Altar of Land and Grain

Nestor: None.

Location: Imperial Palace.

Description: A huge, circular altar made of stone, surrounded by two half-rings of low stone benches and decorated with panels of green marble. Once each year, on the 8th day of Ascending Wood, Dynasts and Immaculates gather here for the Planting Ceremony, a ritual where the Scarlet Empress and the Mouth of Peace lead a prayer and sacrifice of seeds to honour the harvest and agricultural gods of the Blessed Isle for their diligent work in upholding their posts in the Perfected Hierarchy. Through the rest of the year, the Altar is tended only by a young monk who has been seen as needing a lesson in humility.