Town Hall

Ubersreik’s Town Hall is an imposing stone building, two storeys high with four towers, that looms over the northern side of Marktplatz. In addition to banks of offices belonging to the Burgomeister and his staff, it contains the stately Nobles’ Court, a grand hall in which the Jungfreud rulers historically made rulings that affected the whole county. 

The towers were reserved for the Jungfreuds and visiting nobles to use as a residence when attending court, but now lie unused. Since the removal of the Jungfreuds, the status and influence of the Town Council, which meets weekly in the Town Hall, has risen dramatically, although the formal bounds of its power is very much in flux.

Theatre Varieté

Originally, this building was a merchant’s storehouse and shop, but it was converted a decade ago into a proscenium arch theatre, which plays host to actors, musicians, and entertainers of all sorts.

It is large, stone building, with an expansive, vaulted, wooden ceiling. A large chalkboard hangs beneath the painted sign, on which the owner writes the name of the next performance, as well as a number of images to keep the illiterate masses informed. Inside, there are fifty seats in the stalls, another fifty in the upper circle, and two boxes, which are reserved for the town’s nobility or its wealthiest citizens.

High Temple of Sera's Perfekt Symmetry

The High Temple of Sera is the largest temple in town, dwarfing those in other quarters. The facade is lined with pillars, and the temple itself can hold hundreds of worshippers. On especially busy Festags (festival days), poorer worshippers huddle outside the doors, straining to hear the service. Recently, locals have found the temple significantly busier, as it is filled with officers and soldiers from Wesbralen.

Father Gunther Emming is the High Priest. A stern looking man in his 50s with thinning silver hair, Emming is famed for the severity of his sermons, and the sobriety of his demeanour. Though not unkind, he laces even his praise and comforting words with dire warnings of the consequences of vice.

Temple of the Wachen an Sonnlacht (Watchers of Sunlight)

The Temple of Lana, Goddess of Wisdom, stands at the southeast corner of Handel Square. A modest building, its services are attended regularly by scholars, including members of Ubersreik’s judiciary. Behind the single-storey temple lies the ‘Annexe’, a large library open to all. The Annexe contains a broad, well-lit reading room and many cases of books and scrolls, including the town’s charter and bylaws, and minutes of the Jungfreuds’ historical rulings. The more valuable, or dangerous, books are located in a locked room, only accessible with the high priest’s blessing.

Heinrich Gutenberg is the high priest of the temple. A kindly man, with a long, flowing beard, Gutenberg believes knowledge is Lana's gift, and sees it as his sacred duty to share it with as many people as possible. While this makes him a mine of interesting stories, he can appear somewhat condescending, especially at parties. Gutenberg is assisted by Dagmar Schirma, a shortsighted librarian who is clearly  besotted with the high priest. This is one piece of knowledge of which Gutenberg remains sadly ignorant.

The Temple of Neira's Sailing Song

The white walls of the Temple of Neira, Goddess of Mercy, soar skywards near the Temple of Lana. It is a high-ceilinged building with a wide dome, all built in a classical style. Inside, there is an open space for worship and tending the sick. A series of curtained alcoves lie along both sides of the temple, where those with more severe or less dignified afflictions are placed.

Upper levels are cloistered for the clergy and visiting priestesses from other temples. The inside of the dome is painted with a beautiful fresco of crying Neira swimming across the oceans, her tears falling as rain about a pod of dolphins.

Marianne Altenblum is the High Priestess, a matronly widow who joined the cult over a decade ago. She has a bottomless well of empathy, but no tolerance for flippancy or timewasters. She is assisted by a number of initiates and lay-members, who tend the sick and provide alms to the poor.