Chapter 47: The Sculptor

The sun was already setting when Eldion and Wen were able to return to the temples. The sky was splashed with brilliant colors of red and orange, providing a colorful backdrop to the crumbling walls and towers of the temples. The statues in the inner courtyard glowed in the fading light. Eldion wondered what the statues were for and why they were all gathered in the courtyard. Up close, he was able to see that the statues were of men and women in different poses, engaged in different activities. There were soldiers and swordsmen as well as servants all in the middle of doing something. In the middle of the courtyard were statues of couples dancing merrily. Eldion observed how the statues themselves were very detailed and could only have been carved by talented sculptors. Eldion wondered where the stones the statues were carved came from and how long the statues had been standing there. Unlike most of the temple and the surrounding areas, the statues and the courtyard were relatively cl