Does your island have any gravestones? Why?

[FRANS_PLAYER]

Curious to see if anyone incorporated gravestones (AKA western style stones) into their island! My island is not a horror island, but on the second tier cliff, there is a mossy gravestone next to a well with a black rose next to it. I have a bit of island lore I created to make my island seem more interesting.
In the early 1900s, a very rich man by the first name of Christopher (not Columbus haha) was very interested in ships and boats. He felt he had to live up to his name so he set sail with his small daughter, Celia, to find an island. He wasn't quite sure what he was doing - all he knew was that he wanted to be known for something. Something!
He landed on what is now Celosia with a flimsy tent and enough supplies to survive for a bit. The first week he spent building a small but very unsafe well, as he needed some way to get water. The well had no covering, and it was very exposed. It was no surprise when tragedy struck. Their second month there, Christopher was off exploring and looking at bugs and birds and the beaches. He wasn't the most responsible father, so he stupidly let Celia wander far from where he usually told her she had to stop. Celia was a curious child and of course she went wherever she wanted to. That's when she saw the well.
She'd been horribly bored of the island, and she saw the prospects for a game. She took a small rubber ball her father had made out of erasers and began bouncing it off of the rim of the well. Of course, it wasn't long until it fell in.
Celia was six, so she was rather short. As she leaned down to look into the bottomless, dark chasm, for a single second, she leaned just an inch too far, and her feet left the ground. That was all it took.
Heartbroken, Christopher sailed back to where he came from, vowing to never adventure out again, as it had deadly consequences. Hence, the island is named CELosia, in honor of little Celia

 

[anne17]

I don't have one because I've seen so many blurry photo designs of peoples grandparents and chihuahuas or whatever and it makes me pretty uncomfy. But maybe if it will look nice in my design!

 

[Dunquixote]

I used four on my island so far; they’re mainly for decoration and to enhance the eeriness/creepy vibe I was going for. In Dragon Age, there are magical mirrors (ancient elven artifacts) called Eluvians. There are some that have been corrupted though (in a past dragon age game, in one of the origin stories a friend of the main character touches a corrupted one and later you find him as a Darkspawn). I put a mossy gravestone and a black customized gravestone in front of black flowers and the mirror (darkspawn pretty much taint anything they touch or bite).

These are in an area I based off the Crossroads in DAI.

 

[Florence + The Machine]

I put a few of the black granite zen-style stones and skeletons outside of Cyd’s house because they match both his punk theme and house well.

 

[InstantNoodles]

Yes I have a cemetery on my island since I had this rectangular spot and I didn't know what to do with it. Also, I wanted to use the iron and stone fencing as well as a few fake warrior statues (the ones with spades)!

 

[Snek]

I have a cemetery but its in the basement of one of my houses. I was going for a creepy crypt theme. Hopefully Halloween will give us more furniture.

 

[Barney]

I have a lone gravestone surrounded by lily of the valleys on a small unreachable island in the middle of my river.

 

[Hobowire]

i used some for the haunted house and I'll probably have a memorial for a friend.

 

[Cherry Tree]

Yes I have 2 but originally they were put there just so I could try and up my island to 3 stars but I like them now and have surrounded them with white roses

 

[Uffe]

I have two on the secret beach where Redd shows up. I put them there for no particular reason. I would like to make a graveyard, but my brother asked why I'd want to do that since nobody died on that island. Um, excuse me, but have you seen Wisp?

 

[Serabee]

Absolutely! There was NO WAY I was gonna pass up that item
(in other news I seriously cannot wait for Halloween seriously, y'all better get ready because I'ma do a super cool, spooky harvest festival themed DA!)

So, when Nook and the other "settlers" came to establish Woodland they were shocked to find a house was already there! Tucked in the forest near the back of the island, the house was worn down and clearly abandoned... and had been for goodness knows how long. At first it didn't seem that noteworthy- after all, it's not THAT weird that someone else would've tried to settle their first, right? But then the new settlers discovered two gravestones in a tiny cemetery just beyond the house. Needless to say, they had some QUESTIONS. Fortunately, an abandoned diary nearby had some answers.

