*sniff*I am actually saddened that you got rid of the mound idea. I was going to suggest getting rid of the wall surrounding it and leaving the hill as it was. /*sniff*

looks really good with the mix of dark and pockets of light.

On where the clergy live, I had thought that they were living below the temple itself. Living and Unliving both. Think of the effect of the worshipers gathering in the dark inside the temple when, accompanied by a low deep chanting, one or two lines of dark clad priests come up the darkened stairs to join the worshipers. Sort of the avatars of the crypt coming to lead the service sort of thing