Abandoned Shrines of Galkhkora

You follow your quarry deep into the woods, your arrow already nocked should you need to attack back in a hurry. The bounty hunter in question continues into a clearing, and you silently slip into a nearby bush to stay out of sight.
What you see is astounding. The clearing is dominated by a tall statue, covered in vines and moss and missing one arm. It looks to be a proud urukan woman, wielding a curved spear in one hand and what you guess was a shield in the other. Her tusks are unnaturally long, curving down and around like a pair of ram's horns from her shouting mouth. It would be awe-inspiring if the sight of many other urukan and zerrani bandits standing around the statue's base didn't fill you with dread

When the urukani were brought from Akbir to Orkanis, they took their deities and their shrines with them. While many gods and goddesses were slowly folded into the Free Ones, one stubbornly refused to be categorized as a positive figure. Galkhkora, Mistress of War, had many followers who often terrorized settlements in times of conflict, leading to the decimation of her followers and the destruction of her temples within a century of her people's arrival. These places are now abandoned, or maybe less so, if the rumours are true...

Layout and Architecture

Most shrines were traditionally constructed partially underground to escape the harsh Akbiran sun, and the shrines built on Orkanis were no different. The above-ground portions were usually rather grandiose in order to mark off her followers from the rest of the world, with large stone statues and great thick columns holding gigantic stone slabs being the norm.
Underground rooms are where the actual services were held: the main chambers held the participants as they did their sacrifices, sophont or otherwise. Side rooms stored weapons and armour for her chosen warriors, and also contained sleeping quarters and changing rooms for her clergy. Other smaller rooms kept stores of food in case of siege or refuge, as well as other religious paraphernalia that which has long since been looted from these places.

RUINED STRUCTURE
108 3E

Type

Shrine

Parent Location

De'aria

Owning Organization

Cult of Galkhkora

History

While a small number of shrines actually did get sent through time and space to Orkanis, most constructed shrines are made from local materials during the period immediately following the Five-Hundred-Day Fire. They saw regular use over the next century as the cult began to attract more and more members and become more and more bloodthirsty. It wasn't until the then-King of De'aria finally banned worship of Galkhkora in 107 3E that people could justifiably send soldiers throughout the Slagetil Forest and the Lorian Plain. Statues were toppled and her followers were rehabilitated; the people left but the ruins scattered across the Republic of De’ari-Bomsi remained. At least, we assume they're so