E is for the Eternal and Sacred Flame of Ulric

Atop the Fauschlag sits the City of the White Wolf, Middenheim.

The Fauschlag itself is the god Taal's gift to his brother Ulric. 2300 years ago on the Imperial Calendar, Wulcan, High Priest in the cult of Ulric was visited by the deity. Striking the ground with the butt of Blitzbeil, Ulric's personal great axe, a great flame erupted. Ulric commanded Wulcan to build him a grand temple, saying, “On this spot, as long as this fire burns in its hearth, your people shall endure."

Today, the temple is a castle as well as a cathedral. The flame burns in front of the High Altar in a high vaulted roof of awe inspiring architecture. The grand nave and chancel hold more than 1000 worshipers and the acoustics said to be so fine that the High Priest may whisper and the worshipper in the furthest corner of the nave may hear perfectly—and an Ulrican priest is not one to whisper.

The flame itself is a center piece of the temple and is often used in important state functions and high profile trials of heretics. Templars of the White Wolf are rumored to branded by an iron heated in the flame. Ulrican pilgrims from all corners of the Empire come to Middenheim to see the flame and find a connection to Ulric and often can be found reciting the catechisms of the cult in the narthex, the closest the cult will allow non-residents to the altar.

It is a life goal of Niklos Kaunitz, a rogue raised in the cult, to see the flame and seek absolution for actions in his life that may be seen as dishonorable. He believes that Ulric will see his life as one lived honorably in hardship.