Templa Aretia

The Templa Aretia is the seat of government in the Aretist state of Sekowo. While it is technically the center of all administrative activity, the Basillica Avatara remains the true seat of the State, being the main house of worship in the Sekowan Aretic Church and the official residency of the Avatara. The Templa Aretia is a massive complex spread over an area in excess of 35 acres, containing the chambers of the Concilium Avataron, the offices of its members, the chambers of the Pentarchy of Avatars who preside over the Concilium, various departments under the purview of the Acolya, and the official Repository of Knowledge of Sekowo in the underground levels. Various other entities are known to exist there but remain state secrets.

It contains four main marble façades, each usually sporting draped banners of the Aretic colors of bloodred and golden yellow. At the apex of the central dome, nearly 40 stories into the air, is a 57-foot tall bronze statue of an Zealot, or a warrior Acolyte. He is dressed in traditional classical armor with a crested helmet, shield, and spear, which he thrusts toward the sky in a majestic display of the power of the Aretic state.