Hall of the Tempest

The Hall of the Tempest is the Guildhall operated by and dedicated to the being known as Vyodros.

Since the efforts of their leader and deity were sunk into a ritual incantation, it is now built on hallowed ground.

## History

Since his arrival in what would become the city of Eskarya, Vyodros had long sought to draw others to his side through faithful worship and so having a location through which his efforts could be supported and bolstered quickly became a priority for him. Utilising coin earned from the bounty placed on the head of the Oni Rairaku, this project became a reality during the month of Ches in 1496DR.

## Description

### Location - The Thunder Rider's Way

Constructed strategically so that it would overlook the small stream passing through the city, flank both the main city gates and the route into the castle ward as well as force the populace wanting to visit the eastern aspect of the inner city to pass closely by, the Hall of the Tempest is a large and featureful building that few within the city can truly miss. True believers refer to this part of the city as the Thunder Rider's Way.

### Ground Floor

#### Entranceway - The Door to the Squall-Carver

Build as a round-drum tower with a cuboid extension stretching to the east, it currently stretches over two floors, as well as having a modest storage cellar. The entranceway is flanked by two large statues of Vyodros - one featuring him standing atop a cloud with lightning bolt in hand, another with arms raised high in a blessing beneath a storm. His banner is displayed proudly over the simple-hewn doorframe, while a carefully-tanned bearskin rug welcomes in guests and residents alike into an atrium called the Door to the Squall-Carver. A well-stocked kitchen and storeroom supplies the faithful and those just visiting with food and drink sufficient to quell their hunger and thirst, revelries most commonly enjoyed in the main Guildhall chambers.

#### The Main Guildhall Chambers - The Gale Hawk's Roost

Centred around a large varnished-oak table capable of comfortably seating eight but numerous more if demanded, the main chamber, also referred to as the Gale Hawk's Roost, is where most of the operations of the Sect of Vyodros are organised from. Parchments, papers and books aplenty adorn the walls, as well as maps of the immediate surrounding area. A series of paintings also hang in the Gale Hawk's Roost, including those depicting Vyodros in various heroic scenerios. Of particular note include an aerial battle with the oni Rairaku, the smiting of the orc fiend Viakane, the shattering of the demon Melusvi beneath his warhammer Vyolnir and a Beholder looking on in horror as Vyodros bursts free from the efforts of petrification that the aberration had foolish sought to try and inflict upon him.

Etched into the stone flooring are stories from the Holy Tomes of the Sect, most notably so that of The World Tree (Chapter II, Verses 6-11), The Voice in the Stone (Chapter IV, Verses 1-37), The Death of Hierophant (Chapter IV, Verses 54-68) and Soss, son of Iluq and the Dawneye (Chapter V, Verses 5-30).

### First Floor

#### Ecclesiastic Sleeping Quarters - Chambers of the Steadfast

On the western edge of the building immediately upstairs the sleeping chambers of Sitiyok and Camorrha can be found, the principal amongst the clergy of the Sect of Vyodros. Their chambers are outfitted simply but comfortably, with a table providing a private location to eat or consult their holy texts, as well as a dresser to store their robes and other belongings within.

#### Private Shrine - Sacrarium of the Levin

The eastern portion of the first floor is instead dedicated to Vyodros' private quarters, in which he can allow his past lives channel through him, inspiring and shaping the words of the holy texts that he scribes. In times of meditation and intraspective focus, he communes and divines through his connections to his past, true omnipresent existence, and ability only furthered by the prayers of the faithful that surround him. The shrine itself is a modest construction of coarse-shaped stone produced by the process of conchoidal fracture, the traditional means of stone shaping for the Sossal people. A pair of ciboria flank the shrine, each filled with rainwater.

Protected in a bed of cream and blue linen, stone tablets detailing the Seven Tenets as laid out by the Coruscation to Kesuk, son of Malik where the waters seek to be as of the land are located. As detailed in Chapter IV, Verses 77-89, the Seven Tenets are as follows:

* “I am the Divine Creator, Guardian of the Heavens, Warrior against the Void, God to All Races in the World. You shall not place other creations of your minds above me, nor forget that it was I that shaped you.”
* ”You shall not invoke my holy name in any usage beyond that of praise. Any who misuses the name of your god shall taste the emptiness of the Void, for I will cast you aside.”
* ”When your neighbour turns to you seeking aid, you shall give assistance whenever it is needed and you are able in body and mind to grant it.”
* ”Never falter in your search for the denizens and servants of the Void, for it calls to all upon this world with temptations of power and riches in exchange for their fealty.”
* ”You shall not murder, unless you believe them to be corrupted by the Void. Invoke your fury upon those that would prey on the weak and defenceless, only their repentance before me may return them to the purity when I first shaped their form.”
* ”You shall not steal, unless you believe the property to be in use for the machinations of the Void.”
* ”You shall take responsibility for your actions. While you are my creation, my spark within your hearts and minds is a gift of self-will. Make each step to glorify your Creator, but know when you must repent or face the wretched realms of the Void.”

#### Vyodros' Sleeping Quarters - Lodgings of the Storm

Vyodros himself does not spend a great deal of time in the room that houses his bed. A small and relatively featureless room without windows, the room itself carries the smell of the mineral-rich rainwater collected by the faithful in which Vyodros bathes.

Also hidden within this room is a specially-commissioned lockbox lined with an inch of lead, in which the fragment of the Lachla Shard, Greater Khyber Crystal and Bloodstone are stored safely.

### Second Floor

#### General Sleeping Quarters - Residence of the Zealous

With growing numbers of followers flocking to his name, it proved necessary to provide more generalised living and sleeping arrangements for the members of the Sect. The second floor was subsequently converted from serving entirely as a storage location to chambers to facilitate such an occurrence, currently allowing enough sleeping space for all those that seek shelter routinely within the Guildhall.