![]() ![]() (The story that the mind-numbing effect is triggered by his sleep is a false lure that fuels the need for new sacrifices.) Occasionally, this effect has been known to slip outside the boundaries of the Temple and effect those nearby. Upon his right hand he wears a ring of forgetfulness (see sidebar) which he has modified to operate continuously over the area of the Temple upon his command. He lairs in his pit, and covets the gold and treasure which is given in tribute to him. In truth, Arghrasmak is not a god – he is a gargoyle fiend who feeds upon the misery and pain his witless followers inflict for him. Three sacrifices upon the altar are necessary to rouse the god, whereupon the tithe is thrown into the pit. It is said that when the god sleeps, those near him will lose all memory. Archways, beneath a balcony which runs down either side of the hall’s length, lead to other rooms of the temple, which are generally extravagant.Īrghrasmak is the living god of the Temple of the Gargoyle, worshipped by a high priest, seven disciples, twenty adepts, and thirty-eight acolytes (described below). ![]() Directly before the altar a pit gapes in the temple floor, and flames from below – fueled by some unknown source – perpetually light the hall. Unseen by those outside, two other gargoyles – on pedestals mirroring those which stand outside – stand to either side of the altar at the far end of the hall. Those twin doors open onto the temple’s great hall. The first – and often most lasting impression – that many have of the Temple, however, are its gargoyles: One stands atop each of the four towers, and two others stand on pedestals to either side of the temple’s twin doors of iron-bound oak. ![]() Many of the oldest, weatherworn figures are oddly disturbing if viewed in close detail, and rumors whisper of other things: Of stone faces which writhe in agony when the moon is right and the stars are aligned of stone figures which can be seen on certain nights, but not on others of cryptic and indecipherable runes which flow across the surface of the stone and then vanish without trace. Every inch of its surface has been ornately and intricately carved, and much of it altered two or three times since the temple was originally constructed. The Temple of the Gargoyle is a gothic-like structure, its sheer walls of dark gray stone towering three stories above the street, with four towers – one at each of its corners – climbing to twice that height. ![]()
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