Chapel (East Nave / Transepts / Below Dome)

Type
Locations: Religious: Church.

Location
Saint Paul's Sanctuary (Location)

Description
The chapel is the heart and soul of St. Paul's Sanctuary. The East Nave contains the choir stands and the High Altar, in a stunning gilt baldechino in wood and marble with a marble high altar, beneath a dazzling gold mosaic in the half-dome of Christ in Judgement with the Angels. In the Transepts and below the Baroque dome with its bright windows there are the cathedral's old pre-war pews, set up for parishioners and visitors to attend the Mass. There is daily Mass every day at 7:00 AM (according to in-game hours).

As the Sanctuary is technically a monastic community, Mass and the Daily Office (a schedule of prayers to be repeated every day) are prayed by the monks and nuns of the sanctuary at specific hours. Signs around the chapel encourage visitors to attend:


 * Prime: Prayers said at 6:00 AM-7:00 AM. (Canticle of Zechariah gregorian chant).
 * Mass: 7:00 AM-8:00 AM, every day. (Our Father/Pater Noster gregorian chant.)
 * Sext: Prayers said at 12:00 PM (noon)-1:00 PM. (Angelus gregorian chant)
 * Vespers: Prayers said at 6:00 PM-7:00 PM. (Magnificant gregorian chant)
 * Compline: Prayers said at 9:00 PM-10:00 PM. (Canticle of Simeon chant).

Note to the other teams: the easiest way to represent this might be to set it up such that, if the player visits the East Nave (where the Choir and High Altar are) area during these game-time hours, these chants replace the ordinary soundtrack for St. Paul's Sanctuary. That would imply that prayers and Mass are taking place without having to actually animate anything.

Pre-War History
Prior to the Great War, the main church of St. Paul's Cathedral was used to hold Anglican religious services.

Post-War History
Following the cathedral's conversion into a Roman Catholic church, the East Nave, Transepts and area below the dome in the upper church were blocked off from the West Nave to form the new chapel proper of St. Paul's Sanctuary.

Locations
High Altar


 * At 7:00 AM every morning, Bishop Whaler or one of the other priests says Mass (represented by the soundtrack of the Pater Noster playing in the East Nave). On the high altar is the famous Blue Cross, a pre-war holy relic that Bishop Whaler brought to the Sanctuary when he first arrived. If the player attempts to steal the Blue Cross, they may carry it around undetected for as long as they are in the Sanctuary, but upon leaving the Front Doors/Checkpoint they will find that the Blue Cross has been replaced with two iron bars in their inventory. Following this, the Blue Cross will be unable to be removed from the High Altar.
 * If the player visits the East Nave (including the High Altar) during the above hours for Mass and Divine Office, they will hear the according chants for that hour of the day.

Choir


 * A series of benches running parallel to the Nave walls towards the altar, this is where the Sanctuarists gather to say their Divine Office (see above). If the player visits the East Nave (including the Choir )during these in-game hours, they will hear the according chant for that hour of the day.

Father Dunn's Confessional


 * A traditional Roman Catholic-style confessional in wood. Goodness alone knows how they got it, since pre-war St. Paul's Cathedral didn't have any. There is a little name plaque over the door that says "Father Dunn," and a little sign perpetually hanging over the curtain that says "back in five minutes."