Talrik's Pillar

Talrik's Pillar, also called Sidra's Pillar or the Sidrene Column, is a monumental column in the center of Talrik's Square in the Torrune Low City. It is surmounted by a golden statue of Sidra, patron goddess of Torrune, hence its alternate names. It is most often called Talrik's Pillar because its construction (along with that of the surrounding plaza) was ordered and funded by Talrik of the House of Turpin, second Lord of the City.
The pillar itself is huge, thirteen feet wide at its base and standing nearly 150 feet high when the statue is included. It is made of dark purple-red porphyry stone. Its outer surface is carved with an intricate helical frieze which wraps around the column 39 times from base to capital, depicting many scenes from the XXXXXXX [holy books of Utara-Vaati] pertaining to Sidra and her exaltants, temmataiyu, and devotees. The base of the column stands on a broad stepped plinth of white marble, with four trios of [XXXXX mythical creatures, maybe associated with Sidra] carved from lustrous gray-green nephrite facing outwards to the north, south, east, and west.