porkyandthemob

The massive cathedral stood on the highest hill in the city.  It was surrounded by the old town.  Enormous, solid rock blocks laid at the base, holding up the gargantuan edifice.  There were two Gothic towers on the west end, which soared up into the sky.  The ribbed spires pierced through the atmosphere.  Saints and Apostles stood silent inside archways and enclaves.  Flying buttresses spanned the north and south walls.  Wider and thicker buttresses stood proud at the back, holding up another tower and spire.  This one was not as tall, but it was sharper, serrated.  On top of each buttress a muscular gargoyle stood its watch.  The cathedral was made of the blackest, charcoal colored, volcanic rock ever seen.  It was hewn out of the immense, mountainous volcanoes that loomed over the city.