Countless statues stood beside countless sarcophagi in the dark, cold heart of the mountains, without wind or sunlight, each one bearing the face of the dead and turned out towards the unseen sea and set to guard against the trespass of the living. No soul brooked the passage between worlds from within or without. All were trapped here, beyond death, to capture life crossing and swell their ranks.
Paddy Dobson
6th March 2023