Mosque of Bountiful Jisan
High Priest Imam Moral is assisted by 16 associates, 90 clerical brethren, and 170 lay brethren. This is perhaps the most lavish of the mosques, for the brethren of the bountiful own many properties throughout the city. Jisan preaches success through hard work, and her followers include many wellto- do merchants and successful traders.
The worshipers' area is filled with many valuable tapestries, statues, and other signs of wealth. Quarters for the high priests are lavish, and most of the clerical brethren have houses or estates to which they return after services. The mosque also contains a vault, where a treasure worth hundreds of thousands of dinars rests. It is ably guarded by a dao and a tasked guardian genie, as well as many priestly glyphs.
This is the mosque of the merchant, and the clerical brethren all possess skills in merchandising and haggling. It is possible to get a loan from the mosque of Jisan, but the applicant had better have good security and plenty of references. Imam Moral himself owns over 50 houses and businesses in Huzuz, and he is one of the richest persons in Huzuz.
The mosque also is one of the most expensive in Huzuz. Visitors are expected to make a donation, and it really should be a golden donation. No one is refused entry, but seating at the services is in direct proportion to the amount of one's donation.
The services consist of songs and prayers, and close with the bounty of Jisan. First the presiding priest summons rain so all of the faithful are at least moistened. Then servants bring in wine and foods suitable for a feast. It is considered bad form to stuff oneself at the feast, It is proper to eat a small amount, and to take some fruit to give to a beggar on the way home. This is said to return the fruit to your table a thousandfold. It does make the mosque a popular place with the hungry near the close of services.
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