Monday, January 13, 2020

Chancel

Chancel
A location in Krevborna.

The scent of incense hangs heavy in the air of Chancel, a large city of towering churches and cathedrals that is at once a den of immoral decadence and religious fanaticism. Chancel is under the theocratic rule of Pontiff Lazarus and the Church of Sacred Blood. Clusters of statues of saints and gods crop up like funereal marble gardens throughout the city, and penitents often consider traveling to Chancel as a holy pilgrimage.

The Church of Sacred Blood infiltrates every facet of life in Chancel, but the Church is hideously corrupt. Crackling pyres stand ready to burn accused witches and other heretics alive—regardless of the veracity of their guilt. Chancel is the most wealthy city in Krevborna, yet it is also a place of crushing poverty for the city’s underclass. Afflicted beggars dressed in rags call for alms as gilded carriages roll past. Periodic outbreaks of strange miasmas and diseases that transform citizens into ravening beasts or the walking dead afflict the city.