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==== The Ruined Chapel ==== | ==== The Ruined Chapel ==== | ||
The Ruined Chapel was located outside the House proper, at the end of a path leading out from the back door of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]]. It was in a Gothic style, but the altar bore a statue of a woman with her head and hands broken off, apparently an ancient, pagan goddess. The Chapel was the dwelling place of an entity known as [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated by some to be what remained of the selfsame goddess. To a visitor who distracted her from her despair via something like a story or a song, she was known answer any question, except for her name. The altar was surrounded by ashes that were all that was left of visitors who had looked upon her unveiled face — for every night, at midnight, she lifted it up to cry out “Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | The Ruined Chapel, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') or “the narthex”, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') was located outside the House proper, at the end of a path leading out from the back door of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]]. It was in a Gothic style, but the altar bore a statue of a woman with her head and hands broken off, apparently an ancient, pagan goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') The ceiling was broken, with the sky visible from within. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') The Chapel was the dwelling place of an entity known as [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated by some to be what remained of the selfsame goddess. To a visitor who distracted her from her despair via something like a story or a song, she was known answer any question, except for her name. The altar was surrounded by ashes that were all that was left of visitors who had looked upon her unveiled face — for every night, at midnight, she lifted it up to cry out “Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') Eventually, the Lady left, taking the statue and the aura of melancholy with her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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A party was once held in the [[#3rd floor basement|3rd floor basement]], attended by [[Rennik]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') | A party was once held in the [[#3rd floor basement|3rd floor basement]], attended by [[Rennik]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') | ||
At some point, an old [[wandering mendicant (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|wandering mendicant]] dressed in dusty, tattered clothing, came to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]] at the end of a long journey. He faced [[the Lady of Mourning]] without fear and entertained her with an endless array of melancholy songs, asking, in-between each song, if a given name was hers. Every night at midnight, while the Lady removed her veil, the mendicant left the Chapel to gather food and drink from [[the Tarn]], before returning to resume his singing and questioning. He died happy after years spent in this routine, one more question on his lips. His passing affected the Lady to the degree that she broke her own ancient routine: the following night, at midnight, instead of crying out “''Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.''” as she always did, she turned her head towards the stars and sang a song of “hope and dreams” before departing the Chapel for good, with the statue also being gone the next morning, alongside the Chapel's aura of melancholy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | |||
On one occasion, [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] ran into the Strange and Wonderful House while chased by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]]. She tried to hide in a dark room, but was found by Nowhere; however, Everywhere picked up a lamp and clobbered Nowhere on the head with it before making her escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | On one occasion, [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] ran into the Strange and Wonderful House while chased by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]]. She tried to hide in a dark room, but was found by Nowhere; however, Everywhere picked up a lamp and clobbered Nowhere on the head with it before making her escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | ||
