First appearance: S3E2 — The Student and the Master — Alma v Ahyan · watch it on YouTube
The Grandmaster’s temple is one of many places of worship that the Acolytes have raised in honor of the Grandmaster. This particular one had seen better days even before it hosted a Deathmatch. It served as the arena for S3E2 — The Student and the Master — Alma v Ahyan, and it came out of the fight with one more hole in its ceiling than it went in with.
Description
The temple is built of stone, and its roof is full of holes that let the sky in. Torches burn inside. Out in the east courtyard stand two statues of the Grandmaster, so the faithful (and any champions passing through) are never far from her gaze.
Its most dramatic feature is a sky pillar that rises high above the grounds, with a drop of more than seventy-five feet from the top. For a temple built for devotion, it makes a fine place for someone to fall a very long way. By any fair measure the building is due for renovation.
History
The temple was chosen as the battleground for the Deathmatch between Alma and Ahyan, billed as a clash between the student and the master. When the dust settled, the temple’s long-overdue repairs had grown a little longer. It now has a new hole in the ceiling, this one made by a chair.
Notable Figures
- Grandmaster Elusia Skypiercer: the temple’s object of worship, honored with two statues in the east courtyard.
- The Acolytes: the temple’s builders, who have raised many such temples to the Grandmaster.
- Alma: one of the two champions who fought here.
- Ahyan: the other champion who fought here.