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The Cathedral is the "sanctuary" of the stitchpunks in the 2009 film. It appears as a disheveled—yet still standing—Catholic church sporting major damage from the war's aftermath. The stitchpunks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 lived inside this building, hiding from the Cat Beast.

History

The Machine War

Before the Machine War

Before the Machine War, it had been a Catholic church where Christians went for Sunday services or for religious service. It had a praying hall, bishop's chamber and a clock tower; adorned with many stained glass windows, one depicting an angel.

During the Machine War

The Cathedral was still standing during the midst of the Machine War. Before the first eight stitchpunks found this building, a war plane crashed through the roof of the praying hall, inflicting damage to the Cathedral's roofing structure. Presumably, most of the wood that covers the clock tower was torn off but the windows were still intact. The clock stopped working, some bells in the clocktower fell and smashed into the wooden floor below. 1 was the first of the stitchpunks to notice the building and guide the others into it, where they waited for the war to end.

After the Machine War

When the world ended, the Cathedral still stood with many battle scars on it. Despite the cracks, broken ceiling beams, and the holes in it, it still serves as the "sanctuary" for some of the stitchpunks. There have been some adjustments inside the building remains, crafted by the stitchpunks.

  • A bucket serving as an elevator was made along with a pulley system to have the elevator go up or down from the ground floor to 5's and 2's watchtower.
  • Some wood serving as walls was added on the top level, or 1's, 2's 5's, 6's, and 8's chambers. Aside 1's throne were some old-classic games, "junk" and a mural depicting "The Beast".
  • The watchtower was built on the pinnacle of the Cathedral.

The Cathedral's Destruction

The Winged Beast entered the Cathedral by bursting through one of the stained glass windows. The beast also struck the still-lit fire pit against the wooden wall, causing a fire to start spreading into the building. The stitchpunks managed to escape the chamber where the fire was building up, but they had to stay on the outside features of the Cathedral in order to fight against the Winged Beast. When its cable was snagged onto one of the war plane's propellers, 5 and 6 grabbed the wires to activate the propellers where it dragged the Winged Beast towards its destruction. The stitchpunks were forced to leave the Church, when the stitchpunks are near the Library (where 3 and 4 hid), the Church can be seen burning from the flames. 1 was overcome with grift over the destruction of his sanctuary, but he was comforted by 8. The Church was presumed to be burned down into ashes and rubble.

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Trivia

  • The Church has a theme song called "The Sanctuary". It was themed by Danny Elfman and composed by Deborah Lurie. The theme song was played when 1, 5, 8, and 9 are going up to 1's chamber and when 5 takes 9 to the watchtower.
  • A small statue of Mary is in the Bishop's room.
  • The broken clock face is stuck on the time 9 past 9.
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