The Prayer Wall
It is vaguely known that Thím Gûthuwal has many layers, like an onion. It started small, no more than a simple fishing village named Neshal, but over time it has grown and grown until it became one of the largest cities in the kingdom.
Not much is left of the original village. Much time has passed since the quaint little Neshal stood alone on the banks of the River Hinuinaetû, but more of it used to stand amongst the newer buildings of the city before The Sorcerer Queen stole the throne. An entire quarter of the city once had ruins of this original settlement, but when the Sorcerer Queen took control she demolished and rebuilt much of the city until nothing more than one wall remained of Neshal.
This wall was mostly ignored for the first few years as people were simply trying to survive this new and terrible time. But eventually people began to remember the history of the wall, that it (they assumed) used to protect the settlements that came before.
Seen as a symbol of how the Creator, Avva'ai, was still with them despite how dark times had become, the wall became a place of prayer and quiet worship in the dead of night while the Sorcerer Queen cracked down on and outlawed worship of the Creator completely. It helped keep the faith alive during those dark days.
Nowadays, the wall continues to symbolize faith in adversity. Followers of the Creators visit there from time to time to say a prayer and draw closer to Avva'ai. It has been named "The Prayer Wall", an apt name for such a pillar in history.
Purpose / Function
The Prayer Wall's original purpose has been lost to time. Some speculate that the wall was once the outer wall of the city's original form: the fishing village of Neshal.
Due to how the wall has become a place of prayer and worship, others speculate that it was the wall of a forgotten church or temple, which had most of its structure knocked down by the Sorcerer Queen's men - who hadn't bothered to knock it down completely.
The wall's purpose now, a purpose it has had for nearly 600 years now, is a place of gathering, a monument dedicated to the Creator.
Architecture
Not much is left of the wall nowadays, and what is left is non-descript and devoid of unique or telling details. Time has weathered the stone a little and stained its stone brown, rendering its original colour unknown.
The wall is comprised of uniform blocks of 3 foot by 1 foot measurement, secured together by a type of mud/clay based grout that shows traces soot, as if it was set by the heat of fire, such as from a torch. The wall, whose original length has been forgotten, is now only a hundred or so feet long.
RUINED STRUCTURE
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