The Temples of...

Learning of the sad passing of Rush drummer, Neil Peart, at the weekend, I decided to tackle a couple of pieces that have been in the 'ancients miscellany' pile for a while. 

So with several albums of the inimitable Canadian rockers playing in the background, I spent Saturday afternoon producing these...

The Temple of Syrinx (only the Rush fans will get the reference, so here's to you!)

… and the sacrificial altar.





This will be used as an Oracle for my WAB games.

I'm thinking that The Temple of Syrinx is at the ancient religious capital of Macadamia, Mintsos, where sacrificial offerings to the gods were a regular occurrence, and where one could get an apprenticeship in reading sheep entrails.

In the context of the Bathelas campaign (with Henry Hyde), the tradition in Macadamia is that the sacrifice is of a Byzarbian goat or sheep, that must be untouched by human hands and must be a virgin ... but apparently it's very rare to be able to find any goats or sheep in Byzarbia that fulfil these criteria these days!