I decided against adding an organ. I may save that for a large cathedral.
The floors here by the square towers are granite tiles, but then the rest is walnut planks. The left side of the transept, over the sacristy area of the first floor, has a choir room that can double as a scripture study classroom when the choir isn't using it for rehearsals. Next to it, the head priest has a private office.
On the right wing, there's a suite for the royal (or noble) family, where they can meet privately with honored guests before or after church services. A curtain separates the royal family's pews from the others on the balcony. This area is a little more removed, and doesn't have it's own stairs from the ground floor. The family would be escorted here using the stairs in the square towers. The That area can also serve as a bridal suite when used for high profile weddings.
In both transept areas, spiral staircases go up into the round towers. The windows here are all stained glass, more for visual continuity when looking at the chapel from the outside.
Okay, here are the rest of the upper stories of the chape.
Floor 3
On Floor 3, we’re now on the flat part of the chapel’s roof. The pitched metal roof (shown earlier in this thread) is removed to reveal the short walls with stained glass windows to allow extra light to enter the nave and the transepts. We’re looking down at the floor of the transepts one story below, and the floor of the nave two stories below.
The square towers flanking the entrance to the chapel are connected by a five-foot wide passageway, with a great stained-glass window looking out and clear-paned windows looking down into the balcony entrance chamber of the second floor. The spiral stairs in these towers continue up, and there are metal doors that lead to the crenellated roof.
The round towers also have metal doors providing access to the rooftop. These rooms have a cabinet and chests with bows, arrows, and other munitions in the hopefully unlikely event that the chapel needs to be defended. The spiral staircases continue up.
Floor 4
On Floor 4, we’re now inside the towers looking down at the roof of the chapel. In the square towers, the spiral staircases end here even though the towers continue up another story. There are metal doors providing access to a parapet that is one story above the rest of the roof. Both towers have metal rungs in the wall that allow for climbing to the upper parts of the tower for maintenance. The right tower has a rope dangling from a bell at the top of the tower.
The round towers over the transept have clear glass windows, but I can change that to stained glass if that makes more sense for visual continuity looking at the chapel. In both towers, the spiral staircases end here but there are metal rungs leading up to the top story. The right tower is used for storage. The left tower is supposedly used for storage but actually is a private sanctum for the head priest.
Floor 5
Here's the rest of the fifth floor. Let's start with the belltower in the lower right. This isn't another story or floor of the tower but rather is the top part of a two-story chamber. There are metal rungs affixed to the wall allowing for climbing up to a narrow ledge for maintenance and repairs (but not for ringing the bell – there’s a rope that dangles down to the floor for that). The window opens here do not have panes in order to avoid muffling the bell’s sound.
Dundjinni Archives has top-down bells, but they're a little too photorealistic for this style. I ended up using the bell from Marine Dungeons. It's on its side, but we can pretend it's being rung.
The tower on the left mirrors that, but without the bell. Its windows also don’t have panes, for symmetrical views from the outside. It also has rungs leading up to a maintenance ledge.
The circular tower on the right over the transept is, like the room below it, used for storage. There’s a trap door over the rungs going down. The windows have clear glass panes instead of stained glass.
The left circular tower has a secret chapel or shrine. It, too, has a trap door. If the Royal Chapel is meant to worship an entire pantheon of gods, this shrine may be for a particular god. Or if the Chapel is for a single god, this shrine could honor a revered saint or archangel associated with that god. It’s meant to be private, used only by the head priest and favored clergy. An ornate chest (which is a sarcophagus from the Ancient Tombs annual) could be a reliquary or used to hold vestments.
No, this is for a commercial endeavor. For the Atlas, I try to rein in the number of Annuals I draw from. But I may do something similar for the Atlas some day.
Here is the top floor of the basement, above the crypts.
The outside is still shown because this floor is only partially underground. The front steps show that the first floor is elevated, allowing for the upper part of the basement walls to be above ground. This allows for windows to let in light. These windows are clear panes, not stained glass, and there are bars over the windows as well.
The spiral stairs in the base of the square towers end here, and do not descend to the crypts. Going up the passageway, the first room is used for small groups to study scriptures together. The next room is the Muniment Room, used for storing parish records: births, marriages, deaths, ordinations, and the like.
Continuing up: on the left, you'll find stairs ascending to the first floor, but no stairs going down. This area also has a small, windowless chamber behind two sets of metal doors. In between the doors, a sigil is engraved in brass on the floor -- perhaps a magical ward or other protection. The chamber has a rune-inscribed reliquary.
On the right side is the morgue, for preparing the dead. There are two sets of stairs here, one leading up to the area outside of the side chapel above, and the other leading down -- the only access to the crypts.
Continuing up, there's a ramp leading to a metal door providing access to the graveyard. This is the only door to the outside from this level; the basement is normally accessed through internal stairs from the first floor,
At the far end, beneath the altar above, is a chamber used for honored decedents to rest in state before funeral and internment.
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This map is amazing.. searching for one thing found this thread and could not take my eyes off of it.
Here is the second floor of the chapel.
I decided against adding an organ. I may save that for a large cathedral.
