdraethValdraeth4 Myths
REMAINING BALANCE (Level 2)3 Myths, 11 Sagas, 10 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike
REMAINING BALANCE (Level 3)10 Legends, 10 Sagas, 50 Gentle Touch Elemental Strike

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