Soldier Stone
This small town straddles the Soldier’s Road west of the Sand Hills. Its location marks the site of a major battle in the wars that have raged across The Plains in the past millennia, though no one quite knows which war or exactly who was fighting. The only thing to mark the site was a standing stone raised beside the roadway with a crude engraving of the image of Mithras, the Soldier God. Numerous arrowheads and bits of rusted armor and weapons have been found in the fields surrounding the area, indicating that the battle was large in scope and must have involved thousands of men. Digging around the base of the Soldier Stone unearthed 12 graves of warriors slain in that battle. They were reburied, but grave robbers stole anything of value they may have once had. To protect the site, the Church of Mithras built a shrine nearby, and a village sprang up around it shortly thereafter. The curate for the shrine, appointed by the church, holds authority over the village, though a sheriff is usually appointed by the curate to enforce civil laws.
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