Lamentations' Rest

Lamentations' Rest is the name of a small village in the Vuurfelds, some 2 miles outside of the county capital of Alanis. It was once called Petitioners' Rise, having once been the last settlement for most petitioners before reaching Petitioners' Hill.

The Battle of Alahnis

Three years after the Invasion of Kredashmi, the people of the Vuurfeld attempted to call a Lamentation Court. They sought an audience with the first Raskvaerii-Kohnyg, Miron I, who was visiting Alahnis to oversee the trial of a local woman, Beatrijs Roermond of Boerhaven. The midwife had been accused of witchcraft (a crime that had never existed before in Kredashmi) and of fratenising with Familiars - malicious servants of the Raven.
The Humble Peitioners wanted to present the Kohnyg with a list of grievances. Alongside a string of economic concerns, people were particularly fearful about the complete overhaul of Kredashmi's traditional Hubraic Law, which meant people were being subjected to brutal punishments for what seemed like ficticious crimes. Furthermore, they disliked the way the Raskvaerii had started to aggressively impose the faith of the Holy Chorus of Saints on their new territory.

Gerard Dunheuvelin at Petitioners' Hill by Brinsmead via Bing AI

Fearing that the Kohnyg would not take kindly to a gathering of ordinary people, the inhabitants of the Vuurfelds asked that Gerard Dunheuvelin lead the petition. They mistakenly believed that having a representative of a noble house loyal to the Crown would make Kohnyg Miron more sympathetic to their pleas.
Kohnyg Miron responded brutally to what he perceived to be a riotous gathering. He ignored the warnings that gathering on this sacred land was a guarantee of safety for the individuals wishing to discuss their grievances. Gerard Dunheuvelin had anticipated this, and had advised the

petitioners to arm themselves in case of the Kohnyg's treachery. Despite this, historians estimate that roughly 1,000 people were slain by royal forces during the skirmish that followed. These deaths are largely in the narrative of the fighting overshadowed by the death of Kohnyg Miron as a result of Gerard Dunheuvelin calling the Last Dunheuvelin Dragon into battle, and the slaughter of the mysterious beast itself.

The Settlement in the Aftermath of Battle

The aftermath of the Battle of Alanis was confused, hurried and messy. The royal forces were more concerned with removing the bodies of the rebel, Gerard Dunheuvelin, his dragon, and their slain Kohnyg. The Humble Petitioners who had participated in the fighting and had lived to tell the tale, now either made a bid for escaped or were captured. Those who fled at the first sign of violence were reluctant to return. It was therefore left to the residents of Petitioners' Rise to deal with the slain left to rot on the moor.
Modern residents will proudly recount the

Mass Grave by Brinsmead via Bing AI

tale of how their forefathers spent two days diggin a mass burial pit, while the women of the hamlet collected the bodies. It was only after the pit was sealed that the residents chose to rename themselves Lamentations' Rest. The modern settlement now caters to wishing to visit the site of the Battle of Alanis, and pilgrims come to worship at the site of Saint-Kohnyg Miron's martyrdom.

Type

Hamlet

Lamentations' Rest by Brinsmead via Bing AI

Origins

It is believed that the settlement sprung up on an informal camping site used by farmers bringing their livestock to market in the city of Alanis. They would camp a few miles outside the city gates before bringing their stock in for market day. At some unknown date, the farmers and herders created a Sanctum to Everyman in a small cave in an rocky outcrop nearby, and it quickly became a place of pilgrimage for people heading in to Alanis for trade. It is believed the settlement catered to these traders.

History

The settlement earned its first-recorded name, Petitioner's Rise, due to the settlement being the last stop for many Humble Petitioners who had called for a meeting of the informal Lamentation Courts. This form of Hubraic Court was petitionary in nature, and was only ever called during periods of social, political or economic crisis. It was a way for orindary people to ask their local klansheer (or clan chief) for the redress of their grievances. They would signal their desire for a meeting by lighting bonfires along the main road from their settlements to the klansheer's castle.
Each territory had its own designated meeting area for these courts, where the klansheer would present himself to his people and hear their complaints. In the Vuurfelds, this location was roughly 4 miles from the city of Alanis at a place called Petioners' Hill.