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THE SANCTUARY
The Sanctuary - CRENSHAW
OVERVIEW
Following the discovery of a guardian sapling within an abandoned and ruined monastery on the edges of Crenshaw and the sudden growth of purified plant life around it, there's a growing bustle of activity around it. Those suffering corruption or despair come to sit under its boughs and let its tranquil aura help set them at ease. People started chattering on the street, marveling at it and the unprecedented greenery it's brought with it, and begin setting up small shops and carts out front to peddle wares to those who are basically pilgrims. Some are useful... some aren't. Incense is common.
Exploration of the building has revealed it to be a monastery that was once dedicated to Moon Presence after contact was made with the ghost of the last archivist, who is friendly and absent-minded old man who enjoys being read to as he can no longer turn the pages of books. Wards allowing him travel have been set up in several locations to allow him to interact with individuals outside his old study off the cloisters.
As of early-mid July, Sanctuary's lunar generator is back online, powering the entire area that's cleared with lunar light as well as heating and cooling.
MEMBER ROLES:
Corruption relief: People who can help provide emotional/spiritual support for the corrupted.
Beast purification: People with purification/exorcism abilities or soul sight/the ability to enter souls/spirit worlds to help humanely purify Beasts without killing them. Some beasts can never have their Beasthood reversed, but their suffering souls could still be freed from corruption and laid to rest.
Healers/Doctors: Medically proficient people/healers or those to help nurse any injured or those recovering from Beasthood.
Fighter/Patrol: Allied non-lethal Hunters or other people who patrol for beasts to help locate and contain beasts to be purified. As of early June there are two allied native Hunter factions that will work/partner with members. They are Nell and Vaughn and they are... quirky. Works/partners with purification experts.
Wardens/Protection: Combat capable people to provide watch and protection to Sanctuary itself. Can function like a bouncer. Blood magic capable people, especially darkbloods and palebloods, who can help with creating protective runes or eventual containment/pocket dimension/etc. rooms also highly needed.
Research: Anyone interested in researching new humane ways to treat beasthood/corruption, equipment for the beast patrols, or helping provide data.
Support and Groundskeeping: Help maintaining the grounds, gardening/Guardian Sapling care, basic maintenance.
Administrative: Organized or eloquent individuals good at making things happen
Donated items and services: People that help to help provide supplies, blood, food and/or cooking for all those who come there for sanctuary. Purification supplies like moon drops, orbs of hope, and any other event items are highly sought after as well. Blood gems are in demand for research and equipment-making. Donating items to be bartered for necessary items or to offer as payment as well is also helpful!
CURRENT MEMBER LIST
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Exploration of the building has revealed it to be a monastery that was once dedicated to Moon Presence after contact was made with the ghost of the last archivist, who is friendly and absent-minded old man who enjoys being read to as he can no longer turn the pages of books. Wards allowing him travel have been set up in several locations to allow him to interact with individuals outside his old study off the cloisters.
As of early-mid July, Sanctuary's lunar generator is back online, powering the entire area that's cleared with lunar light as well as heating and cooling.
MEMBER ROLES:
Corruption relief: People who can help provide emotional/spiritual support for the corrupted.
Beast purification: People with purification/exorcism abilities or soul sight/the ability to enter souls/spirit worlds to help humanely purify Beasts without killing them. Some beasts can never have their Beasthood reversed, but their suffering souls could still be freed from corruption and laid to rest.
Healers/Doctors: Medically proficient people/healers or those to help nurse any injured or those recovering from Beasthood.
Fighter/Patrol: Allied non-lethal Hunters or other people who patrol for beasts to help locate and contain beasts to be purified. As of early June there are two allied native Hunter factions that will work/partner with members. They are Nell and Vaughn and they are... quirky. Works/partners with purification experts.
Wardens/Protection: Combat capable people to provide watch and protection to Sanctuary itself. Can function like a bouncer. Blood magic capable people, especially darkbloods and palebloods, who can help with creating protective runes or eventual containment/pocket dimension/etc. rooms also highly needed.
Research: Anyone interested in researching new humane ways to treat beasthood/corruption, equipment for the beast patrols, or helping provide data.
Support and Groundskeeping: Help maintaining the grounds, gardening/Guardian Sapling care, basic maintenance.
Administrative: Organized or eloquent individuals good at making things happen
Donated items and services: People that help to help provide supplies, blood, food and/or cooking for all those who come there for sanctuary. Purification supplies like moon drops, orbs of hope, and any other event items are highly sought after as well. Blood gems are in demand for research and equipment-making. Donating items to be bartered for necessary items or to offer as payment as well is also helpful!
Sign up below!
