Mounds of Heroes

The Mounds of Heros are a collection of late 3E or early 4E corbelled passage tombs located on the Ardean Plains in what is now known as the Sacred Burial Grounds of Ardea. Passage tombs are a fír suthr means of burying the dead, and their appearance on the continent is something of a mystery.

Dolmen, too, appear in the burial ground, pointing to yet another culture (likely keshal'i or sammonish'i, or both) having occupied the area. This along with burials and several mass graves belonging to the waygar'i culture of the continent around the third epoch, denotes that a great gathering of at least two or three different cultures occurred at this location during that time.

The rulers of the Earldom of Ardea, created in the early fourth epoch, claim without any hint of guile that the Great Battle (of the Great Man myth) was fought there. The site is also home to an earlier battle, the Battle for the Dawn, which ended the second epoch, according to local legend.

This claim, and the nature of the cultures buried on the plains, are yet to be verified as, by local law and custom, the burial grounds are sacrosanct and any archaeological investigation has been flatly denied by the Earl of Ardea. The burial grounds are, however, open to pilgrims from all over Doma and beyond.