Conventical of Seran
| Conventical of Seran | |
|---|---|
| Dominance | Eastern Dominance |
| World | Scadrial |
The Conventical of Seran is a fortress of the Canton of Inquisition on Scadrial.
Geography
The Conventical of Seran lies far south of Luthadel in the Eastern Dominance, likely near the River Seran and it's lakes North Seran and South Seran.[1]
It is built in a large crater-like depression in the land. This valley has steep rocky slopes, is about three hundred feet deep and is almost too wide to look at the other side with the bare eye. The crater is surrounded by gently sloping hills, and no roads lead to it. All these reasons make the Conventical of Seran hard to defend, but even difficult to find.[1]
Architecture
Exterior
The Conventical's walls are built from dark stone and are flat, broad and impressive. It has steel plates bolted to some of the outside sections of the building, covered by some rust, moss and ash. It's massive gate doors are also made of steel. The whole building doesn't have any windows, and has an ominous look.[1]
Interior
Inside, it is almost completely dark, as the fortress has no exterior windows. The interior walls and columns also have steel sheets bolted to them, and unlike the plates on the outside, don't have any stains and are buffed to create patterns and shapes on the walls. The floor is made of large reflecting square steel tiles. The rooms are high, large and hardly furnished, the doorways don't have doors, and the hewn out of stone stairs have high steps.[1]
In general the whole interior is dark, square-shaped, covered by steel plates and without decoration, except for carvings in the steel.[1]
The ground floor doesn't have a clear purpose, it only serves as entry. On the upper floor(s) are the Inquisitor's quarters. The basement contains the room where new Inquisitors are made. Even lower is the cave-like room where Kwaan carved his inscription in a large steel plate.[1]
History
After the Lord Ruler's death, the Inquisitors and obligators retreat to it.[2] Later, Sazed and Marsh visit and find it empty, abandoned. Sazed also finds and copies the inscription for later study.[1] His copy is later altered by Ruin, leading to Ruin's release from the Well of Ascension.[3]