Friday, June 23, 2023

Haven Cemetary
The Cataclysm & The War of the Lance
The current year for our homebrewed Dragonlance campaign is set during 381AC.
Inspired By Trampas Whiteman

In the center of the Haven, on the highest hill within the city stands a massive long closed cathedral: a gigantic structure of stone that stands in the center of the cemetary itself, and it reaches fifty feet up into the air. Even though this structure is no longer used, it still has a magical light that appears right after dark which shines over the cemetary until the sun returns each morning. The cathedral sits within a large grove which makes up the city cemetary.

Legend has it that if one were to pledge his or her love to someone while standing on the main platform within the cathedral they would magically fall in love with them. This was no small feat since the cathedral is always closely guarded "being the noble cathedral of Haven that it once was" by the city watch.

The seemingly harmless legend turned deadly one night when a young maiden named Isadel braved the eerie night time glow of the cemetery in order to properly speak her loved one’s name so that they may be eternal. She climbed to the top of the cathedral near the everglowing night time light so that she could both stay out of sight of the nearby city watch and bodly pledge her devotion to her love’s name highest that has ever been done. Unfortunately for Isadel, when she nearly completed her task, she slipped and fell from her high up perch at the top of the cathedral and fell to her death upon a magnificent grave stone resting near the structure.

When Isadel let go of her last breath upon the grave of a stranger a dark energy burst into existence that cursed the poor girls soul to forever haunt the grove that surrounds the ancient cathedral. And through the generations, as her spirit wandered the dark, people learned to fear the area so much in fact that bordering neighborhoods became vacant over time for no one could live peacefully with the spirit’s dark love songs dancing on the winds of the night.

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