The Church Bank of Korvosa
Often referred to as the Coin Church or as the Holy Bank, this building doubles as both a temple and the city’s main bank. The temple serves every banking need, such as security boxes (said to be the safest in Quarren), saving and investment accounts, loans, and even writs of credit. Beneath the temple, in well-guarded lead-lined chambers, the rumored Golden Vaults of Abadar house the Korvosan Mint. The mint creates all the coins issued by the city, of course, but it also helps to regulate the city’s economy by buying back or releasing gold in an effort to counter inflation or recession.
Structure
The church is well organized and has a city-based hierarchy though it operates wholly independently from the city.
Culture
Church law forbids the clergy from attacking each other regardless of political, national, or financial motivations.
Common sayings
This can help us all : Because the church doesn’t believe in giving handouts, most choose to celebrate holidays by giving practical gifts such as tools, musical instruments, or even simple services like chopping a cord of wood or watching children. These kinds of gifts strengthen community bonds and show the advantage of living like civilized folk. This phrase is said when receiving a gift as a way of expressing thanks while acknowledging the benefit the gift extends to the community as a whole. As a counter expression, some will utter a reversal of the phrase such as, “This can help us not”. Such a reversal is a common condemnation of acts of anarchy or law-breakingPublic Agenda
The religious elements of the Church Bank swear service to Abadar and such, strive to do the most good for the citizens of Korvosa while staying within the bounds of the Holy Bank’s edicts and requirements. The demands of running a successful banking institution often tie the hands of the faithful and prevent them from rendering free aid to all those who most direly need it.
Archbanker Darb Tuttle and the clerics of the church of coin work closely with the ministers of City Hall, the arbiters of the Longacre Building, and the Field Marshal of the Korvosan Guard. They love their city and work from every legal angle to protect it and support its continued growth.
During times of strife, the church often becomes neutral territory, not participating in the struggle and acting as safe havens and mediators in the conflict. Warfare creates instability and chips away at the foundations of civilization.
Assets
The church posses many financial assest operating as a shrewed investor in the city of Korvosa and its holdings. Chief among these financial powers is the possesion of the city's mints allowing an unparralleded control over the financial stability of the the surrounding economy. While the monarchy can dictate the creation of coinage officialy, by unspoken rule the church has final say as to the amount produced and its distribution to ensure minimal inflation or disruption to the local economy in and around the city
Worship
Services to Abadar include songs with complex harmonies, the playing of music (usually hammer-based instruments such as dulcimers and glockenspiels), and the counting or sorting of coins or keys (often in time with the singing or music). Services and ceremonies always take place indoors, representing the shelter of civilization. Faithful unable to reach an actual building make do with at least a crude structure or a even a sloping wall or cave that provides protection from the elements. Services usually take place in the morning and it is customary to thank Abadar after a profitable or advantageous transaction
This name also refers to the physical building in Korvosa from which the priests of Abadar operate. See The Church Bank of Korvosa
Type
Religious, Financial
Alternative Names
Coin Church, Holy Bank
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