Mountain of Skulls

The Mountain of Skulls was a temple of Cyric found within the Cloud Peaks of Amn circa the late 14 century DR.
==Location==
The temple was built within a nearly inaccessible cavern, into a gaping gorge, some east of the Fangs.
==Structure==
A skull-shaped opening formed the cave in which the temple was founded.
==Interior==
The Mountain of Skulls earned its name from the massive mound of skulls that lay within its center. This horrific display was treated as an idol by the local Cyricists.
==Activities==
The temple was overseen by Watchful Skull Tynnos Argrim, founder of the order of assassins known as the Flames of the Dark Sun. Argrim's priests were seen as heretics by the Cyricists of the Twin Towers of the Eternal Eclipse.
==History==
The temple was once dedicated to the god Bane, before being claimed by Cyricists during the Amnian Banedeath in the .
In the summer of the , Watchful Skull Argrim slew the leader of the Dark Redoubt within the temple's premises and forced its clergy to fall under his own leadership.
The Mountain of Skulls endured the decades of languish experienced by the Cyricist faith, and remained standing as of the .
==Appendix==
===References===
Category:Temples to Cyric
Category:Temples
Category:Cyricist locations
Category:Locations in the Cloud Peaks
Category:Locations in Amn
Category:Locations in the Lands of Intrigue
Category:Locations in West Faerûn
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril
Category:Year of Miracles