People often argued over which temple in the Old World was the most magnificent.
Was it the Temple of Ulric, perched on the cliffs of Middenheim, occupying the entire mountain peak and cliffside, and symbolizing the undying flame of the White Wolf God?
Was it the great cathedral of Sigmar Church in Aldorf, where generations of emperors of the human Empire lay buried, with a hall dozens of meters tall that overlooked the entire capital district?
Was it the great cathedral of the Lady of the Lake in the Duchy of Carcassonne, Batonia, where an eighty-meter-tall statue of the Lady of the Lake stood and the Grail Knights were stationed?
Or was it the Temple of Grungni, the chief god of the Dwarfs, at Peak of Eternity, which could only be reached after climbing a thousand steps?
No matter how the debate went, the great cathedral of Manann in Marienburg would certainly make the list. In the largest and most prosperous port in the Old World, the golden mermaid statue at the sea god's temple, more than sixty meters tall and clutching a trident, struck awe into everyone, declaring that this was the domain of Manann, god of the sea.
Manann was usually depicted as a huge, muscular, bare-chested merman wearing a black iron crown with five spikes. He might also appear as a whirlpool, a current, or a gigantic sea monster—usually a Triton Great Conch.
Manann's symbols included a green five-spiked crown, a trident, and an albatross.
The knights of the sea god's order, with cutlasses at their waists and tridents in their hands, guarded the magnificent temple. The carvings on its walls recounted the sea god's great deeds: Manann had bestowed seafaring skills upon humanity, taught them to fish, and given them the Manann Compass and the Manann