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Maylar Temple of Fumaya

This spartan building was an often unused temple erected in Maylar's honor mostly built and operated by non-Testers.   Recently, the area has been occupied by Herders of Men aligned Testers, led by Ujarek. They usually only have one or two people on "temple duty" apart from during specific scheduled Maylar veneration ceremonies.

Purpose / Function

The temple was built to facilitate Maylar veneration rituals in King's Lake, but most Testers refused to congregate within a space literally delegated to them by a king.   Now that the temple is actively occupied by actual Testers, the temple doesn't seem much active worship. Ujarek and his followers prefer to venerate Maylar under the open sky and a gesture of good faith with all the Fumayans who are not always fully trusting of the Testers, they frequently use the Nonagon Plaza for these rituals in plain site, though they do their own private rituals in the deep woods of northern Fumaya.   They mainly use the temple as a place to eat and sleep and as a trading post for reagents, furs and other things Ujarek and his followers gather to sell and barter with. It also serves as a sort of headquarters and mailing address for Ujarek and his followers. If they drop a letter off at the temple, Ujarek will eventually get it.

Alterations

After Ujarek took over the temple, he decorated the temple with furs and animal trophies with many spots set aside for future trophies.   He converted part of the cellar into a dungeon for prisoners.

History

The Testers were the last religious group to sign on to the intiative for every priesthood to build a temple in the Nonagon Plaza of King's Lake.   Eventually the Keepers built a small temple in Maylar's honor with help from Cult of the Compact and eventually the Cult of the Compact found a Tester willing to consecrate it.   In the years since, very few actual Testers used the temple, with most of the Maylar venerations there overseen by the Cult of the Compacts, Keepers, or ordinary citizens winging it until Ujarek claimed the temple in 1835 (year of Hallisan, it's debateable whether this was accidental or on purpose) and set up a more or less permanent Tester presence for the first time in the temple's history.
Founding Date
1729 (built), 1747 (consecreated by an actual Tester)
Type
Temple / Church
Parent Location
Owner
Owning Organization


Cover image: Symbol of the Nine by Pendrake

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