Màrtainn Royal Graveyard

The Màrtainn Royal Graveyard, or informally (and incorrectly) the Suthar-Màrtainn Royal Graveyard, is a park and memorial space covering twelve and a half acres roughly thirty miles south of the city limit of Oirthidún. It is the grave site for most of the immediate royal family of the Kingdom of Fhainnlannachaeran and select retainers and extended family, containing a total of 2,342 full or partial sets of remains in numerous individual graves and crypts. The graves on-site are roughly arranged by time of death, extending southwards away from the former site of the Vermillion Palace, the family retreat of the royalty.

Founding

The Graveyard was originally a park space for the Vermillion Palace, with the first grave being that of ______ Suthar-Màrtainn, who explicitly requested to be buried there with his wife as he particularly enjoyed the quiet retreat and curated gardens. The trend caught on quickly, and interment at the Vermillion Palace became commonplace for the royal family, their relations, and their closest associates. The graveyard eventually covered much of the southern gardens of the Palace grounds, creating an odd atmosphere between the well-kept grounds and the extensive seating and relaxation areas mingled with memorial stones and crypts. The area was not officially designated a graveyard in 1765, by which time it already contained several hundred persons.

List of Notable Persons

Noticeably missing from the Graveyard are the remains of ______, who _______, ________, whose body was _________, and _______. _______ Màrtainn's remains were reinterred at the gravesite from his resting place at Mount Genwyth, which itself it a minor tourist attraction.

Post-Monarchy

The Vermillion Palace was looted and burned to a shell during the Fhainnin Civil War in 1906, with revolutionary forces trashing the site and defacing many of the graves on-site. Many of the remaining portions of the building remained recognizable enough to replicate, with the site being preserved, but ground was not broken to restore the Palace until 2025 due to both political sentiment and a lack of interest in the site as a major tourist attraction until the 2010s.

A separate museum building dedicated to the Revolution was built from 1928-1929; it was later converted into a museum about general royal history and the site itself in 1952. Since 1952, 686 authenticated stolen items have been recovered or bought back by the national government, which are intended to be used to model replicas and later be used for the museum's collection as well as other historical museums.