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A '''temple''' is a structure devoted to an object of worship, any [[Sphere]]-aligned being such as a [[deity]], [[megabeast]], or [[titan]]. They are located in [[Human]] towns and [[Goblin]] fortresses, and the object of worship will be consistent with the Sphere or Spheres the [[Civilization]] is aligned to.  [[Priest]]s can be found in temples, and will allow you to join the local sect of their religion with the conversation topic 'Service'.
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[[File:temple_preview.png|right]]A '''temple''' is a structure devoted to an object of worship, which, typically, is any [[sphere]]-aligned being, such as a [[deity]], [[megabeast]], or [[titan]].  
  
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On the first joining a sect dedicated to a particular object of worship, that entity will be added to the character's record. An adventurer can then converse({{K|k}}) anywhere with any deity object of worship. Though the deity's only response is silence, repeated conversations can change the deity's object of worship status from 'dubious' to 'casual', 'object', 'devoted' and 'ardent'.
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==Fortress mode==
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[[File:df_temple_preview.png|thumb|right|Dwarves and visitors praying in a high-level temple.]]In [[fortress mode]], temples are [[locations]] ({{K|l}}) that can be created from any [[zone]]s. Temples can be dedicated either to any deity worshipped by at least one of your [[dwarves]] (not necessarily from the world's dwarven pantheon), or to "no particular deity", making it a place for anyone to meditate or to worship whomever they want. Dwarves who worship foreign gods--which is to say, gods who originate in civilizations outside of your own--need specific temples while worshipers of local gods will be satisfied by a temple dedicated to no particular deity.
  
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In the current version it is not possible to join a temple.
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'''Requirements'''
  
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It's unknown whether conversing with other objects of worship can increase their worship status; megabeasts tend to be uniformly hostile, though Titans may be flagged 'benign'{{verify}}.
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A temple can be dedicated from any [[meeting area]]. Temples require [[instrument]]s for their music, and thus require [[container]]s to store them. However, a temple created with no instruments will still be used by citizens and visitors. Temples also require an empty floor space (called ''dance floor'') with a minimum surface of 25 tiles{{verify}}, the same as [[tavern]]s. [[Performer]]s can also be assigned to temples to perform sacred dances. Beyond being religious activity, dances and poetry in temples fulfill the same functions as they do in taverns, with the caveat of being limited to followers of said faith.
  
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Occasionally you will find a human temple with a large pool of [[magma]] at the bottom.
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'''Effect on Mood, Thoughts'''
  
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Temples can have basements, sometimes extensive catacombs which may be crawling with enemies. These range from the typical kobolds and goblins, to the occasional lurking [[Mummy]] (with assorted [[Undead|Skeletal]] minions).
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Being able to commune with their deity or meditate gives a serious ''enraptured'' [[stress]] decrease to the dwarves. Not having a designated place to pray, on the other hand, makes them sad or [[Need|distracted]]. Thus, making a temple early on might be a good investment for your fortress, even more so if you're going through difficult times. Simply designating any zone as a place to pray is enough to initially satisfy most of your dwarves; you do not need to provide instruments or containers for your dwarves to pray.
  
