The fortress hung suspended between earth and sky.

Not literally floating—though divine architecture made such things possible. Just positioned on a mountain peak so high that clouds formed below it, giving the illusion that heaven itself had descended to rest on mortal stone. The Spire of Ascension. One of the Goddess's primary strongholds on Earth. The place where her loyalist forces coordinated, where purification rituals were conducted, where Baptized were brought to have their ...