Places
Heather's Crown
The Heather's Crown is a circular ridge within , given over by its people as a graveyard. It takes its name from the heather sage that reddens its summit.
Description
The Crown is a ring of raised ground. Heather sage covers its top in a red and purpling pink, and graves are set into it the whole way round. From the country below the headstones stand out of the ridge like the points of a crown, which is held to be the origin of the name.
Burial
The dead are laid here for the beauty of the place, and so that they look out over the world below. Some take it for a figure of ascent.
Virtue
The heather sage is held to be a keeper of the dead. It is said to keep them from souring, and to bar what would trouble those that must rest. Its protective power is much spoken of, and the ground is given over to it as much for this as for its beauty.
Shimmers
Seen from a distance, the Crown is said to shimmer. The legend goes that the glints are jewels pushed up from the ground by the dead; sought close to, they are never found.
The Morthouse
A house stands at the foot of the ridge. It was once a mort house, and has since been made a dwelling, kept now by .
Beneath
No gapes of the Maw are recorded at the Crown in any public account.