The pentagonal Temple of Fair Weather points out to sea from behind Captain’s Row, nestled in the oldest corner of the Market District. Many travelers to the city hear it before they see it: on feast days, a thunder-like roar summons the faithful to worship.
Three banners fly atop bronze poles at the corners closest the sea, honoring Dawa, Purnoz, and Ptomir. When particularly severe thunderstorms hit the city, a lace of lightning dances between the three poles. Twin enormous stained-glass windows at the front let in the light from the sky: to the left of the great doors a turbulent sea meets the sky at the horizon, while to the right a thunder-struck mountain rises into the clouds. The tops of both give way to clear glass, granting a view of the open sky from within the temple.
The cynosure of the Temple, though, is the wall of light behind the altar: a thin sheet of water cascades in a transparent curtain behind the priest. Behind it, an everburning torch shines, casting motes through the water across the walls of the Temple. Even the furthest seats in the balconies to the left and right are dappled with these rays.
The Temple itself is dedicated to the worship of the Triad, both separately and together. Worship of the Triad is almost universal, especially among sailors, expecting parents, miners, gamblers, hunters, fisherman, and anyone in need of the start — or end — of rain. Attendance swells during the rainiest months of early spring and the typhoon months of late summer.
While dedicated to the gods responsible for tempests, the Temple itself is immune to such things: even in the most furious of typhoons the windows do not shake, the flags do not fray, and the doors do not rattle.
Across the street from the Temple to the northeast sits a small statue in the form of a swanmaiden, honoring Mir. While not a part of the Temple, it is customary for followers of Ptomir to care for the statue and the two trees that shade it.
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