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.
+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. Which and how many of these services the temple offers, as well as to what extent each is covered, varies between each individual temple.
+Joybringer temples tend to be exquisite, with not a single speck on the entire temple not having been made to be beautiful and awe-inspiring. Every wall is intricately ornate and lavish, often painted as to work in unison with the numerous pieces of art they have hanging on the walls. Furniture is often lavish and luxurious, meant to facilitate as comfortable a stay as possible. Rooms and hallways are often themed, with their interior and art intended to instill a certain flavor of awe and joy for those in them.
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Joybringers who have travelled to smaller settlements, and who are only a few individuals in number, may have more quaint looking temples. These nonetheless tend to have a similarly ornate and luxurious interior.
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The Meranzeum operates out of massive temple-compounds that are exclusively located in the larger and busier cities and settlements in Marcandria, where commerce and trade flows in its fullest flower and where people of numerous backgrounds mingle. Here, knowledge and techniques can easily be shared, and the Meranzeum can thus better help enrich and progress. While one may find a small temple in some out-of-the-way settlement, these are merely the result of one or a few individuals' endeavors, and not part of the Meranzeum's overall strategy. The Meranzeum's locations are temple-compounds rather than simply temples due to their locations having facilities meant to accommodate for all the different endeavors and operations the organization partakes in at said location. This means workshops for their artisans; offices for their merchants and traders; storage areas for their goods; studies for their researchers; vault to keep their money, valuable, and artifacts; room for their massive archives; and so on.
+The Meranzeum's temples and compounds are massive, often soaring above everything that surrounds it. They are always made with the finest materials available, with no expenses spared. Their floors, walls, and ceiling if possible, are always filled with ornate decorations. These decorative elements are often baroque, intricate, brightly colored, and lavish. The décor also feature as much precious metal and as many gemstones as can be fitted into the design. Despite all this lavish adornment, both inside and outside, these golden-leaf covered structures are designed to be impregnable fortresses meant to safeguard their archives, collections, and assets from those who would seek to steal from them.
+Exactly what facilities each temple-compound includes depends on what activities are offered there. Common for all is that they include an actual temple, where worship, rituals, ceremonies, and offerings to Meranzi are made. A publicly available archive and areas for their artisans and merchants to operate out of are also always included.
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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.
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Pools of reflection. Prayer rooms. Ceremonial chambers.
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Joybringers who have travelled to smaller settlements, and who are only a few individuals in number, may have more quaint looking temples. These nonetheless tend to have a similarly ornate and luxurious interior.
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