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Working on some concepts for Narinder's Living World realm, the forest beyond the Gateway. Sleeping Hollow won the poll which I am happy about bc that was my vote too

Totally not taking advantage of this to play around with building a unique culture <- anthropology major

Just a note that I don't think I made very clear in my notes on the page, Narinder was chained Below in his own temple, and it was witnessed in front of many of his most loyal followers. The Bishops blocked off the entire region, rather than trying to take it over as if they were heretics (call it sentimentality, call it not wanting to deal with it, whichever you prefer), and in doing so have isolated the region from the rest of the world. So while the rest of the world begins to fall apart bc the Bishops are kinda going mad at this point and are trying to hold onto their authority/the Old Faith so hard that they are actively driving it away from what it used to be- so ironically, Sleeping Hollow is the only region that truly remains as the Old Faith once was, having been untouched by outsiders for centuries.

I wanted to make a concept for the temple but I'm undecided on what it should look like. All I know is the people of Sleeping Hollow have left it be, being the place their master was betrayed. Narinder's scythe still lies on the floor where he was finally defeated :)

Transcription below the cut bc my handwriting is shit, numbered for your reading convenience. Anything in [brackets] are add-ons after the fact-

(1) Sleeping Hollow is primarily an oak forest, with large towering oak trees. They're ancient.

(2) Graveyards are surrounded by oaks, but only weeping willows grow inside the graveyard clearing

(3) A thousand years isolated from the rest of the world has allowed the people to build larger villages w/out fear of heretics destroying them [aka they're proper villages/towns rather than just camps]

(4) People of Sleeping Hollow build up a lot [multi-story homes], and live in communal homes [often multiple families will live in one large home]

(5) The graves [in the graveyards] are mannered, organized & sprawling, unlike other regions. They are well kept.

(6) The Hollow is surrounded by wrought-iron fences & it is forbidden to enter. The only way in or out is in the Gateway and the Temple Warp Pad

(7) The people of Sleeping Hollow, primarily felines and canines, are peaceful, but trained for hunting/defending.

They dress like people did in the height of the Old Faith [long robes, jewelry, etc], and are devoted to their chained master still

Ironically, due to the other four Bishops' cruelty and desperation to uphold the Old Faith & their rein, Sleeping Hollow now bears the most resemblance to the world that used to be

(7b) *Cats originate from this region. Cats found in other regions are the descendants of those who left before the Bishops blocked Sleeping Hollow off

(8) Makeup, usually black ink for the eyes [eyeliner yea] and lips, and random spots. [alternatives, mostly for dark-furred creatures, include white ink]

(9) Lantern Festival every year to honor the dead, Festival Outfits!! <3

(10) Crowns are not worn, but married folk wear forehead jewelry

Ears are pierced as a coming of age, and each piercing means something (usually for family) [i.e. they might get a piercing for their parents and siblings, a new piercing for each child they have, etc]

(11) Priests paint an eye on their foreheads & wear cloaks over their clothes. ONLY priests are permitted the painted eye. [exception: anyone declared a saint can, as well, but they're usually priests already so-]

(12) Every graveyard [and often the villages as well] has this statue for "protection" [the way many graveyards have angel statues], all [of the statues] in other regions were destroyed [it used to be all graveyards in the Old Faith had them, since all paths lead to Death].

#cult of the lamb #why am I making a concept for this? well see it will come into play in a few of my fics #the moment I noticed those doorways in the Gateway I have been thinking about this #ofc Narinder would have a realm for his living followers. you can't expect them to live in the Afterlife #and he must have had somewhere to go when he wasn't there #I like to think the warp stone could take them directly to the temple so they don't have to get into the Gateway the Mystic is blocking #but only the Bishops themselves and their Witnesses can activate a temple warp stone from outside #anyway adventure fic where Narinder rediscovers his ancient culture and Yellow Cat begins to learn theirs- cats are from Sleeping Hollow

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