House of Truth

The House of Truth is the main daonic religious institution, devoted to the Light. It is the rival faction of the House of Lies. The House is divided into several Halls. These are not physical constructs as much as organizatorial subdivisions. Nevertheless, most major temples of the Light, themselves called Houses of Truth, are built to an ideal of a great house and its many halls.
 * The Hall of Annuncion: Also known as the Hall of No Walls, it serves as the public front of the House and is responsible for the regular masses, where holy texts, the revelations of the prophets and the decrees of the Canons are read for the public. True to its second name, the worship areas are usually open spaces with the priests standing on balconies built into special echo towers.
 * The Hall of Names: The highest ruling body of the House is made up of 144 Canons of Names, each representing one of the Names of the Light. The Canons include the directors of other Halls. Their duty is to uphold the ideals of each Name by writing theological theses and making decrees in the great council held in the Hall. The great temple of the Dominion includes an underchamber, where records of the theses and decrees are held.
 * The Hall of Prophets: This is where prophets, specialized divine-logicians, meditate in sensory deprivation chambers and write esoteric mathematical prophecies, which are then deciphered by the acolytes.
 * The Hall of Gardens: The monks of the House, called the Gardeners, work with natural science here. The facilities include both botanical gardens and so-called healing rooms, where medical treatments and experiments are practiced.
 * The Hall of Overcoming: The barracks of the House, where the Zashkelem, templar-assassins of the House, practice tirelessly in order to serve the Light with martial and clandestine arts.
 * The Hall of Return: Made up of priests who tend to the dead dao, this is where the dead are cremated and a casket of their ichor (element-blood) is placed in acommunal mausoleum whose design often evokes a calendar or a sundial. The priests of the Hall teach that the dao are bound to die and return endlessly until they reach the House of Light; thus, the caskets of the dead are to remind the living of the past lives they have spent and the time spent to reach the goal of their endeavor.