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Whitewood: named for cottonwoods
Ennearch Simeon: Named for st Simeon Stylites
Ennearch Isidor: gift of isis, gifts charity it's a bit meh but I asked mallory for a letter and she said i.
Brody: https://www.reddit.com/r/askgaybros/comments/4zpe82/generally_speaking_what_are_some_fuckboy_names/

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the City Eternal: The seat of the Hierarchy, region in north west Haven, delineated by the Shining Walls.
Includes the G
Includes the Meeting Hall, a great outdoor auditorium for Council meetings,
Redgrove -> real life counterpart is by espanola (nice coordination between red of redgrove and spain maybe idk)
Hall of Roots:
A great hall in the City Eternal, housing the Office of Charity as well as many of the acolytes.
Palace of skies:
The great palace made of a pure white stone and preserved holly, which contains the Hierarch's offices among others

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The Office of Charity took up the greater part of the third and fourth floors of the Hall of Roots.
Panels of black stone lined the walls, inlaid with white and red wood in lines that tapered to feather thin points.
Sarla thought it would have required Dwarven assistance to create the seamless gaps between stone and wood.
The panels depicted the Lord of the Mountain in the process of creating the Hidden Lands: the creation of a new space separate from the Outer Lands, the creation of Beasts, Birds and Dwarves, the Tripartition of the Voices.
Sarla knew Auroklos wasn't part of any Office, but the beauty of the halls in the Office of Charity brought home how out of favour her mentor was.
Sarla made her way to the antechamber before the Ennearch's office.
Two assistants stood stiffly by the door, wearing brown Renunciate robes with a gold sash over a shoulder
The Ennearch was busy, as one of them told Sarla, so she sat and waited.
The opulent room smelled of peat and mist, and the gold and white themes around her looked gaudy and overdone, nothing like Auroklos's cosy dark woods.
The yak on the left fidgeted, and as time went on seemed less comfortable with his post.
They both looked very young, and the effect was less an honour guard for the Ennearch than a few teenagers pretending to be tough.
Sarla sighed, and continued to wait.
Eventually, at some signal the yak on the right opened the door to the inner chamber and let Sarla in.
His Exalted Grace Ennearch Isidor, Paragon of Charity and Patron of the Northern Realms was, in Sarla's estimation, a colossal dick.
In just a few minutes, he made it clear that Sarla's presence was a great favour to Auroklos, and that Isidor would tolerate no embarrassment.
Sarla's role was simple: remain quiet and use the Meadowlark exactly as instructed.
When Sarla asked what precisely she might be instructed to do, the Ennearch gave her a withering glance, and dismissed her to wait outside again.
Outside, the fidgety yak gave her a sympathetic glance.
―He can be a bit overbearing.
Don't take it too personally though.
The one on the right attempted to give Fidgetboy a menacing glance, which on the young Renunciate's face looked more like particularly troublesome gas.
―The Practicants in our Office who would go on this trip are both unavailable, Grumpyface told Sarla.
Redgrove's Flocks follow Ennearch Isidor, so you will be there to grant petitions.
Fertilising the grove and so on.
Understand?
―Both sick at the same time?
That's unlucky.
Why aren't there more Practicants in Charity?
Grumpyface frowned at her and didn't seem to answer, and when Fidgetboy started to open his mouth, Grumpyface cleared his throat loudly.
―I'm sorry, Practicant Sarla, but that is the business of the Office of Charity.
If you're so curious, I'm sure you can ask Isidor.
The coach will leave as soon as he's ready.
Until then, you can wait here.
After a while, the Ennearch emerged from his office, dressed in the full robes of office; red as Ennearch with a gold sash to represent Charity.
―Brody, carry this for me, he said.
He handed a small bag to Grumpyface, whose name was apparently Brody.
―We're going to arrive late.
Come, move quickly, Isidor said, starting to head outside.
The four of them exited the building in relative silence.
Outside, a large coach hummed with activity, with another yak standing outside gesturing them in.
Sarla had heard about the transport coaches that moved without rails, but she'd never actually seen them in action.
It was only worthwhile when leaving the Haven for faraway towns, and that too only if there were no other modes of transport.
Ennearch Isidor boarded the coach first, entering the large enclosed compartment in the back.
The others followed, and Sarla saw the yak waiting outside enter the smaller front compartment.
Inside, the compartment was ringed with windows, with three rows of seats spaced closely together.
It looked as though six yaks could squeeze in.
The Ennearch took a row to himself, and Brody the next, leaving Fidgetboy and Sarla to squeeze into the back.
―This is all Dwarf-made, Fidgetboy whispered to Sarla, presumably because she was looking around too much at the unfamiliar vehicle.
Ottowan design for the body, or something.
The engine is commissioned from Mountberg.
―Brody, did you ask Sarla her full range of capabilities?, Isidor said loudly, cutting off the discussion on the coach.
I would find it very displeasing if we reach

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The Office of Charity took up a great part of