[ Ekkehardt is relieved he didn't have to argue too much with Miach, on his part. She skirts close enough to death as it is, in some ways; best not to give her any more reasons, though if she wanted, no doubt, she'd find some. ]

They're...guardians. I suppose you could say they're deities, of a sort. [ The statues are all immaculately cleaned, no matter their age. Many have flowers, toys, or some kind of offering adorning them. ] The representations of the dead - as they were in life - have a great deal of power on this border.

[ No matter how safe they've made it over the years, the Outlands is still the Outlands. Other things might emerge. The statues suppress them. ] They're made in the likenesses of those who wished to be...sent off, here, rather than buried.