Artistry is a cornerstone of every Joybringer's life, with each member deeply engaged in at least one artistic discipline, including painting, sculpting, poetry, dancing, singing, and music. The temples offer mentoring and workshops to encourage public engagement with the arts. Nobility and other affluent individuals often enlist Joybringers to instruct their children in etiquette, arts, and personal grooming, ensuring they present themselves attractively and confidently as they mature. Additionally, the Joybringers actively support the arts by frequently sponsoring and purchasing art, ornaments, and other beautiful wares. They often willingly overpay to drive up market prices, thereby increasing demand and encouraging a greater supply of beautiful objects. Consequently, their temples are adorned with an extensive collection of exquisite items amassed since their founding.
The Joybringers also perform a range of ceremonial services, most notably weddings, coming of age ceremonies, and naming ceremonies. Although they often collaborate with the Meranzeum and the Greenwardens—the clergies for Marcandria's other goddesses—the Joybringers typically orchestrate the festivities that accompany these ceremonies, ensuring each event is a memorable celebration of life's significant milestones.
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//Describe their rites and rituals.
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Joybringer temples tend to be extensive and ornate, their size alone making them stand out in the cityscape. They are typically positioned in the more affluent areas of a settlement, typically where there's a lot of activity so that they can more easily engage with the inhabitants. The size is justified in the numerous functions the temple has to cover, from dwellings, administrative areas, areas for the different artistic practices, areas for the different services the temple provide, a potentially large bathhouse complex, not to mention all the areas used for the religious rites and ceremonies that they perform.
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in addition to these comes all the rooms and areas related to religious rites and ceremonies that they perform
positioned in the most affluent areas of a settlement.