Go east!

Correct answer

St Columba’s relics are very important to your people. Wherever his relics go, his power goes too. The Scots look to Columba for protection of their nation. You need to gain their trust. It is best to move the relics west to Dunkeld, where they will be safe.

Now both your power and religious centres are safely within the heart of what was once the land of the Picts.

Evidence of Christianity in 9th century Perthshire. Gilt bronze mount, perhaps from an object of religious importance, found near Crieff, Perthshire.

The Monymusk Reliquary, dating from around 750, believed to have held a relic of St Columba.