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Tucked behind a warehouse, next a yard full of skinny chickens, surrounded by mudbrick huts, somewhere between the Shield Gate and Gold Gate sits a Shrine to Ralaith. While there are several shrines to this specific Immortal, this one is the most well known. This is due to it being situated right in the opening of a Major Fracture, one that has been opened for nearly 500 arcs now. The entire area is often bathed in colored light during the Dry Season, while an eerie blue glow is cast during the rainy season.

While this is the most well known shrine of Ralaith's, most of his worshipers provide their offerings and say their prayers at the lesser shrines. For to reach this obelisk, one must enter the major fracture. Very few have the courage, or lack of superstition to willingly do so. Throughout history, Isandra Haze's heirs have explored this fracture, but ultimately deemed it not what they need to find their missing matriarch.

Offerings to Ralaith often consist of gifts of honey, tears, items that indicate a passage of time such as a lit candle, an hourglass, a nearly bloomed flower, spoiled food, and verbal stories of lessons one has learned. Others include written works of lessons, both successful and failed, so long as they were learned from, though these are less common. Vinegar seems to be increasing in popularity as an offering in Yaralon as well. Children often offer up their stuffed bears as they transition from childhood to adulthood. On the off chance that an actual bear is in the nearby vicinity of this shrine, that are drawn to it, and often will not be stopped, disregarding any training.

This Shrine has no specific caretaker, so typically anyone who visits it is expected to help clean it up. Despite being in the Fracture itself, the obelisk is in perfect condition, physically speaking, showing no signs of wear or age. Clean up usually consists of removing dead plants, cobwebs, and other debris that gather around the entrance to the fracture.