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'''Shrines''', usually a statue or monument to a certain diety of [[Achaea]], are found all across [[Sapience]], and beyond the waves. Offerings of gold or corpses may be left at a shrine, to increase the essence pool of the god, to allow them to perform such tasks, as worldburning their enemies and healing their [[divine_order|order]] members.  
:''This article is about the religious structures. For other uses, please see [[Shrine (disambiguation)]].''
'''Shrines''', usually statues or monuments to certain [[:Category:Gods|Deities]] of [[Achaea]], are found on nearly all [[:Category:Continents|continents]] and [[:Category:Planes|planes]]. [[Offering|Offerings]] of [[gold sovereigns|gold]] or corpses may be offered at a shrine to increase the [[Divine essence|essence]] pool of the God, which in turn allows [[Divine Order|Order]] members to perform such tasks as worldburning their enemies and healing their Order members.  


[[Category:Relics]]
Once a shrine is erected by a member of a Divine Order of sufficient rank, it must be sanctified with offerings. Through the process of sanctification, it will undergo several physical changes from a crude, dormant shrine into a large, powerful one.
 
Shrines may be destroyed by the act of defiling. A vast amount of essence is required to destroy a shrine utterly, but doing so successfully will, in turn, cost the Divine essence. Each Divine is said to have a Master Shrine. Usually found within the safety of the God's [[temples|temple]], the Master Shrine cannot be destroyed through normal means.
 
In the year 725 AF, a new type of shrine a shrine to the meld is so far not able to be sanctified or defiled.
[[Category:Religion]]
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