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'''Deity-specific Temples'''
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You may dedicate a temple to a specific deity. This leads to a greater mood boost for those who worship that deity, and it is '''required''' for prayer to any deities originating from outside your civilization.
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When one of your fortress's religious organisations (sects) has sufficient (10 by default) members, they may [[petition]] for the creation of a temple specific to their faith. Once established, these worshipers may congregate at the new temple, though it does not stop them from using other temples to no particular deity; the temple dedicated to their deity existing at all is sufficient to please them. If the petition is ignored for too long, it is eventually abandoned, and the petitioners will receive unhappy thoughts. The petition is satisfied when the temple has a minimum value of 2000 and when [[priest]]hood is recognised. A temple with a value lower than 2000 is called a '''shrine''', but with a value of 10000 or higher, it becomes a '''temple complex''', which is needed to recognise [[priest|high priesthood]].
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If you find yourself struggling to get your shrine up to temple status, or to go from temple to temple complex, there are two tried-and-true methods for increasing wealth:
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1. Pedestals
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2. Engraved metal flooring
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''Pedestal Method:''
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Made at either a carpenter, metalsmith or stone worker's shop, a pedestal is capable of holding objects for display. Once filled, it can increase a room's value significantly. Gems, artifacts, or other high-value items are a great choice here.
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''Engraved Metal Flooring Method:''
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Being more valuable than basic rock flooring, metal floors can offer ''incredible'' wealth gains for your dwarves' place of worship. With fine metal flooring (ex. gold, steel) and a skilled engraver, you can create a lot of wealth relatively quickly.
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'''REMINDER:''' If a group of dwarves file a petition for a deity-specific temple, it's a good idea to write down the petitioners' request for the specific deity and/or religious sect, as it's often not accessible from the UI after you accept the petition. Although, if you have [[DFHack]], you can use the command <code>list-agreements</code> to find it. Once a location is designated you can verify the current value & level as well as the agreed on level via the [[locations]] ({{K|l}}) menu and selecting to the location.
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'''Final Notes on Fortress-Mode Temples'''
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[[Pilgrim]]s will visit fortresses specifically to hang out in temples. Other [[visitor]]s may pass by the temple and socialize with the dwarves there, if they came to visit a tavern or [[library]].
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As in adventure mode, worshipers of the temple's deity that topple a [[statue]] (or anything else that's been {{k|b}}uilt) in a temple will be cursed as a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]] {{cite forum|160118/7144627}}{{cite reddit|8l8x7i}}.
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==Adventure mode==
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World-generated temples are visitable in [[adventurer mode]]. They are located in [[human]] towns and [[goblin]] fortresses, with smaller temples in [[monastery|monasteries]] and [[fort]]s, and are build when a given [[religion]] has enough followers in said site, or the site is dedicated to the religion. [[Priest]]s can be found in temples, and will allow you to join the local sect of their religion with the conversation topic 'Service'. In the current version, it is not possible to join a temple.
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On first joining a sect dedicated to a particular object of worship, that entity will be added to the character's record. An adventurer can then converse ({{K|k}}) anywhere with any deific object of worship. Though the deity's only response is silence, repeated conversations can change the deity's 'object of worship' status from 'dubious' to 'casual', 'object', 'devoted' and 'ardent'. It's unknown whether conversing with other objects of worship can increase their worship status; megabeasts tend to be uniformly hostile, though titans may be flagged 'benign'{{verify}}.
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Temples can have basements, sometimes extensive [[catacombs]], which may be crawling with enemies. These range from the typical [[kobold]]s and [[goblin]]s, to the occasional lurking [[mummy]] (with assorted [[Undead|skeletal]] minions). [[Pedestal]]s will be found in these lower levels, and will sometimes contain holy [[artifact]]s.
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You can defile a temple of your deity by toppling a [[statue]], which leads to being cursed by the patron deity with either [[vampire|vampirism]] or becoming a [[werebeast]]. For this, the temple must be actively used (i.e. not an old ruin).
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=== Architecture ===
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Each temple found in procedurally-generated towns will have its own architecture, where certain architectural elements are chosen depending on the spheres to which the temple belongs. A temple can use a certain architectural element because of its likeness to their worshipped spheres, but also because of an antithetical relationship to said spheres. A complete list of architectural elements, as well as their connection to different spheres, is given in the table below. Since the introduction of institutionalized [[religion]]s, this seems to have changed somewhat, with most such temples having a wide array of architectural elements.
