The Nekropolis
A meticulously crafted grave site. This enclosed park is laid out in concentric rings of humanoid statues. They all face out to the arches that border the cemetery and feature a variety of misshapen and anamlistic characteristics. Upon excavation, archeologists discovered human remains buried under each sculpture, the bones standing upright and seeming to resemble the figure crafted above. Each corpse wears a toothed shackle around its neck that is connected, via thick chains, to large weights that rest below the bodies.
Features
Forge: A massive vat of gold at the center of the rings of the Nekropolis. The metal remained molten through the centuries due to its position over a hot spring. Archeologists believe the city's primary cemetery was built around a geothermal vent because it was common for the preparation of bodies to include pouring molten gold over hte lower half of a corpse's face to complete the breath-binding.
Guardian of the Last Dream: In the western corcer of the cemetery, there is a massive statue watching over the dead. It has a human body and the face of an owl. There are many stories from explorers that describe its head turning in all directions to follow the path of anyone who enters the burial grounds. Underneath the stone figure of the site are hundreds of bones piled atop one another.
Wanderers: Now uncovered, a pane of yellow, leaded glass is embedded in the dirt. This is the lid of a massive box that contains dozens of bodies. Inside, each skeleton wears a bronze contraption used in the rictus rite. This holds the jaw open, beyond the point of cracking bone. The bodies are piled, revealing that people tried to crawl over one another toward the glass to escape.
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