Lake of the 40 Martyrs

In the fourth century e.v., a group of Christian soldiers were ordered to repudiate their faith as part of the political maneuverings going on at the time. When they refused, they were stripped of their clothes and forced to stand in the middle of a frozen lake (near Sivas, in Turkey). Despite threats and temptations, thirty-nine of the forty soldiers stood firm: when the fortieth recanted, one of the guards took his place, in order to show his respect for the Christians' piety and determination. Heaven gained forty martyrs ~ and a tether to Stone.
The tether still exists (in the middle of the lake, which makes it a little hard to access in the summertime); possibly because it isn't used too often, it remains fairly quiet to use. The seneschal of the tether is Quintus, a saint of David (and the guard who joined the Christians waiting for their death); he took over the position after a few centuries (the old seneschal simply wasn't working out). Celestials seeking to lose dissonance can usually work it off by maintaining the modest shrine found there.
Category:Tethers
Category:Stone (Word)
Category:Sivas
Category:Turkey
Category:Christianity