Cinsarkul

The Kyrð Cinda is a circular shrine devoted to Synda the Benevolent. The shrine is usually surrounded by beggars, cripples, and the homeless. Within the shrine, a bronze plaque is inset at the base of the shrine’s statue. The plaque reads:

“Lady Synda, a woman of wealth and noble lineage who lived in the Naryard from 65-103. Her husband was killed in a Northern War while she was young and she spent her remaining life caring for this ward, making the poor and homeless comfortable. She spent much of her fortune providing shelter and clothing for the poor.”

Following her death in 103 DR, the Merchants’ Guild of Oð imposed new taxes and confiscated all the buildings Lady Synda had built. In her memory, the City’s poor and homeless pooled their monies and commissioned the shrine be built. When the Merchants’ Guild learned of this, they demanded the money was theirs for past taxes on the confiscated properties and other fines, payments, and defaulted loans due them from the poor. In response, the poor established a group called the Crossed Palms, through which they pleaded their case to High Lord Orvud Zyan the Sixth of Oð. Once the High Lord informed the Pryr Roð of the Guild’s actions, the priests of Kyrm Oryroð began an elaborate ritual that threatened to transform all gold in the city of Oð to iron.

As reports circulated that City vaults were being rendered valueless, the Merchants’ Guild withdrew their demands and allowed the shrine’s construction. When the priests of Kyrm Oryroð saw the passion that the people of the City had shown toward the shrine, they immediately began proceedings to declare Synda the Benevolent, a Vældyrim of Roð.

The interior of the shrine contains several beautiful stained glass windows portraying common folk. Beneath each window is a small plaque that reads: “Dedicated by the People of Oð”. Over the years, the head and outstretched hand of Synda’s statue had been removed and are lost. It is widely believed that by depositing a copper into the neck of Synda, one will be granted good luck for years to come. The statue is nearly brimming with copper coins, though no one dares take any from the statue.