The high perch is both a literal perch and a metaphor for the authority of the high hearthkeeper. It, along with the reigning high hearthkeeper herself, was captured by the Pious Dissolutionists during the last battle of the war of dissolution before the Partisans glassed Newman's Dale. During the age of decadence, the perch was encrusted with cerulium and gems. After the war the perch was stripped of its finer adornments, revealing modest steadtree wood painted with various motifs. The precious metal and gems recovered from the perch were used to line a public latrine, and using that latrine is a major item on any pilgrim's itinerary when visiting the City of Eternal Noon.