This ground was set aside to the northeast of Fort Akton. Soldiers and civilians from Akton have all been buried here since 350 AC. It has not been used for enemies of the alliance, who are generally dumped well outside of town. The lone exception was when Cal buried the severed head of the cyborg Krull, although that was later exhumed. Most of those buried here are wrapped in fibers or furs, then placed directly into the ground. Headstones are then set over the grave, either of stone, etched metal, or more recently of Alzwellian clay.
Military
Bruce: klintok sergeant of high plains drifters, assassinated by Reaver, age 29 (8/26/350)
Franizzy: mars marauder from wootang, assassinated by Reaver, age 19 (8/18/350)
Joe Holyoak: scout from stafastony, assassinated by Calibraxis, age 27 (9/7/350)
Battle of Conquered (9/29/350) killed in battle against the Deacon’s enforcers
Torc: high plains drifter from wachu, age 18
Petra-Pol: akton senator, and steel toes from nek-narla, age 27
Karma: screaming eagle from lex, age 24
Lewann: screaming eagle from lex, 23
Gardner: caravan guard from newport, age 24
Nick: caravan guard from nash, age 20
Jorell: caravan guard from nash, age 17
Battle of Reaming Arena (10/9/350) killed in battle against the Reavers
Danny Wapack: scout sgt from stafastony, age 27
Ban: scout from wachu, age 25
Tapus: scout from Conquered, age 29
Ice: high plains drifter from wootang, age 23
Calvis: high plains drifter from conquered, age 34
Grodin: brans enforcer from conquered, age 23
Lymar: brans enforcer from conquered, age 17
Vorsil: brans enforcer from conquered, age 23
Civilian
Attack on New Solace (now Akton) by Big Ax raiders (9/3/350)
Ramakin: tull norfo elder, age 54
Caddy: norfo, age 38
Hyunday: norfo, age 17
Yota: norfo, age 9
Teeber: norfo, age 2
Excelle: norfo, killed by Deacon’s enforcers while fishing, age 11 (9/29/350)
Cal: hero, founder, and ex-president; killed by Reavers in battle, age unknown (10/4/350)
Other Alliance members’ burial customs
Klintok tribesmen perform a ritual over their dead, then slide them off a plank, into Komodo Valley.
Alzwellians place their dead into a large ceramic urn, then bury it upright in the ground.
Radioactivists will cremate their dead, preferably in a holy site with radioactivity. They are not concerned with the ashes (which usually remain at the site), only with the dead becoming one with the glow.
Conquered used to put their dead into the compost pit. The Norfo have put an end to this practice. Traditionally, the Norfo (and the Lex) will dress their dead in ceremonial clothing, then lay them out on the badlands, often on rock slabs. The elements and fungal creatures will “remove” the bodies over time. The Norfo’s Mistress of Ceremonies will often later arrange leftover bones in certain patterns, or may use some of them for spiritual purposes.