Sanctuary of Flame
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The Sanctuary of Flame is the immense central cathedral of Vhal’Zarim, where Bahamut’s eternal fire burns behind sealed doors and sanctified bells open and close each day. The brief gives nothing more: no floor plan, no keepers and no account of who may enter. It is world-brief canon only; the party has never visited.
Overview
The Sanctuary of Flame is the immense central cathedral of Vhal’Zarim. Behind its sealed doors burns the eternal fire of Bahamut, and its sanctified bells open and close every day in the city (world brief). It is world-brief canon only: the party has never been to Vhal’Zarim, and nobody has named the Sanctuary at the table.
Notable features
- The eternal fire. Bahamut’s eternal fire burns behind the sealed doors (world brief). The brief also has every citizen swear an oath to the Platinum Flame (world brief); it does not say whether that flame and the fire in the Sanctuary are the same, who tends the fire, or when the doors open.
- The sanctified bells. Each day in Vhal’Zarim begins and ends with the Sanctuary’s bells (world brief).
Government / control
Every soul in the city is “bound to the will of the Church”, and arcane study is permitted only under the eye of the Platinum Order (world brief). The wiki treats the Sanctuary as the Order’s seat, but the brief does not say who keeps the building.
History in the campaign
Not yet seen in play.
Status
As of session 23. Unvisited, and not yet named at the table. The nearest the table has come is Caelumn’s answer, asked whether Bahamut promised his people a promised land, that he is “just awaiting seeing the eternal flame” [2]. The brief puts Bahamut’s eternal fire in this cathedral, but nobody at the table has said that the two are the same.