White Willows pt11

The City of White Willows

Avenue of the Holies

This street is the center of religious life in White Willows. A large temple of the All-Gods dominates here, along with specific temples to the All-Gods Solus, Mortuna, and Crom. Val Verdis has an ‘urban grove’ here as well. The New-Gods are represented by a Church of the Light Bringer and a Sanguine Temple.

Temple of the All-Gods

This large building is filled with hundreds of tiny shrines and small booths in various states of upkeep. The most popular All-Gods are well kept with candles and donations, while more obscure and unpopular All-Gods are covered in dust. In addition to being a place of worship the temple operates a number of other services including a funeral parlor, soup kitchen, and religious counseling.

Temple of Solus

This building looks like the child between a stain glass window and a greenhouse. Large iconography of suns and large sweeping rays are built into the glass structure. Mirrors on the lawn are adjusted hourly to pour light into the building. Services are held a dawn, noon, and sundown. Temple also pays bounties for quashing cultist activates.

Shrine of Mortuna

This small stone building is centered upon a fully clothed skeleton in the garb of Mortuna. Many candles and offers line the floor of this building. The priests and priestesses make sure to change the skeletons outfits at the beginning of every month to the appropriate color for the season and month. While there is no specific worship time (as fate and death can strike at any time) there is almost always at least one worshiper at the shrine at any given time. The shrine also sells many materials to make home based shrines.

Temple of Crom

This wooden building is very plain and looks (and smells) more like a sweat soaked beer hall that a holy site. Devotes of Crom can be found lifting weights and saying devotionals in-between sets here at any time of day. Every weekend the temple gets cleared out to host games of strength like arm wrestling, tug of war, and caber tossing. Food and drink sales from the games go directly to the temple and Crom’s followers.

Church of the Light Bringer

This tall stone tower looks like a square light house with a bonfire at the top. Despite being closed to non-worshipers the light on the top is always lit. The Temple of Solus complains at least once a week to the town guard about the ‘false light’ and why it is a nuisance and a fire hazard.

Sanguine Temple

This building is known less for its religious usage and more for its attached bakery. The scent of its fresh baked goods intermingle with the incense from the other shrines giving the Avenue of the Holies its unique smell.

Father Jamillo

While not a temple this small brightly painted home is covered in charms and wind chimes is located on the Avenue of the Holies and is home to a ‘miracle working and healer’ - Father Jamillo. This old man with his wide brimmed straw hat, knowing smile, and scarred nose is associated with thousands of miracles, from healing, clairvoyance, levitation, exorcism, and stranger things. More skeptical individuals might say that his ‘folk magic’ is just herbalism and alchemy with a touch of the arcane but the old man has been able to cure things that no medicine or wizard could. He also does not ‘set off’ Detect Magic or Detect Divine.

Botanicas

Many small shops selling medicines, religious paraphernalia, statuary, amulets, charms, oils, incense, perfumes and potions fill in the gaps between the temples and street preachers. These are commonly referred to as Botanicas and are there to fulfill the material needs of the spiritual.

The Street Preachers

Found in the street and on the sidewalks of the Avenue of the Holies are numerous preachers, prophets, madmen, conspiracy theorists, philosophers. They mostly spout theological non-sense like how the world is ending or that real life is a simulation or that they are just pawns in a game. They follow people when the guard is not looking and harass them until they donate or are told off.

Pigs in a Barrel

This is the only bar on the Avenue of the Holies. All of its furniture is made from old wine barrels and most of its clientele are clerics and worshipers from the avenue. The barkeep thinks that the gods are all magic-using condemn and has open disdain for most religions but will serve their members regardless, as long as they have coin. His distance has made the tavern a neutral ground on the avenue, no theological debate or divine pageantry is allowed inside.

Temple Services

The following services can be bought from most temples on the Avenue of the Holies. Worshipers are given a discount pertaining to their standing in the church. Resurrection services are not offered by the temples. Not publicly anyway.

Temple Services

Spell	Cost
Cure (HD+CON hp)	50gp
Cure Disease	150gp
Remove Curse	150gp
Neutralize Poison	280gp