As the official spokesperson for the Church, I write in response to Eschereheye's concern about the shrines in lower Azdun. Allow me to correct an understandable misconception. The shrines have nothing to do with people dying at the hand of vampires.
Those shrines, all set strategically out of the path of the average passer-by, are there to help in case of emergencies, such as *escaping* an attacking vampire. Also, they are convenient spots for resurrection by priests and paladins. When the shrines are used properly, the threat of vampires is easily avoided in such cases.

Having said this, I assure the non-church population of Achaea that, unless you either wish to kill a vampire or defile a shrine, you have no need to enter those rooms. For those of you who get killed wandering into those rooms by mistake, removing the shrines will change nothing for you, since the vampires will still be there.

This brings me to my final point and the essential fallacy in the Lady Eschereheye's proposal. The vampires have little correlation with the shrines. Take the shrines away, and the vampires will still be there. The shrines themselves do you no harm, and are there for your benefit (in case you die). I urge you all to keep a strategy that I use myself to keep safe from those vampires. Learn where the vampires are, and avoid those rooms.

Sincerely,

Echo

Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Chronos, in the year 224 AF.