Editing Temple of Gehn

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| image = Gehns_temple.png
| imagecaption = Gehn would project his face inside the spherical cage.
| location = [[Temple Island]], [[Riven]]
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The '''Temple of Gehn''' was a subterranean complex on the [[Age]] of [[Riven]].  It was located on the eponymous [[Temple Island]].  Gehn used the temple to force the [[Rivenese]] people to worship him as a god, and instill fear.

==Main Worship Room==
Worshippers would arrive at the temple by [[maglev]].  They would enter through a tall metal door which would be opened remotely by [[Gehn]].  Inside, the temple consisted of a long room supported by thick stone pillars leading to a spherical cage at the end.  The cage radiated golden light from a stained-glass image of [[Gehn's crest]].  Gehn's face would then appear within the cage.  In actuality the cage was a large [[imager]], and Gehn's [[Holography|holographic]] form was being projected from an adjacent room.  Worshippers would leave offerings of fruit in front of stone effigies of [[Wahrk]]s situated on either side of the imager.  Gehn had co-opted the Rivenese's reverence and fear of the Wahrk.  By displaying power over the great fish, he demonstrated that he was the most powerful force on [[Riven]].

==Behind the Temple==
A hidden doorway in the wall of the temple led to the room where Gehn projected his image from.  Here Gehn would sit in a chair surrounded by a cage similar to the one in the main Temple.  The room also allowed Gehn to open and close the main door to the Temple and keep an eye on the maglev.

Beyond this, a cave led to the [[Fissure Plateau]] and the [[Gate Room]].  Only Gehn's closest followers were allowed to go beyond the Temple to the rest of the island.

==History==
This is the second temple to be built on the site.  The first temple of Gehn was present on Riven when [[Atrus]] worked to trap Gehn on the Age.  In the ensuing struggle, [[Catherine]] wrote [[Riven daggers|five daggers]] into the [[Descriptive Book]], one of which fell on the Temple and destroyed it.  The new temple was built on top of the old, completely burying any sign of the old temple and the dagger.


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