Ossuar is a world of towering cathedrals and macro-statues imported from Vouxis Prime, but its greatest feature is the Mausoleum of Remembrance, a massive structure that covers much of the world’s main continent. It is here that the bodies of the saints reside, and that countless pilgrims flock in a never-ending current. The mausoleum is truly massive in scale, its arches and towers rising high above the flagstones amidst colossal statues and stained glass murals hundreds of metres across. Awestruck pilgrims gaze up at the sight; many claim to receive ecstatic visions upon arriving at the mausoleum.
Within the mausoleum, pilgrims
pass under great archways in order to gaze upon the perfectly preserved
remains of some of the Askellon Sector’s most revered saints. Through
ancient compacts, the Adeptus Mechanicus maintains the ill-understood
stasis
fields that preserve the mortal remains of some of Askellon's most
revered saints. Thanks to these archaeotech devices, the saints remain
largely untouched by the ravages of time, allowing pilgrims to gaze on
their beatific countenances just as they looked in life. The
stasis-shielded saints are one of the great miracles of the Askellon
Sector, pride of both the Adeptus Ministorum and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
In
addition to the stasis-protected saints, the Grand Mausoleum and its
many sublevels and catacombs are home to the remains of thousands upon
thousands of priests from throughout Ossuar’s history, as well as other
heroes and worthies from across the sector. The living members of the
Creed of Remembrance move amongst the deceased, practicing ancient rites
to honour their memories. Regular ceremonies are held in the presence
of the stasis-guarded saints, with pilgrims crowding the halls of the
mausoleum until some are crushed in the press of bodies.