"Even the strongest fall eventually. Though it may take decades, centuries...millenniums, even. Just remember that persistence makes it more painful; know to let go when your time is up." - Ahyo
Original. A graveyard referred to by many names, but none quite universal enough to become official. Rumoured to be the cemetery of gods who had fallen in battle. Instead of tombstones the whole lot is covered in weapons, each 'grave' haphazardly marked by it's owner's armament of choice. Mostly comprised of swords, venturing further into the centre reveals a wide variety: axes, pole arms, muskets, shields...some have rusted and tarnished with age and weather, while others still gleam like the day they were made. Despite the crowded nature of the area, the atmosphere feels terrifyingly empty--hollow, even.
Some report the feeling of being watched.
Sometimes, the weapons turn when you aren't looking.
Though one would hope morals and respect for the dead would deter a passerby from plucking one of the grave markers out from the wet soil, this, of course, is the Illeuad; the word 'moral' is non existent and respect is little to none for the living, even less so for the dead. Of course, there's nothing stopping anyone from taking a weapon--perhaps it would even be useful to them in their journeys--but be aware: it's not just a weapon you are carrying away with you. Holding the hilt of that sword you can hear the war cries of imperial soldiers. Touching the trigger of that rifle you can feel the burden of a thousand murdered lives.
If a player loses their weapon upon death--whether it was destroyed or lost, as long as it hasn't changed owners--it can be found here in the Graveyard, somewhere among the thousands of other weapons, in surprisingly pristine form. The player is free to retrieve their own if they can find it, but hope that their cause of death wasn't too painful. Some say the moment you pull your weapon out from the earth, you feel exactly what you had felt when you died. Some say that recovering your weapon isn't worth it.
In the very centre of the graveyard is a clearing, and in the centre of that is a weapon. It radiates something holy--or mortifying--and presents differently to each viewer. One man saw dagger. Another saw a gun. Another even saw a harpoon. Despite all best efforts and logic--after all, it isn't held in the ground by anything--this weapon cannot be retrieved from the graveyard. It refuses to budge a millimetre from its place.
Touching it, however, instills a disquieting sense of dread.
They say Ahyo frequents the graveyard often, and she does, but catching a glimpse of her is difficult. Some say you can see her reflection on the metal of weapons.
THE GRAVEYARD
- Ahyo
Original. A graveyard referred to by many names, but none quite universal enough to become official. Rumoured to be the cemetery of gods who had fallen in battle. Instead of tombstones the whole lot is covered in weapons, each 'grave' haphazardly marked by it's owner's armament of choice. Mostly comprised of swords, venturing further into the centre reveals a wide variety: axes, pole arms, muskets, shields...some have rusted and tarnished with age and weather, while others still gleam like the day they were made. Despite the crowded nature of the area, the atmosphere feels terrifyingly empty--hollow, even.
Some report the feeling of being watched.
Sometimes, the weapons turn when you aren't looking.
Though one would hope morals and respect for the dead would deter a passerby from plucking one of the grave markers out from the wet soil, this, of course, is the Illeuad; the word 'moral' is non existent and respect is little to none for the living, even less so for the dead. Of course, there's nothing stopping anyone from taking a weapon--perhaps it would even be useful to them in their journeys--but be aware: it's not just a weapon you are carrying away with you. Holding the hilt of that sword you can hear the war cries of imperial soldiers. Touching the trigger of that rifle you can feel the burden of a thousand murdered lives.
If a player loses their weapon upon death--whether it was destroyed or lost, as long as it hasn't changed owners--it can be found here in the Graveyard, somewhere among the thousands of other weapons, in surprisingly pristine form. The player is free to retrieve their own if they can find it, but hope that their cause of death wasn't too painful. Some say the moment you pull your weapon out from the earth, you feel exactly what you had felt when you died. Some say that recovering your weapon isn't worth it.
In the very centre of the graveyard is a clearing, and in the centre of that is a weapon. It radiates something holy--or mortifying--and presents differently to each viewer. One man saw dagger. Another saw a gun. Another even saw a harpoon. Despite all best efforts and logic--after all, it isn't held in the ground by anything--this weapon cannot be retrieved from the graveyard. It refuses to budge a millimetre from its place.
Touching it, however, instills a disquieting sense of dread.
They say Ahyo frequents the graveyard often, and she does, but catching a glimpse of her is difficult. Some say you can see her reflection on the metal of weapons.