<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">First two floors of the temple</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/besrikarie/Eberron/templeofshoni1stand2nd.jpg)</div></div></div><br/>Cassie checks the longsword on her hip, leaving her shield strapped to her back, a coin pouch at her waist, and her breastplate and helm.  She had left her bag in the room, preferring to travel light, and said to Doxi, "I'll see you back here later tonight then.  I think I'm going to go check out the library at Morograve University.  They say it's an amazing sight, that they have a museum built right into it and that there's the bones of a dragon, assembled and wired together as if the dragon was mid flight."<br/><br/>Doxi wishes the paladin good luck, then has inkeeper Lara let her into the tunnels below the inn.   The tunnels are dark and lit very sparsely with flickering everbright lanterns, but are very clean and don't feel creepy or ill maintained.  They were in fact dry and well kept.  The tunnel sloped slightly downwards, and at random times other tunells would join in.  But at each of these intersections there was always an arrow with a marking.  At the first such intersection Doxi noticed an arrow pointing back the way she came and below that the image of a tea pot, colored gold.  Fairly obvious then how this worked.  As long as she kept following the arrows that pointed towards the half mask that was Shoni's holy symbol, she was sure she'd find the temple.<br/><br/>Eventually after thirty minutes or so of walking, the tunnel slowly getting wider and brighter as more lanterns appeared, Doxi arrived at large metal door with the holy symbol of Shoni on it.  Unsure of what to do, she tried knocking.  The sound was hollow and boomed in the tunnel.  But there was no response so Doxi tried the handle.  It opened easily on well oiled hinges and she passed through it.  The door slowly shut behind Doxi.  The hallway for a hundred feet or so, then you're suddenly exposed to a gorgeous vista. The wall to your left falls away, replaced by gigantic panes of glass. Windows that travel from nearly the floor to the ceiling give you a view of the countryside to the east of Sharn. You realize now that you must be inside the westernmost plateau of Sharn and your view looks down upon the farmlands and small buildings below. The view is breathtaking. The windows extend for at least 15 feet and then on the other side pick up into another tunnel, you imagine similar to the one you just traveled through.<br/><br/>Doxi stops to admire the view for a little bit, then turns and passes through an unlocked set of double doors directly across from the windows. The doors themselves are beautiful, cut stained glass with a wild mosaic of a chalice with a sword behind it. Doxi's teachings tell her that a sword and chalice is an older, and no longer commonly used version of the symbol of Shoni. The sword represents a penis and the chalice the vagina.  She knows that the positioning of the sword behind the chalice was looked down upon because in Shoni's eyes all sexes are equal, and women are not superior to men.  It was only in the last few decades that Shoni worship came out of hiding and became an accepted religion again that the use of the half mask took over as her holy symbol.  It represented the mystique of sex and also paid homage to the decades long hiding that Shonites were forced into to avoid persecution.<br/><br/>Beyond the doors is what could only be described as a large locker room with matching stained glass doors on the opposite wall. On the left and right sides of the room are doors marked with the symbols for male or female.  Walking through the female door, Doxi finds that  inside is a large bath house with a few tubs and shower stalls, and several stalls that you quickly deduce are privies. There is also a row of sinks along one wall and Doxi knews enough about this layout to understand.  It is suggested that worshipers clean themselves well before services.  Without looking she knows that the lockers out in the main room contain hundreds of outfits that worshipers may wear during service.  But since Doxi isn't here for worship, she figures she probably can head down to the temple proper.  She's mildly surprised that she hasn't run into any acolytes yet.<br/><br/>