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Cathedral of the Sword [41x23] (Patreon)

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2022-11-23 16:56:37

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2023-10

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The Cathedral

The Creed of the Sword is full of symbols. They believe in war as a lifestyle and pray the Sword as a symbol of redemption.
They worship war in the Cathedrals of the Sword, cruciform buildings made to last hundreds of years and which layout is shaped as a sword, as it is the relic that will guide them to salvation.
These cathedrals are used to pray, to pay respects to their fallen soldiers or to listen to the leaders teachings.

The symbols

Ground level:
This level means life.
The shape of the entire cathedral is a sword.
The red carpet means blood and life.
The entrance is always facing east (sunrise) and the tip of the sword facing west (sunset), so the gods will help them wield their weapons and face darkness.
All soldiers listen to the psalms sitting along the blade.
At the tip of the sword the leader offer their teachings and leads them to war.
They respect death and aknowledge it as a part of life. There is a sarcophagus behind the leader, which will be their tomb.
The blood tree grows in the middle, also meaning life and prosperity.
Before reaching the blade, they must walk next to the crypt entrance, to remember them that death is also a part of life.

Crypt level:
This underground level means death.
The carpet is now black, the color of death.
The sword has no handle, because they can not wield the weapon anymore and they must embrace death.
The blade is full of tombs for the followers where the benches should be.
At the end, where the leader should be, it is now their tomb, where they rest for eternity.
When the current leader dies they replace the tomb with the new one and place the skeleton of the previous one inside the semicircle where all the blood tree roots grow. Same thing happens with the rest of the warriors, so the tree feeds from the death of the soldiers.

The Cathedral of the Sword is inspired by the Christian churches and cathedrals floor plans, where in most cases when looked at from above it takes the shape of a Latin cross, but now it's a sword. Also they usually face east too.