The Abandoned Cathedral to the Four Alignments
Purpose / Function
This Building was originally created to represent and adore the balance of the four alignments, Good, Evil, Law, and Chaos. Now it is a museum
Architecture
Designed as something of a compass, with the Good wing pointing North, the Evil wing pointing south, the Law wing pointing west, and the Chaos wing pointing east. Each wing is designed differently. The Law wing has a Réman (Greco-Roman) arcitectural style with a steeple atop which stands a statue of Lady Law, holding her scales of justice. The Law wing is the only finished part of the building, and is where the museum staff live and work out of. The Good wing is in the most ruin, having once been completed, but was subsequently destroyed by followers of Evil. It once had an Ægypitan (Egyptian) arcitectural style with statues of the Good Primordials lining the grand hall, built out of marble and other white stones with gold accents. Now, it stands in ruin, desecrated and demolished by the forces of Evil. The Evil wing is neither in ruin, nor completed, for the builders devolved to plotting to destroy the Good wing. The half-finished wing is in a Keltecian (Gothic) architectural style, using black marble and other black stones to build it with silver accents. A statue of Evil rests on a grand majestic throne in the area that would have been the Grand Hall. The Chaos wing was never started, as the architects and builders could never agree on anything, so merely a bloodstone foundation rests where it would have been. In the center is a rotunda with a Statue of Phillia, goddess of love, sister to the Alignments, standing in the center. each of her four children, Agape, Amora, Sturgis, and Eros stands facing the direction of their parents, Good, Evil, Law, Chaos respectively.
Despite only having one wing completed, the building is huge, including many levels and rooms, almost akin to a castle.
History
After construction was abandoned, it lay in partiality for three centuries. Then an opportunist discovered it and started to market it as a pilgrimage site, charging a "tithe" to anyone that wishes to come tour it.
Tourism
Now an in-demand pilgrimage and historical museum, it gets thousands of visits a year. People typically stay in the Visitors' Camp on the grounds, but some rich or famous people can get away with staying in the building itself.
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