A sacred glade hidden deep within the Rowanmere grounds.
At the far edge of the estate lies a quiet burial circle formed by twelve ancient oaks, each older than Rowanmere Hall itself. Their trunks rise like patient guardians, and their braided roots weave together to shape gentle boundaries around the clearing. Even in winter, the air carries a faint warmth here. Sunlight settles differently beneath these trees, staying golden even on heavy gray days. Moss-soft paths wind inward to an open glade where the oldest stones of the Pendragon line rest.
The place is always hushed. Leaves murmur in a steady whisper, as if remembering every life laid to rest beneath their shade. Visitors often say the light feels slower here, as though the grove holds a quiet patience of its own. No birds disturb the silence. It is a stillness that feels complete and reverent, a silence shaped by memory rather than absence.
Among the weathered stones lies the resting place of Aelara, firstborn of Uther Pendragon and Elowen of the Aelwyn, laid to rest by Timothy Barrett more than a thousand years ago. Nearby is the simple, graceful stone of Lilly Pendragon, centuries younger yet embraced by the same gentle light. Other markers soften into the earth, their names nearly gone, their stories held only by the land that remembers them.
For Lucy, the cemetery becomes a place of grounding, a reminder that her lineage is not built on power but on compassion, memory, and the quiet echo of those who walked before her. Nothing here feels haunted. It feels loved.
Pendragon Cemetery is a fictional location created for the Lucy Pendragon series.