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[[File:Df temple.png|300px|thumb|6 level temple, showing water pool, detailed surfaces, paved indoor areas, lower floors, upper floors, pillars on the perimeter, and a paved outdoor area, with doors leading to the catacombs. Dedicated to the Bejeweled Creed, a religion worshipping Ñor, deity of Birth and Youth. ]]
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{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" border="1" cellpadding="5"
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! Architectural element
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! Justification
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! Related spheres
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! Disallowed spheres
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|rowspan=2|Detailed surfaces||Experience||Art, Depravity||
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|Representation||Painting||
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|[[Magma|Lava]] pool||Representation||Volcanos||
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|rowspan=2|Lower floors||Representation||Caverns||
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|Experience||Darkness, Earth||
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|rowspan=2|Open structure||Experience||Dawn, Day, Dusk, Light, Lightning,<br/>Mist, Moon, Nature, Night, Rain,<br/>Rainbows, Seasons, Sky, Stars, Storms,<br/>Sun, Thunder, Twilight, Weather, Wind||
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|Representation||Freedom||
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|rowspan=3|Paved indoor areas||Representation||Fortresses||Caverns
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|-
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|Experience|| ||Earth, Plants
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|-
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|Antithetical|| ||Nature, Trees
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|-
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|rowspan=3|Paved outdoor area||Representation||Fortresses||
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|Experience|| || Earth, Plants
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|Antithetical|| ||Nature, Trees
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|Pillars on the perimeter||Representation||Boundaries, Fortresses||
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|rowspan=2|Square of pillars||Representation||Balance, Discipline, Laws, Order||
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|Antithetical|| ||Chaos, Deformity
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|Stagnant pool||Experience||Disease, Muck||
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|Uneven pillars||Representation||Chaos, Deformity||
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|rowspan=2|Upper floors||Representation||Fortresses, Mountains||
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|Experience||Dawn, Day, Dusk, Lightning, Moon,<br/>Rainbows, Sky, Stars, Storms, Sun,<br/>Thunder, Weather, Wind||
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|rowspan=3|Water pool||Representation||Coasts, Lakes, Oceans, Rivers||
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|Experience||Water||
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|Reminder||Fish, Fishing||
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|}
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=== Shrines ===
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Before a temple is built in a site, there will be shrines dedicated to a given religion, consisting of a small garden, a [[statue]], and either a [[pedestal]] or an [[altar]]. If the religion has a divination tradition, divination [[dice]] can be found in these shrines. '''(Not to be confused with the lairs of [[titan]]s, also called [[Shrine (megabeast)|shrine]]s.)'''
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[[File:Df town shrines.png|thumb|800px|center|A selection of shrines in a town in adventure mode, from left to right: a shrine in a townplot, a shrine with a garden, a statue at crossroads and a shrine with dice. ASCII mode.]]
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=== Razing ===
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Occasionally during worldgen, a site government may choose to raze an old temple, and build a new one in its stead. The ruins of the old temple, as well as any catacombs it was connected to, will still be explorable in adventure mode.  Interestingly, the construction of the new temple will always coincide with the formation of a new religious order to utilize it - the order belonging to the old temple will remain on the site, but will move their offices to the keep. Due to this, leaders of "archaic" orders are often found in the keep.
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== Language ==
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The dwarven word for temple (religious building)  is ''rath.'' This page refers to the word "temple" in this sense, that of a divine location. Not to be confused with the identical English [[wikipedia:homonym|homonym]] meaning head, which is ''mor'' in Dwarven (temple as head, crown, or forehead).
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;Temple building words
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:Rath (in Dwarven)
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:Fothi (in Elven)
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:Spôgmuk
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:Olum
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:TEMPLE (the token key in the raw)
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;Temple head words
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:Mor (in Dwarven)
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:Odiÿa (in Elven)
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:Guslen (in Goblin)
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:Milo (in Human)
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:TEMPLE HEAD (note that this token key does NOT use underscore, instead having a space)
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[[File:dwarf_temple.jpg|thumb|320px|center|A real life temple.]]
 
