#abbeys

[postingcards]

oriel window in cleeve abbey, england postcard ca. 1900s

[nikko-leoven]

Nice to see you again, Ken! ✨

[medievalistsnet]

New Medieval Books: The Romance of Mont St. Michel

[keepxsolxinxsolxinvictus]

The ruins of Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, completed with drone lighting.

(Not my picture. From History Three Thousand on Facebook)

[ask-the-clergy-bc]

How does the clergy work in America? Like are there little churches or is it like one main abbey.

Abbeys and Churches in America

Both actually! There are churches and ministry buildings around the world. Currently, out of sheer size, America currently boasts the highest population of Siblings.

The way the Ministry typically works is in branches.

The head Cathedral, where acting Papa and bloodlines usually dwell, is currently in Linkoping Sweden. Centuries ago it WAS in Italy but it was driven out by the Vatican (long drawn history there.)

After that each country that the ministry has hold in has it's own main Cathedral. Every country is considered it's own branch with it's own hierarchy that all inevitably answer to the Swedish one.

Now each country has a branch but it also has sub branches based on how MANY are present and how far away they are from the head. So, to answer you directly, we will look at the typical structure.

The head American building is a Cathedral located somewhere in California. Three more main abbeys follow after this and are broken up into regional branches. The main Cathedral is West Coast, one abbey is the east coast hub, one is a southern, and one is northern. Though all American business is decided in the California location.

There are absolutely other small churches and even business buildings (as Ministry matters go beyond typical religious ones.) You can find at leas tone building in every major city, but they are typically well hidden. Churches can be anywhere between in cities to the middle of no where. So far you can assume three major buildings are in each state, and that's low balling.

Now each abbey is run by an Abbott/Abbess (typically a Bishop), and main Cathedrals are usually overseen by head Ministry members (Think Archbishops and Cardinals.)

Hope this paints an idea! the Clergy is EVERYWHERE!

[penwrythe]

Living object life cycle! For a more updated version, see the section Growth Rates and Stages in the article Biology of Living Objects!

Below the break, here's what it says in the images, along with some context!

Image one:

Pericarp (egg) formed in a hatchery inside of an Abbey, a place where young curios are born and raised. It takes five months to incubate, then it hatches. A team of altrices (nurses) led by a Mother come to collect the hatched baby curios and begin caring for them. After five months, the curios go through their first shed and their ichor limbs become more developed. One year, and the curios have a fully formed face and learned to walk and speak. Their cores at this point are a little more refined per shed.

Three-year-old curios can speak full sentences and their limbs are fully developed, allowing them to shift their ichor more easily. Teen curios at the age of thirteen have larger cores and fully formed fingers. They are capable of casting magic at this age. However, fragile curios must begin wearing suppressors to keep their magic from harming them. Hardy curios can go without one unless there's evidence they need it for protection.

Curios are adult objects at eighteen years of age. They are old enough to leave the Abbey and work for a living. They can do apprenticeships under the watch of their Guardian (parent figure), too. As adults, their cores and ichor structure remain the same throughout their adulthood, unless modified by refitting or permanent core and ichor injuries occur.

At 25 years of age, hardy objects can apply for specialized jobs that require refitting (core and ichor modifications), such as becoming an war-object, blacksmith, builders, etc.

Second Image:

Object lifespans. For fragile objects, 40-50 years. Later advancements in magic (thanks to Gwuenevere's discoveries) allow for an additional 20 years. For hardy objects, 90-100 years, with refits living up to 100-120 years. Monoliths can live for over 100 years but no more than 300 years. Elemental objects, 100-200 years. Past 200 they become immobilized or fuse with their environment. There is no revival possible at this point.

Elderly objects lose the luster of their cores and begin shedding material more frequently. Ichor shifting is more difficult. Limbs may shorten or wither away. Past core injury scars become more visible. In their twilight years, elderly objects begin to suffer Crumbling. Their limbs grow weaker and more difficult to move. Their eye's pupils dilated permanently. They are more prone to falls and breaks. If severe injury or death occurs, revivals may not entirely heal any new injuries. Crumbling worsen over years.

End of life. At end-stage crumbling, elderly objects lose limbs if enough of their core sheds away. Their mental state is lost in past memories and dreams of their progenitors' lives before them. They are given hospice care in an Abbey.

True Death. Revivals are impossible at this point because the kernel yielded by the deceased is withered. The germ is extracted and put in a material pile in an Abbey's hatchery. The deceased's remains are then donated to the material pile for future baby curios.

Quick supplemental note!

Crumbling can occur early for living objects who are revived past their revival limits. There's a risk in future revivals may worsen crumbling injuries for young or adult objects. They can still live well with it, but need to avoid any injuries or deaths to avoid making it worst.

[surroundingw]

FROM :  wgm-beautiful-world  -  WHITBY Abbey, Yorkshire, England