The Star Guardian Sentries
The Star Guardian Sentries is a bronze statue located on the west side of the Entering Bridge. It is twelve foot statue of Astraios in their male form and Noctis in their female form and represents the Toresta patronage of the two deities. It is the first shrine to the deities that a traveller entering Toresta by road will see.
History
This statue was erected in 652 ATC replacing a smaller weathered granite shrine to the two deities placed in 527 ATC when the first Entering Bridged was built, shortly after the construction of the Guarding Canal. Designed by the well known Torestan artist Stanislaw Szukalski The Star Guardian Sentries is a well known landmark for those who have entered Toresta by road, particularly the inhabitants of Outer Toresta, who typically enter the city by this route.
Significance
Bronze. Marble pedestal.