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A temple is a structure devoted to an object of worship, which, typically, is any sphere-aligned being, such as a deity, megabeast, or titan.

Fortress mode[edit]

Dwarves and visitors praying in a high-level temple.

In fortress mode, temples are locations (l) that can be created from any zones. Temples can be dedicated either to any deity worshipped by at least one of your dwarves (not necessarily from the world's dwarven pantheon), or to "no particular deity", making it a place for anyone to meditate or to worship whomever they want. Dwarves who worship foreign gods--which is to say, gods who originate in civilizations outside of your own--need specific temples while worshipers of local gods will be satisfied by a temple dedicated to no particular deity.

Requirements

A temple can be dedicated from any meeting area. Temples require instruments for their music, and thus require containers to store them. However, a temple created with no instruments will still be used by citizens and visitors. Temples also require an empty floor space (called dance floor) with a minimum surface of 25 tiles[Verify], the same as taverns. Performers can also be assigned to temples to perform sacred dances. Beyond being religious activity, dances and poetry in temples fulfill the same functions as they do in taverns, with the caveat of being limited to followers of said faith.

Effect on Mood, Thoughts

Being able to commune with their deity or meditate gives a serious enraptured stress decrease to the dwarves. Not having a designated place to pray, on the other hand, makes them sad or distracted. Thus, making a temple early on might be a good investment for your fortress, even more so if you're going through difficult times. Simply designating any zone as a place to pray is enough to initially satisfy most of your dwarves; you do not need to provide instruments or containers for your dwarves to pray.

Deity-specific Temples

You may dedicate a temple to a specific deity. This leads to a greater mood boost for those who worship that deity, and it is required for prayer to any deities originating from outside your civilization.

When one of your fortress's religious organisations (sects) has sufficient (10 by default) members, they may petition for the creation of a temple specific to their faith. Once established, these worshipers may congregate at the new temple, though it does not stop them from using other temples to no particular deity; the temple dedicated to their deity existing at all is sufficient to please them. If the petition is ignored for too long, it is eventually abandoned, and the petitioners will receive unhappy thoughts. The petition is satisfied when the temple has a minimum value of 2000 and when priesthood is recognised. A temple with a value lower than 2000 is called a shrine, but with a value of 10000 or higher, it becomes a temple complex, which is needed to recognise high priesthood.

If you find yourself struggling to get your shrine up to temple status, or to go from temple to temple complex, there are two tried-and-true methods for increasing wealth:

1. Pedestals

2. Engraved metal flooring


Pedestal Method:

Made at either a carpenter, metalsmith or stone worker's shop, a pedestal is capable of holding objects for display. Once filled, it can increase a room's value significantly. Gems, artifacts, or other high-value items are a great choice here.

Engraved Metal Flooring Method:

Being more valuable than basic rock flooring, metal floors can offer incredible wealth gains for your dwarves' place of worship. With fine metal flooring (ex. gold, steel) and a skilled engraver, you can create a lot of wealth relatively quickly.

REMINDER: If a group of dwarves file a petition for a deity-specific temple, it's a good idea to write down the petitioners' request for the specific deity and/or religious sect, as it's often not accessible from the UI after you accept the petition. Although, if you have DFHack, you can use the command list-agreements to find it. Once a location is designated you can verify the current value & level as well as the agreed on level via the locations (l) menu and selecting to the location.

Final Notes on Fortress-Mode Temples

Pilgrims will visit fortresses specifically to hang out in temples. Other visitors may pass by the temple and socialize with the dwarves there, if they came to visit a tavern or library.

As in adventure mode, worshipers of the temple's deity that topple a statue (or anything else that's been built) in a temple will be cursed as a vampire or werebeast [1][2].

Adventure mode[edit]

World-generated temples are visitable in adventurer mode. They are located in human towns and goblin fortresses, with smaller temples in monasteries and forts, and are build when a given religion has enough followers in said site, or the site is dedicated to the religion. Priests can be found in temples, and will allow you to join the local sect of their religion with the conversation topic 'Service'. In the current version, it is not possible to join a temple.

On first joining a sect dedicated to a particular object of worship, that entity will be added to the character's record. An adventurer can then converse (k) anywhere with any deific object of worship. Though the deity's only response is silence, repeated conversations can change the deity's 'object of worship' status from 'dubious' to 'casual', 'object', 'devoted' and 'ardent'. It's unknown whether conversing with other objects of worship can increase their worship status; megabeasts tend to be uniformly hostile, though titans may be flagged 'benign'[Verify].

