Temple

The temple is the primary place of worship of the gods. Although there are small shrines throughout Ehrenfest, the temple within the city is the only one in the duchy. It sits directly on the border between downtown and the Noble District. Throughout the year the temple holds several religious ceremonies.

Layout
There are two major sections in the temple. The first is the noble's quarters. This is where the rooms for the blue priests are. The grey priests and servants live in the same section but in a different area. This section contains the temple's library and the offertory hall where the dedication ceremony is held.

The second section is the worship area and orphanage. These face the entrance from the lower city.

Caste System
The priests within the temple mainly fall into two groups: nobles, and orphans who had nowhere else to go. They are identified by the color of their robes; blue for nobles and gray for orphans.

Within the temple, there is a hierarchy of command, from highest to lowest, the hierarchy goes:


 * The High Bishop
 * The High Priest
 * Blue-Robed Priests
 * Apprentice Blue-Robed Priests
 * Gray-Robed Priests
 * Apprentice Gray-Robed Priests
 * Unbaptized Orphans

Blue-robed priests hold high authority within the temple and are the ones who conduct religious ceremonies. Gray-robed priests, however, do menial labor around the temple and work as servants to the blue-robes.

The caste system also plays a part in how food is distributed. Blue-robes eat first, then the gray-robes get their leftovers, finally the orphans gets the leftovers from that.

There is also a hierarchy among the servants. Normally the oldest one becomes the head attendant and their words are the words of their master or mistress.

Trivia

 * The Blue-Robed Priests are looked down upon by nobles.
 * Nobles do not want to even set a foot inside the temple.
 * Blue-Robed Priests are generally nobles which are born with low mana compared to their family, so their family make them join the temple.
 * Due to the purge in Ehrenfest, many nobles were killed, so families of blue priests called quite a few back to rejoin their families.
 * Ferdinand joined/escaped to the temple to take himself out of Ehrenfest's politics.