WHAT
Humane beast purification efforts and corruption. Renovations began in May 2022 and room clearing and rebuilding is still in progress. Beast patrol efforts and purification started more in earnest in June-July.
All roles are volunteer on an as-you-can basis up to full time, with time reimbursed by food, shelter, care, and community support.
All roles are volunteer on an as-you-can basis up to full time, with time reimbursed by food, shelter, care, and community support.
WHERE
Crenshaw, near the Watch Tower. Lamp location onsite.
THINGS OF NOTE
➢ relations with native Hunters and the Wayward Watcher are strained, except for two secretive allied Hunter factions that work actively with members
➢ as of June, coordinated efforts to patrol Trench on their own and save Beasts and people both have begun
➢ the primary focus is on renovating the space, protecting/cultivating the guardian sapling, and providing for/protecting those that show up for help with their corruption
➢ community/NPC involvement is heavy, especially at the beginning as more Sleepers are filtering in and taking roles
➢ as of June, coordinated efforts to patrol Trench on their own and save Beasts and people both have begun
➢ the primary focus is on renovating the space, protecting/cultivating the guardian sapling, and providing for/protecting those that show up for help with their corruption
➢ community/NPC involvement is heavy, especially at the beginning as more Sleepers are filtering in and taking roles
The heart of the Sanctuary, one of the special guardian saplings planted by Amaterasu. The old monastery revolves around a large courtyard that is surrounded by cloisters, at the center of which is a large sakura tree in full bloom. The whole of the courtyard is covered in greenery and flowers unlike can normally be found elsewhere in the Trench aside from where there are similar such trees, and a pool of forever-pure water looks like it's just waiting for some fish. It's in full bloom this month, and some residents have started trying to make a tea from its petals. It's said to be very relaxing (and delicious, delicately floral and positively... heavenly. But don't drink in excess.)
It's the most common place for both residents of the Trench and Sleepers to be, as its tranquil aura helps soothe one's mind and ease corruption. Napping at its roots or in its branches seems quite popular, and birds and small animals can often be found there, drawn by it. Because of this, one Sleeper has started leading meditation sessions for corruption relief there.
Small and non-violent Beasts also seem drawn in, similar to how they are with the salt lake under the full moon. Twisted little fairies that are not so consumed that they don't still desire to be saved, they can be found resting there before slowly beginning to slip back to their formal selves; perhaps a dove, or maybe mice. Perhaps one could find similar such Beasts, either non-violent or easily restrained, and help bring them there in the hopes that they might also be able to be healed...?
It's the most common place for both residents of the Trench and Sleepers to be, as its tranquil aura helps soothe one's mind and ease corruption. Napping at its roots or in its branches seems quite popular, and birds and small animals can often be found there, drawn by it. Because of this, one Sleeper has started leading meditation sessions for corruption relief there.
Small and non-violent Beasts also seem drawn in, similar to how they are with the salt lake under the full moon. Twisted little fairies that are not so consumed that they don't still desire to be saved, they can be found resting there before slowly beginning to slip back to their formal selves; perhaps a dove, or maybe mice. Perhaps one could find similar such Beasts, either non-violent or easily restrained, and help bring them there in the hopes that they might also be able to be healed...?
INFIRMARY WING
Many of those who have come seeking some sort of tranquility are taxed, injured, or suffering in a way where they may need to rest within the confines of safety. One of the first spaces that has been cleared and made useable is a makeshift infirmary. There are simple beds and cots, a series of rooms for some privacy for those who simply need a clean and restorative place to stay temporarily versus those who need more medical attention. It's no Lumenarium, no place with any advanced medical treatment, but there are basic supplies for treating wounds and illness that have been donated. No one will be turned away, though violent individuals would be... dealt with in order to not be violent or cause harm, and anyone is welcome a bed for a night if it's needed. Some healers filter in and out, and most medicine practiced here is not the blood ministry common in Lumenwood but a mix of Sleeper powers from their worlds and basic aid.
A stockpile has been started for various items known to help reduce corruption or Beasthood as well, notably orbs of hope and a few precious moon drops, though most of those have been reserved for study. Anyone helping to assist, or who gets care, would be asked to just help return the favor for the ill and corrupted by donating what they can when they can.
A stockpile has been started for various items known to help reduce corruption or Beasthood as well, notably orbs of hope and a few precious moon drops, though most of those have been reserved for study. Anyone helping to assist, or who gets care, would be asked to just help return the favor for the ill and corrupted by donating what they can when they can.
Where there are people and the needy there is a need for food! A ramshackle affair currently, lunch and dinner is usually provided in the dining hall for anyone who is helping with the renovations or assisting in some manner, as well as anyone who has come there for aid. All the food is brought in via either donated supplies from local merchants or farms, some Sleepers, and pot luck style.
