The Temple of Tiranoc (Zos Ayvra Monastery)

[Hiro Ayami]

The Temple of Tiranoc (Zos Ayvra Monastery):

Deep within the kingdom of Tiranoc’s territory lays the Temple of Tiranoc, the main temple of the country and something nearly as important to the country as its revenge. Constructed amidst the ruins of the former Tiranocian monastery, Zos Ayvra, the Temple of Tiranoc serves as the grounds for Tiranoc’s most well-known monastery and holy grounds. Designed with nature and the environment around it in mind, the temple was a simple recreation of the ancient ruins long ago razed by war. Winding pillars resembling thick white vines wrapped around each other reach towards the sky, a symbol of their faith to the gods. The thick walls of the temple recede into the ground around it, perfectly integrated with the ruins utilised as a base support. The thick wooden doors of the temple remain open during the day to who ever so desires to pay homage to the gods, closed only at night or in the most extreme cases. Inside of the temple on the main floor is a simple altar of the gods haloed by a specifically placed blue stained glass, giving off a faint blue that comforts any weary traveler in its light.

Further back into the temple and onto the second floor lays their most frequently used texts and scriptures, as well as the kingdom’s history. This extensive library offers a huge abundance of knowledge gathered over the years since the temple was reconstructed. Often historians will stop by the temple simply for access to its library as well for prayers of protection to the god Odin. In the furthest back of the temple lays a guarded passage way leading below the earth and into the ruins on which the temple was recreated. In these depths lay the monasteries forbidden texts, unknown information of which only the temples original creators possess. The only one known to have ventured there is the head monk whom since then has placed a barrier enchantment on the area as well as enforced entry into the place.

Outside and around the temple, also build up from the ruins and restored, lays the monastery grounds. A holy place where monks, priests, and priestess’s come from around Tiranoc to learn the teachings of the holy ways and how to better attune themselves to the gods.

The monastery was established several years later than the temple, thus its population is quite small though slowly growing as the year’s progress. True to its nature, students of the monastery specialise in healing magic as well as herbal medication. Students are also free from the general thought of revenge most of Tiranocians possess, most of them dedicated to their teachings, and the ideals they represent.