It turns out, the house was related to the lighthouse that sits just to the north of the island. A century or so ago, a lighthouse keeper and his wife lived alone on the island. It was a lonely existence, but they made do. The wife was often bored but kept herself busy by gardening- hence why the forest is scattered with beautiful roses. Though she sometimes missed the mainland, she was content, and everything was going fine... until one stormy night when her husband vanished after going to check the lighthouse. The wife waited for days, which quickly turned to weeks. But there was no sign of her husband. Her diary got more and more lonely, and more and more desperate as she waited for him... she even noted that the once red roses she grew had turned black, perhaps mirroring her grief. Eventually, one day, the entries stopped altogether. Of course, this still leaves some mysteries. Where did she and her husband go? Why did the lighthouse keep burning without the keeper to tend to it? Is it true you can hear cries if you go near the northern shore on stormy nights? And who put the gravestones there?
(if you want the official answer for the last one- she did. she made a gravestone for her husband and, before going off to search for him, made a second one... knowing she would likely never return)
Anyway, the house remained abandoned, creeping out the settlers for a few months. Eventually Cat (the representative's) cousin, Hazel (I'm considering changing her name to Raven, but that's another story) decided to move to the island after hearing so much about it. Being an amateur witch, she was DELIGHTED to find the creepy house, and happily moved in. She now tends to the roses, and the gravestones, in between doing... whatever it is she does as a witch. Honestly, most of the islanders are a bit wary of her and don't ask her a lot of questions.

And there you have it! The legend of the haunting of Woodland.
I... I couldn't make a town without a haunting of some sort. There was just no way I'm a horror writer- it's what I DO.

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Yes I have a cemetery on my island since I had this rectangular spot and I didn't know what to do with it. Also, I wanted to use the iron and stone fencing as well as a few fake warrior statues (the ones with spades)!

Ooh! I have one of the statues and wasn't sure what to do with it... hope you don't mind if I steal this idea
(I already have the fencing around the cemetery- it's perfect!)

 

[Aleigh]

I have one gravestone as a memorial to my grandpa. It's surrounded by blue pansies and pictures of him as well as Stale Cupcakes playing near it. I'm not done and I'm planning on incorporating more items to make it better, such as a betta fish model once I get one!

 

[sunset_succulent]

i have two to mourn my past villagers. their photos are right in front of it! rip apple and biskit, they weren’t the right for for my island.

 

[VelveteenCat]

I have two graveyards. One tiny one which is what people see during the flyover and a bigger one where Olivia happens to live.Though not exactly horror, I do have a somewhat dark theme, so it fits. Also, my island is called Dollsgrave, so I feel like it would be weird if I didn't have graves (and dolls.)
Regarding lore, I think they are graves of children, but they could be metaphorically, as in the loss of childhood.

 

[Bcat]

I have one on the back rocks, with a doll and an axe sitting next to it

 

[Pinkshade]

I have one in a corner somewhere because it was given to me and I thought it was absolutely hilarious. I’m working on getting some skeletons so I can hide a bunch everywhere around the grave just to mess with my friends

 

[eko]

I think there's currently... around 8 western-styled stones on my island and 10+ zen-style stones? Maybe one day I'll come up with an actual story or some lore for my island but until then I just really love the Aesthetic™

 

[Ginkgo]

I don't plan on putting the Western one anywhere, but Coco's house will definitely have a few Eastern-style ones in her yard and other references to japanese burials like some dug-up gyroids... iF wE hAD ThEm. But since I dont even have the Eastern grave DIY yet, and gyroids are still ways off, I can take my time with that lol

 

[SirSean]

I have a bunch of western style ones in my cemetery. Then I have 1 or 2 zen style ones scattered across my island.

 

[Skandranon]

Not right now, but if I ever did probably would do one for each of my villagers that left, but went into the ether and not to someone else's island