Draurough Temple

Shared Location and inspiration taken from Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Concept and Written by James Woodwright

Draurough Temple is the most prominent building in the Temple District within Draurough. The temple is the highest building in The Ten Tigers religion.

Purpose / Function

The Temple is a religious building for The Ten Tigers religion.

Design

The inside of the temple is of white and black stone in geometric patterns. There are blackboards in all the rooms for the patterns. There are 9 rooms as the Knave counts as two being the place of the tigers and the visitors. The layout of the building is that the entrance and the opposite wall in a rectangular room are the Knave and Sanctum. the other rooms are part of the two halves when the rectangle is there.

Knave

The knave is the main space for religious practice with the Scantum at the opposite end of the entrance, the believers face the Scantum. Sitting on chairs

Sanctum

The Sanctum is on the opposite side to the entrance is raised with Ten stone podiums of Ten Tigers each holding an item. Each of the Bronze Tigers has a donation tin for that Tiger's domain. The one for the tiger of charity go to the Medica the tiger of economics goes to the temple themselves to make and give bread, with the others taken by the temple for maintenance and the payments of the Acolyte.

Treasury

The treasury is the room for protecting the funds they get from the donations and relics. These relics are what remain of the tigers pelts when they were first taxidermied on the chapel was established.

Clergy Office

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Library

While the main book of the religion, The Tome of the Tigers, is the only one, it is not the only book they have in the library as some other books may interest the Acylotes. Non-members cannot enter this room.

Canteen

Food at the temple is not cooked on site so food is brought from other places and brought to this room, non-members do not eat here, but members ( Acolyte) that do eat together. The reason to do this is to allow them to reach a wider community.

Dormitories

Acolytes sleep on site as to provide greater security for the temple.

Storage

A place to store uniforms and the ingredients to make bread amoung other things.

Shop

At the shop Funeral Tigers and Tiny Tigers along with The Tome of the Tigers are sold. The first is made of wood and the second made from brass.

Contemplation Space

Is a space for deep thought about the life and how to proceed it is also the space that is used to make the bread.

Entries

There is only one entry into the gardens of the temple complex but there is also only one into the temple itself.

Denizens

People that are in the building at any given time are the Acolytes and vistors with the occanisonal guard.

Contents & Furnishings

Contents depend on the rooms

Architecture

The temple is made up of a Decagon one side for each tiger. Each of the walls are made up of stained glass, these stain glass windows are not plain nor do the depict tigers saving people, but rather geometric patterns. Each edge has a strip of tarnished teal copper running from the building to the edge of the courtyard. The stone walls are made of blocks of Dragon Scales with the raw copper in the stone tarnished too. Around the edge of the temple is flowers and other plants, else where it is paved with cobbles. Pointing inwards are bronzes of Tigers holding their item to the havens. (For the inside of the temple, see design.

History

In Draurough there was an influx of people due to kidnappings as a result a Draurough became a city. Richard III decreed for the temple to be built after the new quarter had been built and established. While the construction started, upon the poisoning of Richard III, the construction was postponed until the start of the Artistocracy became established. The Temple was instead opened by the first Grand Artisan, Thomas Roberts.

Tourism

Believers and non-believers alike visit the temple.

Appears In
The Artistocracy Chronicles Book 2 - 4
The Anecdotes of the Artistocracy Book 1

Type

Temple / Religious complex

Parent Location

Temple District

Related Professions

• Acolyte

Owning Organization

The Ten Tigers