Cairn of the Green Lady
Far from welcoming are the brooding inhabitants of the Cairn of the Green Lady, a reclaimed tomb on the opposite shore of Cragmire itself. Cloaked in robes of green and quick to threaten outsiders, these two-score devotees of the travel goddess Guva worship with mournful prayers to departed spirits and mysterious explorations of the hills nearby. They base themselves in the tomb of this departed servant of the Green Lady, whom they believe died during the great Suel migrations across the treacherous hills more than a thousand years ago. The order’s leader, the enchanting Amariss, replaced the original founder after he mysteriously vanished two years ago. An outcast priest of Guva from the Northern Kingdom Redhand, Nohrtan claimed that the Green Lady came to him in a dream, entreating him to find worshippers of Guvan who were pure of heart and mind and lead them to her grave to protect it from destruction by heathens. It took him close to five years to assemble his flock, arriving at the Cairn in 791 NE. His disappearance only one year after his arrival has lead many to speculate, but Amariss and her followers are silent on the subject.
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