Temples can have basements, sometimes extensive catacombs, which may be crawling with enemies. These range from the typical kobolds and goblins, to the occasional lurking mummy (with assorted skeletal minions). Pedestals will be found in these lower levels, and will sometimes contain holy artifacts.

You can defile a temple of your deity by toppling a statue, which leads to being cursed by the patron deity with either vampirism or becoming a werebeast. For this, the temple must be actively used (i.e. not an old ruin).

Architecture[edit]

Each temple found in procedurally-generated towns will have its own architecture, where certain architectural elements are chosen depending on the spheres to which the temple belongs. A temple can use a certain architectural element because of its likeness to their worshipped spheres, but also because of an antithetical relationship to said spheres. A complete list of architectural elements, as well as their connection to different spheres, is given in the table below. Since the introduction of institutionalized religions, this seems to have changed somewhat, with most such temples having a wide array of architectural elements.

6 level temple, showing water pool, detailed surfaces, paved indoor areas, lower floors, upper floors, pillars on the perimeter, and a paved outdoor area, with doors leading to the catacombs. Dedicated to the Bejeweled Creed, a religion worshipping Ñor, deity of Birth and Youth.
Architectural element Justification Related spheres Disallowed spheres
Detailed surfaces Experience Art, Depravity
Representation Painting
Lava pool Representation Volcanos
Lower floors Representation Caverns
Experience Darkness, Earth
Open structure Experience Dawn, Day, Dusk, Light, Lightning,
Mist, Moon, Nature, Night, Rain,
Rainbows, Seasons, Sky, Stars, Storms,
Sun, Thunder, Twilight, Weather, Wind
Representation Freedom
Paved indoor areas Representation Fortresses Caverns
Experience Earth, Plants
Antithetical Nature, Trees
Paved outdoor area Representation Fortresses
Experience Earth, Plants
Antithetical Nature, Trees
Pillars on the perimeter Representation Boundaries, Fortresses
Square of pillars Representation Balance, Discipline, Laws, Order
Antithetical Chaos, Deformity
Stagnant pool Experience Disease, Muck
Uneven pillars Representation Chaos, Deformity
Upper floors Representation Fortresses, Mountains
Experience Dawn, Day, Dusk, Lightning, Moon,
Rainbows, Sky, Stars, Storms, Sun,
Thunder, Weather, Wind
Water pool Representation Coasts, Lakes, Oceans, Rivers
Experience Water
Reminder Fish, Fishing

Shrines[edit]

Before a temple is built in a site, there will be shrines dedicated to a given religion, consisting of a small garden, a statue, and either a pedestal or an altar. If the religion has a divination tradition, divination dice can be found in these shrines. (Not to be confused with the lairs of titans, also called shrines.)

A selection of shrines in a town in adventure mode, from left to right: a shrine in a townplot, a shrine with a garden, a statue at crossroads and a shrine with dice. ASCII mode.

Razing[edit]

Occasionally during worldgen, a site government may choose to raze an old temple, and build a new one in its stead. The ruins of the old temple, as well as any catacombs it was connected to, will still be explorable in adventure mode. Interestingly, the construction of the new temple will always coincide with the formation of a new religious order to utilize it - the order belonging to the old temple will remain on the site, but will move their offices to the keep. Due to this, leaders of "archaic" orders are often found in the keep.

Language[edit]

The dwarven word for temple (religious building) is rath. This page refers to the word "temple" in this sense, that of a divine location. Not to be confused with the identical English homonym meaning head, which is mor in Dwarven (temple as head, crown, or forehead).

Temple building words
Rath (in Dwarven)
Fothi (in Elven)
Spôgmuk
Olum
TEMPLE (the token key in the raw)
Temple head words
Mor (in Dwarven)
Odiÿa (in Elven)
Guslen (in Goblin)
Milo (in Human)
TEMPLE HEAD (note that this token key does NOT use underscore, instead having a space)
A real life temple.
"Temple" in other Languages Books-aj.svg aj ashton 01.svg
Dwarven: rath
Elven: fothi
Goblin: spôgmuk
Human: olum
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