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There is a shrine to the holy man Hosadus here as well, right by the gate, that Alzar donated to. There are small bowls with various offerings from food and goat milk to coins of various sizes. The statue on the altar of an old, heavily scarred man. On one hand is mace set with small bits of mirror to shine prettily. The other hand holds a bat by its feet. Around the base is the name and date of this long-ago saint – 413 years ago. Odd.
That’s right around when Daffyd, the patron saint of the Bastion of Faith was fighting against the demon of Kahabros, servant-cleric of Hextor. Maybe Hextor’s faith was major here, and perhaps this is where Daffyd journeyed. But St. Hosadus apparently was involved with the founding of Sind. There are scenes from his life on the sides of the shrine that demonstrate that.
Alzar asks some locals and gets more stories about Hosadus and his life, sometimes conflicting ones. There is a temple here as well, and Alzar heads over and down a large street that runs from the marketplace.
It’s a low, one-story building that is partially surrounded by a 10’ high wall. Unlike a lot of structures in the Sand Mire, this was built more recently that the collapse of the area. It’s a humbler building for a humbler people. There are a pair of clerics and a diviner here working and they warmly greet Alzar (golem and familiar are outside of town). They are happy to teach Alzar about their faith and ways.
In addition to verifying a lot of information that he already received, they tell him about their faith and such. He asks where their main temple is, and they tell him. He pulls out a map and they point to the main temple of their faith, in the Dark Woods about 90 miles to the west. He thanks them and is off.
How is there a forest in the Sand Mire?
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