Mourninghaven Sanatorium
A sanitorium on this site was first constructed by the Church of Mitra as a hospital for the advancing arts of medicine and healing. It was built on a spot traditionally held to have been visited by Mitra in ancient times and stood surrounded by the Hearthglen, a picturesque green moor. For many years it faithfully served its role at the edge of the province of Keston and catered to the rich and poor alike, turning away no one in need of its healing. But following the Fiend Rains, the Hearthglen became the Creeping Mire. Entire buildings began to sink, and walls buckled and cracked as foundations shifted and settled. The road to the sanitorium grew increasingly wild and hazardous, and people stopped going to the facility for the healing it offered. Eventually, the Church of Mitra sold it to a local baronet who repurposed the sanitorium as an incarceration facility for those who committed crimes under the influence of mental illness. Dark tales of what happened behind its walls led to the sanitorium becoming known colloquially as Mourninghaven. Eventually, Keston took control of the site, but its sinister reputation, and the dangers of the Creeping Mire about the facility, have only continued to grow.
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