Not exactly Peter. If I recall, the blurb in RQ Companion is about a guy who travelled to King Heort's Hall - not the actual physical location of his resting place.
Based on some of the work I've done, King Heort most likely assembled his Ring of Orlanth at Grizzley Peak (in Tarsh), and there are many Orlanthi that believe his hall was not far from that site. Of course, any Hill of Orlanth "can" be the location of King Heort's Hall - just like there are at least a dozen sites in England for Camelot. Probably the "Backford Site" is the one prefered by the Heortlanders.
>We are not talking about an God Learnerd bog-standard Orlanthi shrine
>where one can summon Orlanth. We are talking about the resting place
>of a hero. Thus there would be a restricted geographical region where
>he spends his winter years.
Again, not necessarily. King Heort was greater than just a bog-standard hero. Personally I suspect that each of the Heortling tribes knew how to contact Heort and could do it from a site within (or near) their tribal lands. In fact when new tribes were created, previous to the Alakoring rites, Heort himself would bless the tribal regalia.
>Since Arkat fought summoned King Heort within the borders of the modern
day Holy Country, it follows >that he found King Heort there.
Yeah, probably because a Heortling (most likely a Garanvuli tribesman) showed him how.
Jeff
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