Sacred Temple of Saint Cuthbert
The most powerful religious following in Greyhawk is that of Saint Cuthbert. The temple here grew from a simple, one-room wooden building to the grandest house of worship around. Every Godsday, ceremonies are conducted here day and night. Beggars and others in need ford ready help here, mixed with stern warnings about staying on the beaten path (or else risking a beating themselves if they do evil). The temple is overseen by High Priestess Eritai Ipzirel, a firebrand preacher with a seat on the Directing Oligarchy and the ear of the largest congregation in the Free City. Talasek Thraydin is a paladin-in-residence.
Nearly all the zealots who have come to Greyhawk belong to the Billets, a faction of Cuthbertine worship tasked with ministering to and protecting the faithful. Many of the pilgrims, owning little more than the simple brown robes common to their order, are amazed at the opulence and wealth of the city’s immense cathedral, which has benefited greatly for centuries from the generosity of its parishioners. Lined with golden ornaments and fitted with silver and jeweled symbols of the faith, the Sacred Temple of St. Cuthbert is a castle of hard-nosed rustic values dressed in the decadent finery of civilization.
Interestingly, this temple has no guards other than its unusual Weisshund dogs, though it is filled with valuable religious ornaments and items of precious metals and jewels. The faithful clerics apparently receive warnings from above of almost any plot being hatched against them or their temple, anywhere in the city; they have never been successfully robbed. The temple was attacked once in recent memory, but the assault was driven back despite damage to the temple. This caused the warrior-like clerics to arm and armor themselves to a greater extent and to increase the number of priests here to a total of 30. The City Watch and Nightwatchmen's Guild, both filled with followers of St. Cuthbert, also patrol this area heavily.
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