Exterior: A low (3’) glazed deep blue wall surrounds the mighty Cathedral, behind which is a spiraling sandstone walkway, carved to resemble a nautilus shell, rising to this opalescent temple.  Blued stone forms an overhead latticework, every few feet illumined by a silver dolphin illumined with magical light.  The walls are of white limestone set with glazed sea blue octagonal tiles, and dominated by tall clerestory windows of blue and green stained glass set in geometric patterns.  Two spiring limestone-clad towers (one the bell tower, one the Cardinal’s Tower, the latter guarded by two ecclesiastical knights at all times) capped with silver laen bracket a widow’s walk framed in a silver-edged ash wood lattice.  Three white limestone buildings - the parish rectory, the Cardinal’s administrative offices and a small monastery (the Abbey of St. Math) - are set back of the cathedral proper.

Vestibule:  Massive blued steel double doors have been ornately carved with a border of rolling waves, and a bas-relief of various sea shells and other small sea creatures adorn their surfaces.  In the topmost panel of each door, a cresting silver dolphin emerges from a wave.  Soft candlelight draws the focus inside the temple, towards the dimly-lit foyer.

Chancel: Set off from the nave by a mistwood banister, the oak benches are cushioned with seats of plush blue-green velvet.  On the far wall, a wave is painted in the changing colors of the sea complete with a white foamy crest.  Above the roiling water, an indigo starry sky adds a bit of surreal depth to this end of the temple.  A white alabaster altar stands at the center, raised up slightly on a round white marble dais.  A large organ and choir loft dominate the rear.

Nave:  Opening into a towering room, beams of blue and green light stream down from the clerestory windows.  White limestone walls surround the nave on all sides, carved with a cresting wave that looks like it is rolling in towards the center.  Pale maple benches are arranged in a circle around the chancel, separated by a mistwood banister, aligned with the main radial aisles.  Beneath the sanctuary is a large semi-underground hall which can hold a few hundred people, along with ample kitchens and storerooms.  There is no access to the city’s tunnels or sewers.

This is the personal parish of the Master of the North Wind, Eliana Korporocan, one of the Cardinals of the faith.  An auxiliary bishop, the parish curate (Bargom the Wave, a Chulik), a priest-adjutant and two more priests are in residence, as well as nine acolytes; in seafaring Warwik City, this is the most prestigious position for a religious acolyte short of the Ratri Basilica.  As the headquarters of the faith on the northern sea, there is a constant stream of postulants, messengers, monastics and others to and from the administrative offices.  A wide array of healing, divination, water and weather spells are available to sincere worshipers who are not averse to parting with a gift for the Cathedral.

The Abbey of St. Math, set behind the Cathedral, has eight monastics and five postulants.  It has its own wall and gardens, and the duty of the monks is to maintain the grounds of the Cathedral.  In practice, the monks are all magical scholars who are the investigators, researchers and spies of the Master of the North Wind, and the building is quite comfortable and luxurious.  The senior researcher is Zeprel the Green, a former Admiralty Guardsman who has strong, uncontrollable visions of things yet to come.

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