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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4216414" data-attributes="member: 2209">Since Arcata has her afternoon shift at the Scholar's Quill the party starts heading up North across the city, cutting across the merchant quarter through to the jumble that is the Temple District with its riot of small ancient island god temples and shrines to the new and old god pantheons of the Continent as well as those of other lands and individual deities. The Lodge House of the Cerulean Circle stands on the border of the Merchant District where sea witches and other practitioners of nautical magic can be hired to serve aboard the ships of Freeport as they have for hundreds of years. Persecuted by the witch hunt's of the continent the Circle has long provided Freeport with a magical edge, whether it has been in piracy, war, or trade. Said to be the strongest magical organization in Freeport they have held a seat on the Captain's Council by tradition for the last 150 years. Their inner workings are a mystery with some claiming they are actually a cult to the power of the sea itself, others saying they are a nautical druid order, and a few whispering that they secretly make pacts with dark powers of the sea whose formal worship is banned in Freeport. Deeper in the district the market of the gods clamors with competing voices proclaiming the efficacy of their faiths, gods, and goods. The market is where faith peddlers offer holy amulet wards, sacred incense, and offers to pray for various undertakings. Mixed among them are soothsayers and the occasional hexer for hire. While the temple district is not known for Cathedrals or vast worship halls where the irreligious populace could congregate in masses, it is the city's biggest gathering of sellers of the benefits of the divine. Prominent among the low island god temples are those to the Primordial and Chaotic god of the Sea, the Lord of the Vines who sponsors revelry and wild passions, and the Trickster patron of commerce and lies. Some say the Trickster claims the entire god market as a sacred extension of his temple that borders it and he revels in and blesses the transactions whether they are done in his name or not. Others say the Cthonnic Queen of Witches has more than one follower offering services in the god's market for those willing to pay the price.Standing tallest of the buildings in the Temple Quarter, though, is the marble Athenaeum. The chapterhouse is an impressive structure, its vaulted frame soaring up one hundred feet, and visible from many parts of the city. Large bronze doors stand open, revealing a tiled atrium within. A number of sholarly types go in and come out, others are seen milling around outside the building.</blockquote>

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