The Pinnacle Ascetic Monastery
To the Taiyon Hii, life is made up of balancing oneself with one's surrounding using patience and tact. They consider themselves the rock against the wave, through persistence and resolve can you defend your ideals. Born from a need to defend the people of Ablegarth from constant attack from pirates, a nearby farming monastary began to secretly train locals to become instruments of their own freedom from suppression. Slowly they would lure raiding parties with talks of the riches gathered by the oppressive clergy within the mountainside monastary. Only then would the raiding pirates realize the poor peasants of the small port town had tricked them.
Architecture
The main body of the temple sits up against the rock that jut out from the cliffsides north of Ablegarth. Where the sea meets cliffside, there are small hills and these foot hills are the highest points on the island. From the Monastary one can see all the way to the port city and on a clear day, West Port across the channel.
The temple grounds extend out into tiers that lead down the hill that the main body sits upon. Each of the 4 tiers represent the stages of ascension through the ranks. The dalahadry live on the top tier, able to look out and respond to situations with ease.
There are wheat farms along the eastern roads leading away from the temple grounds. Most of the economy coming into for the monks is either from alcohol and bread or from a small private harbour that was once used to smuggle important people to the island in the days of uncontrolled pirate attacks.
Mantra of the Taiyon Hii
We are the rock that stands against the wave
We are the rage that burn the skies
We defend the balance of law to our last breath
We are the Taiyon Hii, break upon our ranks
Type
Monastery
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