![[z_Publish/_assets/Iskavar Isles.png]] # General Select Category: Landmark *Seat of the Stone Jury · in [[2-World/Regions/The Sworn Reach.md|The Sworn Reach]]* The Assize Stones are a ring of twelve towering sea-stacks rising from a shallow, glass-clear lagoon in the heart of the Sworn Reach. At low tide, a ring of flat stone is revealed in the middle, and it is there that **the Stone Jury** sits. The jurors are sea giants, ancient and grey-skinned, who wade between the islands of the Reach and are said to have sat in judgement here since before the first mortal ship arrived. They hear only the gravest cases: oaths broken by whole towns, disputes between islands, and appeals that the Church's magistrates cannot settle. A verdict of the Stone Jury is final, even for [[2-World/Groups/the Scales of Vesharra.md|the Scales of Vesharra]]. Between sessions the Stones are a quiet place of pilgrimage. Petitioners wait on the beach, sometimes for months, for the jurors to come. # Travel | Destination | Distance / Notes | | --- | --- | | [[2-World/Points of Interest/The Bastion of the Open Hand.md|The Bastion of the Open Hand]] | Half a day by boat. | | [[2-World/Hubs/Lumen Quay.md|Lumen Quay]] | A day by boat. | # Scene Summary ### The Lagoon Clear, shallow water over white sand. At high tide only the twelve stacks show, each carved with a single word in an old tongue. ### The Ring At low tide the stone ring rises from the water. The jurors arrive wading, slow as weather, and sit in a circle with the petitioner in the middle. # Quests - [ ] Bring a case before the Stone Jury. *(none published yet)* # People The following people are associated with this location. # Encounter Lists any mentioned monsters in this note.