Stoneshelter is a semi-subterranean city in northwestern Magnia, the primary settlement of the Palaestroi minotaurs. Located in the foothills of the Sentinel Peaks, Stoneshelter is well-defended and has been inhabited for millennia, slowly growing downwards as its population expands.
As is typical for the Palaestroi, homes in Stoneshelter are multi-generational, with each young adult trained in their traditional craft of masonry adding new features, whether that be carving out a new storeroom, decorating with a new mosaic, or something else entirely. As centuries have passed Stoneshelter become increasingly more byzantine and difficult to navigate for the unfamiliar, though those who grow up within find it to be little trouble.
Paleastroi settlements are very close-knit - even in the relatively large city of Stoneshelter it is unusual for any resident of a neighborhood to not know, and frequently talk to, all who live in the surrounding homes.
Stoneshelter is the site of the Life Wall, a massive stone panel critical to Palaestroi naming ceremonies.