St. Braelin's Head

Summary:
Braelin Joseph, canonized saint of the Holy Light, was martyred after death by torture at the hands of the Crushridge Clan of Ogres in the Alterac Mountains. Two Orthodox parishes within the Dominion of Alterac both claim to have the severed heads of the Saint, prompting heated---albeit, macabre---debate.

Debate:
The first head presented to the Royal Alterac Society and Lord Reynalden of the House of Weisserose was a slightly-decayed, but rather intact head; it was severely discolored and paled, having a shaved scalp and a vague similarity to the late-Blacksmith's historic depiction. The parish of Volkenburg, a fiefdom of the Weisserose's holdings, alleged that they had discovered it when mining in the northern mountains.

Shortly thereafter, a second head was presented and it was a severely-damaged skull; not only was the jaw missing and the cheekbones broken, but the sockets had shown small cuts within the bone---possibly proving eye-gouging or blinding. The parish of New Strahnbrad, a trade outpost in the central mountains, alleged that the head was found within a one-person cage---suspended outside a once-occupied Ogre Cave.

Both groups counter the other's argument, stating that the parish had faked their respective head as a means to secure funds from the Orthodox Church of the North by being made a Holy Site---having the honor of being the community that housed a saint's head and reaping the lucrative profits from pilgrims.