The kitchens are easy to access though, currently dominated by a stout Crenshaw woman named Abigail who is very thorough in how she wrangles any lollygaggers into chopping mushrooms or gutting fish. No one is safe from her. No one. Heaven help you if you make a mess of her kitchen. She is there almost every day, will lecture a grown man like he's her child, but has a soft spot for young people and will sneak them extra helpings even if she'd deny it. Heaven help you also if you have cooking skills or show any interest in it, because you will find her immediately recruiting you.
Her daughter often comes by bearing a huge bushel of sometimes-questionable "fish", a middle-aged fisherwoman named Joanna.
The kitchens are easy to access though, currently dominated by a stout Crenshaw woman named Abigail who is very thorough in how she wrangles any lollygaggers into chopping mushrooms or gutting fish. No one is safe from her. No one. Heaven help you if you make a mess of her kitchen. She is there almost every day, will lecture a grown man like he's her child, but has a soft spot for young people and will sneak them extra helpings even if she'd deny it. Heaven help you also if you have cooking skills or show any interest in it, because you will find her immediately recruiting you.
Her daughter often comes by bearing a huge bushel of sometimes-questionable "fish", a middle-aged fisherwoman named Joanna.
Wide open at the moment, this is used primarily as an open community space at the moment. It leads directly through to the cloisters that surround the courtyard, and so all foot traffic passes through here. At the moment, it's used as a staging grounds for all donated materials that are being used for the reconstruction effort.
Intricate carvings, statues, and faded paintings are throughout the nave and altar area -- but all have been damaged or worn in such a way where it's hard to make out what sort of shrine this was originally, or to whom.Some people will chime in and say it was to Moon Presence herself. Others to Argonaut, or perhaps The Reckoning. Maybe something else entirely, some bygone remnant of another civilization. Who's to say, there doesn't seem to be any consensus or proof yet. Origins have been confirmed as a monastery to Moon Presence, and Palamades has begun collecting and preserving the art and history within the Hidden Archives.
Lunar flowers have begun to grow again around the monastery grounds, so perhaps there's something to be said for it.
Intricate carvings, statues, and faded paintings are throughout the nave and altar area -- but all have been damaged or worn in such a way where it's hard to make out what sort of shrine this was originally, or to whom.
Lunar flowers have begun to grow again around the monastery grounds, so perhaps there's something to be said for it.
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Are you out of your mind! He is a legit disaster!!! He'll end up freezing half the food and burning the other half! Plus, flour everywhere!! Which means they gotta do it one day, aprons and all!
... how the heck does this always happen! Just let him sleep where he wants! He's an avid napper, so he'll get the chance! Just expect to be frozen in place if he's startled!
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ALLEN ALSO GETS FLOUR EVERYWHERE... and has a terrible habit of taste-testing everything to the point where there's nothing left... the stew will be too salty because that's how Cross always made it... also Timcanpy playing in things... it'll be glorious. They'll get scolded so hard for somehow ruining the kitchen in less than an hour.
At least sit down like a normal person then!! hdjads completely worth it. hahaha ow, this is cold
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Haha! At least one of them will remember to taste test! Oh no! he won't even think there's anything wrong bc - maybe that's how it's supposed to taste. He always had his food catered so he assumes people know what they're doing when they're in the kitchen and well... who is he to judge. /eats the too salty stew Oh, no! My heart! Tim will be so adorable in that flour! Angel dust when he flies around them, peppering them with flour! .... yeah that kitchen is toast, and they'll be there all night cleaning up their mess. Probably fall asleep on the floor afterwards.
What part of all /points at him/ THAT do YOU think is NORMAL?!
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And then it was heartbreaking because he'd tell him that he knows it's too salty but it makes him think about his master and he's missed that awful stew he used to make him as a kid. YEAH, the guy who would shoot at him in the name of training... And asdhjasd YES. Whatever they don't get legitimately on themselves will be from Tim peppering them with it like powdered sugar... or shaking flour off himself like a dog... or smooshing up against them and getting it everywhere. It'll get in their hair... which is impossible for the parts that are white... LOL. And yes. Yes they would. Exhausted pile probably still half covered in flour themselves. Someone shows up in the morning and Judges.
Hey, look. He's relatively normal compared to Allen's entire everything of his world of child soldiers and the institutionalized crimes against humanity/children that they all are and that's still normal for people there!! but also no he just really wanted to tease him and couldn't help himself... it was a weak moment of being a teenager...
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Nothing like tragic memories to compliment their fun! Not that Shouto would find it fun! He'd be like... it's edible and start passing it out bc he's got low standards! Tim, the real MVP of this mess! Kizu is too much of a lady to be a part of this mess. LMAO. Shouto ends up with all white hair just like he always wanted! Don't make him wash it off! Let him savor the moment! Also, you know this idiot will pass out anywhere just given the chance. And pfft! As if he'd even notice he was being judged. He'll just think they want the aprons back.
