Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170813221853

Temples are a important cultural, public, and religious faucet/part of life within the Empire with many thousands spread across the vastness of the Empire all to different gods, cults, and faiths of uncountable nature to the point of most being dedicated to all gods (Pantheons).

Temples tend to be built in a uniform matter with a temple based around a massive complex of lesser shrines and other buildings mainly for either class separation reasons, priests and slaves to stay, or for storage of tithes and other ritual items.

Temples tend to be built in a series of plazas each for a specific purpose or worship group. Generally it goes in this order:

Outer Plaza:

Used for the common people during worship, sacrifices, and other religious acts. Generally it is the largest plaza made for thousands to use.

Middle Plaza:

Middle Plaza is used for nobles to worship away from the commoners. Generally this plaza is used by less people and has lavish decorations.

Inner Plaza:

The Inner Plaza normally is used for the priests of the temple, but during festivals anyone of any class can worship within the Inner Plaza. Generally the Inner Plaza features a massive statue of the God/Goddess in question

The Temples of the Empire are run by two types of people: Priests and Slaves. While the Priest perform the rituals and serve as overseers of the slaves. The Slaves themselves actually run and maintain the temple as well as serve as middle men for the temples dealings in the financial realm.

Temples at times can be targets of vandals, heathens, and other low lives thus Temples are provided by the great Ecclestum military forces to defend the temples. These defenders are known as the "Ecclesial Guards" or more commonly as Temple Guards. 