The floors here by the square towers are granite tiles, but then the rest is walnut planks. The left side of the transept, over the sacristy area of the first floor, has a choir room that can double as a scripture study classroom when the choir isn't using it for rehearsals. Next to it, the head priest has a private office.
On the right wing, there's a suite for the royal (or noble) family, where they can meet privately with honored guests before or after church services. A curtain separates the royal family's pews from the others on the balcony. This area is a little more removed, and doesn't have it's own stairs from the ground floor. The family would be escorted here using the stairs in the square towers. The That area can also serve as a bridal suite when used for high profile weddings.
In both transept areas, spiral staircases go up into the round towers. The windows here are all stained glass, more for visual continuity when looking at the chapel from the outside.
Just settle for a mouth organ instead 😉.
Great work! I can think of several scenarios that I could use this in....assassination attempt, forced marriage, etc...
Okay, here are the rest of the upper stories of the chape.
Floor 3
On Floor 3, we’re now on the flat part of the chapel’s roof. The pitched metal roof (shown earlier in this thread) is removed to reveal the short walls with stained glass windows to allow extra light to enter the nave and the transepts. We’re looking down at the floor of the transepts one story below, and the floor of the nave two stories below.
The square towers flanking the entrance to the chapel are connected by a five-foot wide passageway, with a great stained-glass window looking out and clear-paned windows looking down into the balcony entrance chamber of the second floor. The spiral stairs in these towers continue up, and there are metal doors that lead to the crenellated roof.
The round towers also have metal doors providing access to the rooftop. These rooms have a cabinet and chests with bows, arrows, and other munitions in the hopefully unlikely event that the chapel needs to be defended. The spiral staircases continue up.
Floor 4
On Floor 4, we’re now inside the towers looking down at the roof of the chapel. In the square towers, the spiral staircases end here even though the towers continue up another story. There are metal doors providing access to a parapet that is one story above the rest of the roof. Both towers have metal rungs in the wall that allow for climbing to the upper parts of the tower for maintenance. The right tower has a rope dangling from a bell at the top of the tower.
The round towers over the transept have clear glass windows, but I can change that to stained glass if that makes more sense for visual continuity looking at the chapel. In both towers, the spiral staircases end here but there are metal rungs leading up to the top story. The right tower is used for storage. The left tower is supposedly used for storage but actually is a private sanctum for the head priest.
Floor 5
Here's the rest of the fifth floor. Let's start with the belltower in the lower right. This isn't another story or floor of the tower but rather is the top part of a two-story chamber. There are metal rungs affixed to the wall allowing for climbing up to a narrow ledge for maintenance and repairs (but not for ringing the bell – there’s a rope that dangles down to the floor for that). The window opens here do not have panes in order to avoid muffling the bell’s sound.
Dundjinni Archives has top-down bells, but they're a little too photorealistic for this style. I ended up using the bell from Marine Dungeons. It's on its side, but we can pretend it's being rung.
The tower on the left mirrors that, but without the bell. Its windows also don’t have panes, for symmetrical views from the outside. It also has rungs leading up to a maintenance ledge.
The circular tower on the right over the transept is, like the room below it, used for storage. There’s a trap door over the rungs going down. The windows have clear glass panes instead of stained glass.
The left circular tower has a secret chapel or shrine. It, too, has a trap door. If the Royal Chapel is meant to worship an entire pantheon of gods, this shrine may be for a particular god. Or if the Chapel is for a single god, this shrine could honor a revered saint or archangel associated with that god. It’s meant to be private, used only by the head priest and favored clergy. An ornate chest (which is a sarcophagus from the Ancient Tombs annual) could be a reliquary or used to hold vestments.
Here's a closer look atthat hidden shrine:
Is this going into the Community Atlas at all, @Royal Scribe ?
No, this is for a commercial endeavor. For the Atlas, I try to rein in the number of Annuals I draw from. But I may do something similar for the Atlas some day.
Good grief, this is an awesome map!
Here is the top floor of the basement, above the crypts.
The outside is still shown because this floor is only partially underground. The front steps show that the first floor is elevated, allowing for the upper part of the basement walls to be above ground. This allows for windows to let in light. These windows are clear panes, not stained glass, and there are bars over the windows as well.
The spiral stairs in the base of the square towers end here, and do not descend to the crypts. Going up the passageway, the first room is used for small groups to study scriptures together. The next room is the Muniment Room, used for storing parish records: births, marriages, deaths, ordinations, and the like.
Continuing up: on the left, you'll find stairs ascending to the first floor, but no stairs going down. This area also has a small, windowless chamber behind two sets of metal doors. In between the doors, a sigil is engraved in brass on the floor -- perhaps a magical ward or other protection. The chamber has a rune-inscribed reliquary.
On the right side is the morgue, for preparing the dead. There are two sets of stairs here, one leading up to the area outside of the side chapel above, and the other leading down -- the only access to the crypts.
Continuing up, there's a ramp leading to a metal door providing access to the graveyard. This is the only door to the outside from this level; the basement is normally accessed through internal stairs from the first floor,
At the far end, beneath the altar above, is a chamber used for honored decedents to rest in state before funeral and internment.
Only one floor left: the crypts!