Post by Father on Feb 25, 2024 1:46:48 GMT 1
A seven sided domed building of black marble with arched windows, The Starry Sept is nearly as large as The Great Sept of Baelor, the building towers above the roofs of Oldtown. A wide marble plaza stretches out before the entrance. Once the seat of the High Septon and the holy orders for over a thousand years, the sept itself is the centerpiece of a compound of a myriad of buildings, including a Motherhouse, a septry, the buildings that once were the main chapterhouses of The Swords and Stars now having been turned to other purposes. Below the compounds there are crypts where the High Septons of old lies buried, along with generations of Hightowers, archmaesters and merchants making suitably large donations.
Built into each corner, a statue of one aspect to the seven towers before a dedicated altar, friezes and stained glass windows line the walls, with numerous gateways to other parts, three of the sides extends into separate chapels, each a miniature of the larger room, each grander than but a handful of septs anywhere else in the realms, each of these have a further three such chapels, suitable for those seeking solitude for contemplation. Other doors leads to stairs down into the crypts and catacombs and tunnels supposedly connecting all the buildings that make up the Faith's city within the city. Others leads upwards to what once were the apartments and offices of the High Septon can be found. Narrow stairs, used for workmen during construction and for maintenance are also said to run through the structure all the way to the lantern at the top of the dome. Venturing up there would surely offer a breathtaking view, if anyone were so allowed.
Many pilgrims come for the reliquary, by far the most impressive in the world, The Sept of Baelor have received more recent donations, but cannot boast of such splendid items as The Warrior's Sword, The Crone's Lantern and The Maiden's veil. Thought to be part of a set of items left behind by The Seven themselves, one for each, although The Seven Pointed Star makes no mention of such things, or of sacred relics at all, the stories and legends are ancient, The Father's Scales and The Smith's Hammer are believed lost in the doom of Valyria, some even suggesting that the capture of these as trophies by the incestuous heathens brought the punishment of The Gods upon them. The whereabouts of the Mother's Chalice is unknown, stolen by the children of the forest is the most popular myth. Finally, the stranger's staff is commonly accepted to never be found, an unassuming piece of wood that will serve one traveler after another, none ever suspecting that what they hold is anything more than what it appears to be.
Built into each corner, a statue of one aspect to the seven towers before a dedicated altar, friezes and stained glass windows line the walls, with numerous gateways to other parts, three of the sides extends into separate chapels, each a miniature of the larger room, each grander than but a handful of septs anywhere else in the realms, each of these have a further three such chapels, suitable for those seeking solitude for contemplation. Other doors leads to stairs down into the crypts and catacombs and tunnels supposedly connecting all the buildings that make up the Faith's city within the city. Others leads upwards to what once were the apartments and offices of the High Septon can be found. Narrow stairs, used for workmen during construction and for maintenance are also said to run through the structure all the way to the lantern at the top of the dome. Venturing up there would surely offer a breathtaking view, if anyone were so allowed.
Many pilgrims come for the reliquary, by far the most impressive in the world, The Sept of Baelor have received more recent donations, but cannot boast of such splendid items as The Warrior's Sword, The Crone's Lantern and The Maiden's veil. Thought to be part of a set of items left behind by The Seven themselves, one for each, although The Seven Pointed Star makes no mention of such things, or of sacred relics at all, the stories and legends are ancient, The Father's Scales and The Smith's Hammer are believed lost in the doom of Valyria, some even suggesting that the capture of these as trophies by the incestuous heathens brought the punishment of The Gods upon them. The whereabouts of the Mother's Chalice is unknown, stolen by the children of the forest is the most popular myth. Finally, the stranger's staff is commonly accepted to never be found, an unassuming piece of wood that will serve one traveler after another, none ever suspecting that what they hold is anything more than what it appears to be.