Bones of the Earth Mother

Three thousand years ago, a violent earthquake shook the Stonetalon Mountains. Mountains sank under the ground and new mountains sprang up like jagged teeth. When the shaking stopped, a dozen enormous columns of white rock sprouted up from a valley floor. Tauren shamans spent many nights interpreting this sign; after thirty days they declared that the rock columns symbolised the Earth Mother's bones. Though the land may shift and change, she would remain strong and immobile. The site has been sacred to the tauren ever since.

The tauren claim that the Earth Mother's bones will never sink or vanish again unless the destruction of the entire world is nigh. Tauren shamans believe that undergoing a vision quest among the Earth Mother's bones can lead to incredible self-knowledge and power, but those do so and fail run the risk of madness or death.

The columns stretch into the air and curve like giant ribs. All around the columns stretches a hundred feet of black soil that looks rich and loamy, though no plans grow in the area. The bones occupy a circular area in a 100' radius. The twelve stone columns range 30–50' high and 10–20' in diameter.