GAZETTEER · THE NORTHERN RAMPART
The Speaking Stones
A natural wind-organ — frost-split rock pillars on the exposed shoulder below the pass that the dusk wind plays into the 'speaking' that names the region's dread.
Stand here at dusk and you hear what turns the tribes back — a low, almost-word that the wind makes through the split pillars, never the same phrase twice. The Stoneborn say it is the mountain's memory of the day the Wright broke. The Korl say it is the pass warning you it is closing. Neither has ever been able to prove it is anything but wind and rock, and both keep believing anyway.
KIND
landmark
PARENT PLACE
The Wind-Cut Pass
CLIMATE
exposed alpine shoulder, wind-channelled
DANGER TIER
Tier III
Connected
Type Fields
kindlandmark
parent_placeplace.windcut-pass
climateexposed alpine shoulder, wind-channelled
danger_tier3
controlling_faction—
points_of_interestthe frost-split pillar cluster, the dusk-wind throat between the tallest stones, the almost-word the wind makes at closing
map_x-310
map_z-1260
procgen_seed9111
All Relationships (3)
located_in
- →The Wind-Cut Pass — The Speaking Stones are on the exposed shoulder below the pass — the wind-organ that names the region's dread.
occurred_at
- ←The Speaking Wind — The Speaking Wind phenomenon is named for and anchored to the Speaking Stones — the natural wind-organ that produces it.
references
- →The Sundering — The Speaking Stones are where the almost-word of the Sundering's note is most audible — the closest thing to a word the Sundering ever makes.
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