Staircase of Bones

Outside of the winter months, the Atarka sometimes assemble to hear the words of the Hunt Caller at the start of a war campaign. Word goes out through the tribes, and the various families gather at this hilltop. It is not a high peak, but its rounded top makes a good podium, and its relatively gentle slope allows easy climbing and standing or sitting as the clan leader speaks. It's also in a central location between the various family hunting grounds.

History

The locale gets its name from a spectacular battle in which the Atarka devastated a swarm of attacking Kolaghan warriors. With charge after downhill charge, Surrak led his warriors against the invaders, leaving heaps of corpses so thick the hill seemed almost made of them. At the end of the battle, standing at the top, Surrak proclaimed that the Atarka had climbed a staircase of their enemies' bones. The name stuck.

Tundra by Lars Grant-West

Type

Battlesite / Battlefield

Parent Location

Qal Sisma Mountains

Owning Organization

Clan Atarka