The Honoroe Den

A shame to waist such incredible craftsmanship on the dead, don't you think? The Honoroe Family commissioned one of the finest buildings the city of Goroma has ever seen! Finer than any home any of us have ever known. Certainly finer than any house of worship! And they made you build it! These pillars are stained in your sweat. You put the blood of your calloused hands into this wonder of architecture. And to what end?
A tomb for the dead.
The Wrights have blessed us the ability to create. In Their name we bring Structure into this world. Through our homes, our shelters, our inns…. the lighthouse on the coast, the stables on the edge of town, the mills and bakeries….. With our hands we give this wild and unruly land the Structure it... requires.
Today your church restores this cemetery to you - the people of Goroma. Stake your claim on this heretofore wasted plot of land and build! The Honoroe Mausoleum is now yours to do with as you wish. Give it the purpose it deserves. The purpose it craves!
Remember, please, please remember brothers and sisters. Your hands are the hands of the Wrights. And the hands of the Wrights are the hands of propriety!

Framer Eliasen, sometime after the Fall of the House of Honoroe to the Church of Structuralism

Honoroe Mausoleum: A Brief History

A patch of land south of what used to be Honoroe Keep was reserved as a burial site for members of the Honoroe Family. Believing the gravestones and grassof the site "too plain", his Lord Supremacy Dane Honoroe commissioned the construction of a great mausoleum that would be an icon of elegance and design. Dane Honoroe lived to see the completion of this monument which featured two floors above ground and a network of tombs underground which would house many of the great historical statues depicting Honoroe ancestors
Decades after its completion Dane's grandson, Fulcon, was overthrown by the Structuralists. As the townspeople of Goroma wondered what this incredible shift in hierarchical powers meant, Framer Eliasen came out and gave an impassioned speech. In it he ridiculed the Honoroe family for wasting such a beautiful building on dead bodies, and offered the space up to the citizenry in hopes they would reinvigorate it with purpose. Indeed, with little more input from the church, the people of Goroma took over the mausoleum and the surrounding burial grounds. Some folks used the land to build their home or place of business, but the mausoleum was held up in a lottery organized by the townspeople, which most everyone thought was a fair idea.
The winner was initially Helena Fay and her husband Jory, but they didn't know what to do with it and were overwhelmed by the new responsibility. But their anxiety was short lived as there was no shortage in lucrative offers to take it off their hands. After two weeks of bidding wars and drama, the Fay's sold the mausoleum to Isikun Rolonda, a woman whose Rolonda Inn was among the most popular destinations in the city. Her plan was to take her expertise and assets to a new and luxurious setting, one that would match her considerable taste.

Long Live Honoroe Den

After a few months of renovations Mistress Rolonda opoened the mausoleum to the public. The Honoroe Mausoleum was now the Honoroe Den, a destination which sought to unite the working class with the wealthy in the name of frivolity and vice.
The second floor, which was a museum to art made during the reign of Honoroe, was now a parlor dedicated to the more refined citizens of Goroma. Fine suits of armor that once protected Honoroe lords are now decorative sentinels that watch over the musings of nobles and gregarious merchants. Portraits of elegant ladies and discerning gentlemen are now stained with pipe smoke and the occasional spilt ale.
A few of the sarcophagi on the first floor still remain, some of which serve as bartops to the hard working peasants looking to let off some steam. Towards the rear of this great hall is an ornate fireplace adorned with the Honoroe family crest. The back of the stone firebox is a relief carving depicting Lord Edson and Lady Hindertame's courtship. Here old timers gather around the crackling fire and talk story, weaving dark and haunting tales - no doubt enhanced by the Honoroe Den's morbid history.
But the main attraction is the stable of men and women under Mistress Rolonda's employ. This charismatic bunch known as "the undertakers" will take those with enough coin into the catacombs to provide them with an appropriate service. In the flickering torchlight, statues of the region's most powerful men and women have no choice but to watch over the carnal pleasures of their former subjects. If you ever hear someone say they're "in need of a burial" it won't be long before they make their way to the catacombs of Honoroe Den.

Alternative Names

The Honoroe Den

Type

Room, Religious, Mausoleum