Sandpoint Cathedral

The largest and newest building in Sandpoint, an impressive edifice of stone and glass. Though the old chapel burned down during the Late Unpleasantness, the new cathedral, product of much money, time, and labor, is more than its equal. The building provides chapels for the six most commonly worshiped deities in the region: Abadar, Desna, Erastil, Gozreh, Sarenrae, and Shelyn.

History
The original chapel built here was a collection of six different shrines, each its own building and connected to the others by open-air walkways. Desna's worship was incorporated into these shrines as part of the peace accord with the local Varisians, but the original builders included five other deities as well. Four of these (Abadar, Gozreh, Sarenrae, and Shelyn) were patrons of the original founders of the Sandpoint Mercantile League, while the fifth, Erastil, was the most popular among the initial settlers.

The core of both the original chapel and the new cathedral is an open-air courtyard surrounding a set of seven standing stones, which themselves surround a circular stone altar. It's of ancient Varisian construction, which local Varisians say they've used for centuries to venerate Desna and various Empyreal Lords.

Five years ago in 4702 AR, as part of a string of horrifying events locals call the Late Unpleasantness, the original chapel burned to the ground in a mysterious fire, taking the life of pious Desnan priest Ezakien Tobyn.

Mayor Kendra Deverin called for the chapel to be rebuilt, funded by contributions from Sandpoint's merchants, its noble families, and its citizens.

The acolytes who keep the cathedral and its shrines are led by a new priest, Abstalar Zantus, a cleric of Desna like his predecessor.

The Boneyard
The Boneyard is Sandpoint's cemetary, located behind the cathedral at the northern edge of town.

Overlooking the Turandarok River and shielded from the bustle of the town by the imposing cathedral, the boneyard contains the family vaults of Sandpoint's privileged families as well as dozens of lesser graves marked by humbler gravestones.

Naffer Vosk is the keeper of the boneyard, the cathedral's bellringer, and a devout practitioner of the faith of Sarenrae.

Associated Characters

 * Ezakien Tobyn
 * Abstalar Zantus
 * Naffer Vosk