.... That's just tragic. Look, he thinks you're a normal priest so I guess that tracks. Don't worry, he's got no clue how a real teenager should act like. He's always confused by his peers and what they like and do, so he'll pretty much just accept it as normal behavior and move on. Allen can act his age around the clueless one!
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When aren't tragic moments always sneaking in LMDKSD. Also of course Kizu is, she's A Lady and Timcanpy is the cute gremlin chaos lord. Also Shouto... Shouto that doesn't actually make your hair white... Shouto... lmao, they hand their aprons back in and get bullied into going to go wash their hair. No breakfast until clean. also, this is probably how Shouto ends up accidentally poisoning everyone one day...
istg Allen is going to start wearing the most poorly written crooked namebadge that just says "EXORCIST" to combat this whole priest thing LOL.
ALSO, SHOUTO PLS. HOW MANY NORMAL PRIESTS DO YOU KNOW WITH SCARS LIKE HIS.But it's fine, he'll laugh and drag him off by the arm to go try some new pastry thing that Sansa or someone else brought by to make it up to him. try this, try thisno subject
Wow... I misread tragic = magic 3x and I'm just reeling here! Yup, pretty much a reflection of them both... except chaos lord?! Don't make him go find some hair dye! Or bleach! ... get sent to the baths bc they're filthy! And now they gotta wash those aprons too. Like he's ever washed clothes before in his life! ... Sadly, this is probably true. While Allen is having his moment with his too salty stew, he adds some poisonous garnish and starts passing it out... sorry everyone!
One day, he'll actually say it to his face and like hand him a rosary or something.
HA! Jokes on you! He only knows ONE Priest and that's you! So you're his reference!Oh! But he's not supposed to have pastries! His Dad regulated his diet so much he doesn't actually like overtly sweet things now, so maybe just one. /tries two/ .... /needs tea to wash out the sugar/Oh... so Priests really carry large swords and have odd curses and a lot of bullet wounds and scars... /sage nod/ This is normal.
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You're surprised at the chaos lord part only because Allen's cheeky gremlin side doesn't come out around Shouto ehe. ♥ Also, I mean... he literally is. But hey look if he does want to go that route, at least Allen has way too much experience with trying to dye his hair LMAO. It just didn't work on his own because... it's weird... And then they were on laundry duty and that would probably end horribly too, LOL. Except Allen's actually very good at it! And Tim's great at helping! Frets and tries to show him how to do it in a way that doesn't result in everything become tie-dyed pink... don't heat the water so hot, they'll shrink...
HANDING HIM A ROSARY.......... im fucking dead, please give that to him for something like his pseudo-birthday he won't tell anyone about (Christmas, no one is surprised), I'd die. He'll die inside. But also be too polite to reject it...
Well at least he'll be prepared for encountering any other priest from any anime ever then LMAO.They're not that sweet!! Here, have some of his tea...he put more sugar in it than is in the pastries.no subject
.......... He Has A Cheeky Gremlin Side?! Lies! LMAO! No, wrong brother Allen. If he wants tips on dying his hair, he should go to Dabi. No one even suspected he had white hair underneath his black dye job! Oh no! That's absolutely adorable! Now they need to do laundry, have Tim help while Kizu just lazily watches Shouto put all the whites and colors together in hot water with detergent and fabOHric softener mixed together to save time. Oh no! Didn't even think about shrinking all the clothes with hot water! it's perfect have tiny socks to match your tiny gloves!
The week before hand, SHout out collecting all the roses just for an authentic present. And Christmas!!! That's perfect! He'll get double the gifts plus cake!
He's gonna be surprised when they actually try to say grace.... like... what is this strange custom? Must not be a very good priest.aefulisdfpshdf No! not the tea! Blasphemy! How many cubes of sugar did he put in there! ONE cube is too much! Don't ruin the tea by adding your own flavors in it! They will 100% have issues at tea parties!no subject
The week before he's -- ? Oh no. No. HE DOESN'T THINK ROSARIES ARE MADE OF... ROSES... DOES HE......... Allen is going to get so confused. He likes flowers but, um....?!?! BOLD OF YOU TO ASSUME HE WILL EVEN TELL ANYONE/he gets nervous and dodges questions about his birthday because... he doesn't actually know when his real one is... that's just the day Mana took him away from the circus... but damn, he does like cake. How many cubes did he put in? Ummmmmm... half? But hey, look on the bright side!! He's totally fine with Shouto not being a fan of sugary tea!! It means when they have it there's more sugar for him. ✨