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 the top in shades of red and purpling pink, and graves are set into it the whole way round. Seen from the country below, the headstones stand out along the ridge like the points of a crown, which is the accepted origin of the name.
Burial
The dead are laid here for the beauty of the place, and so that they face out over the world below. Some read this positioning as a figure of ascent.
Protective properties
The heather sage is regarded as a keeper of the dead. It is said to keep them from souring, and to bar whatever might trouble those at rest. The ground was given over to the plant as much for this as for its beauty.
Shimmers
From a distance, the Crown appears to shimmer. Local legend holds that the glints are jewels pushed up from the ground by the dead. Searched for up close, they are never found.
The Morthouse
A house stands at the foot of the ridge. It was originally a mort house and has since been converted into a dwelling, kept now by .
Beneath
No gapes of the Maw are recorded at the Crown in any public account.