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3-Saint Selena Cathedral (圣赛琳娜大教堂) is the largest cathedral and ritual hub in Backlund. It is the Backlund seat of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, the most prominent of the orthodox Churches in the Loen Kingdom. The cathedral runs both public religious services and confidential high-Sequence ritual operations, and its inner sanctum is the official ritual venue for Nighthawk and Red Glove Sequence advancement ceremonies above Sequence 6.
3+Saint Selena Cathedral (圣赛琳娜教堂) is one of the eight named regions on the world map that shipped with Lord of Mysteries, which puts it in the launch build rather than in lore alone. Launch map material describes it as the seat of the Church of the Evernight Goddess in Tingen, standing on Red Moon Street: a severe pointed-Gothic building whose bells are read by the city as a signal that all is calm.
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5-Architecture
5+The source material attaches a cathedral of this name to the imperial capital rather than to Tingen, and the architectural and operational description further down this page follows that older geography. Where the two disagree, the shipped map is what players can actually visit.
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7-Saint Selena Cathedral occupies a large block in central Backlund. The main worship hall is a Gothic vaulted nave with a rose window of indigo and silver (the Evernight Goddess's colours). A bell tower rises high above the city skyline. Beneath the nave, a multi-level vault complex houses the cathedral's archives, ritual chambers, and Sequence-specific sanctums; the deepest sanctums are accessible only through Beyonder-keyed doors.
7+On the Launch Map
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9-Visual identity: indigo-and-silver palette throughout, lunar-themed iconography across stained glass and floor mosaics, a quiet acoustic that amplifies whispered Beyonder ritual chants without overpowering them. The cathedral is one of the architectural set-pieces of the live-game Backlund arc and a major narrative venue for high-Sequence story beats.
9+As a map region the cathedral sits alongside the city region itself and the six outdoor destinations. Its published description is short and atmospheric rather than mechanical: Gothic spires, a solemn silhouette, and the bell as the city's reassurance. What the region contains in play, including whether it holds quests, vendors or instanced content, has not been published.
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11-Public Worship
11+Community builders have rebuilt the cathedral inside the game's housing system, which they describe as supporting more than a thousand combinable architectural parts, hundreds of religion-themed decoration pieces, and multi-storey vertical construction. That is a player-made recreation rather than an in-game interior, but it is a good indication of how recognisable the building's silhouette is.
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13-The cathedral hosts daily public services for the lay faithful, with major weekly services on the day of the Evernight Goddess. Public space is sized for thousands of worshippers. The cathedral also runs charity, education, and shelter services for Backlund's poor; the surface organisation treats Saint Selena as one of the kingdom's most important religious institutions.
13+Architecture
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15-Civilians attending public services are entirely unaware of the Beyonder operations conducted beneath their feet. The cover-and-public mission balance is one of the campaign's recurring themes: the Churches maintain mainstream worship as both a sincere religious mission and a structural cover for Beyonder authority.
15+In the source material the cathedral occupies a large city block. The main worship hall is a Gothic vaulted nave with a rose window of indigo and silver, the Evernight Goddess's colours. A bell tower rises high above the skyline. Beneath the nave, a multi-level vault complex houses the cathedral's archives, ritual chambers, and Sequence-specific sanctums; the deepest sanctums are described as accessible only through Beyonder-keyed doors.
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17-Beyonder Operations
17+Visual identity: indigo-and-silver throughout, lunar iconography across stained glass and floor mosaics, and a quiet acoustic that carries whispered ritual chants without overpowering them. The building is one of the setting's signature architectural set pieces.
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19-The cathedral's Beyonder operations are concealed beneath the public-facing institution. The cathedral hosts:
19+Public Worship
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21-The Backlund Nighthawk regional command, with the city's senior captains and the largest single contingent of Sequence 4-6 operatives in Loen.
21+The cathedral hosts daily public services for the lay faithful, with major weekly services on the day of the Evernight Goddess. Public space is sized for thousands of worshippers. It also runs charity, education, and shelter services for the city's poor; the surface organisation is treated as one of the kingdom's most important religious institutions.
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23-The headquarters of the Red Gloves cross-jurisdictional unit, including Leonard Mitchell's captaincy.
23+Civilians attending public services are entirely unaware of the Beyonder operations conducted beneath their feet. That balance of cover and public mission is one of the setting's recurring themes: the Churches maintain mainstream worship as both a sincere religious mission and a structural cover for Beyonder authority.
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25-Sequence-specific advancement chapels for Beyonders aligned with the Evernight Goddess. Each Sequence band has its own ritual chamber: a Sequence 7-8 chamber on the upper sanctum levels, a Sequence 5-6 chamber further down, and a Sequence 4-and-below chamber in the deepest vaults.
25+Beyonder Operations in the Source Material
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27-An archive of Beyonder lore and historical records second only to the central Church archives in Backlund's palace district. Includes Sealed Artifact vault space for Grade 2 and Grade 3 items routinely on loan to Nighthawks and Red Gloves operations.
27+The following describes the cathedral as the source material presents it. None of it has been published as a shipped in-game system.
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29-Cross-Church coordination space used for joint operations with the Mandated Punishers (Church of the Lord of Storms) and the Machinery Hivemind (Church of the God of Steam and Machinery).
29+A regional Nighthawk command, with senior captains and a large contingent of mid-Sequence operatives.The headquarters of the Red Gloves cross-jurisdictional unit, including Leonard Mitchell's captaincy.Sequence-specific advancement chapels for Beyonders aligned with the Evernight Goddess, each Sequence band holding its own ritual chamber further down the vaults. See Sequences.An archive of Beyonder lore and historical records, including vault space for sealed artifacts on loan to Nighthawks and Red Gloves operations.Cross-Church coordination space used for joint work with the Mandated Punishers and the Machinery Hivemind.
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33-Saint Selena Cathedral is a major endgame venue. Players advancing past Sequence 7 in any Pathway aligned with the Evernight Goddess will route through Saint Selena for their ritual ceremonies. Several raid encounters in the live game are set inside the deeper sanctum levels.
33+The activities below follow the source material's structure. They are the obvious candidates for what a cathedral region would carry, but the studio has not published any of them as in-game features:
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35-Specific player-side activities at Saint Selena include:
35+Advancement ceremonies for Nighthawks-aligned characters at higher Sequences.Acting Method training with senior captains.Red Gloves mission briefings and after-action debriefs.Sealed artifact requisition and return for active operations.An entry point into inner-sanctum group content. See Dungeons and Raids.
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37-Sequence 6+ advancement ceremonies for Nighthawks-aligned characters.
37+Test History
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39-Acting Method training sessions with senior Nighthawk captains.
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41-Red Gloves mission briefings and after-action debriefs with Leonard Mitchell and other captains.
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43-Sealed Artifact requisition and return for active Nighthawks operations.
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45-Late-game raid entry portal for inner-sanctum content.
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49-Crimson Test players cannot enter the deep sanctums; Saint Selena's exterior and public worship hall are explorable in the test, but the Beyonder operations content is gated behind later beta phases and live patches. Backlund itself is built and previewed during the test but the city's gameplay loop opens after launch.
39+Players in the February 2026 Crimson Test could see the cathedral's exterior and its public worship hall but could not enter the deep sanctums. Tingen has since opened in full, and the cathedral is a named region on the shipped map. Backlund, which the source material gives as the home city of a cathedral by this name, is still not part of the launch build.