1.4 Thistletop

The ancient site known as Thistletop has long served as a den for goblins. Today, it serves as something more - the lair of a band of outlaws led by Nualia Tobyn. Knaves and criminals who have recruited the goblins as their instruments of destruction. In order to save Sandpoint from these goblins. A journey to Thistletop must eventually be undertaken - but the Lost Coast's new heroes should take care to ensure they are prepared for this stage of the adventure. Goblins are the last of the dangers that lurk in and below Thistletop...

Thistletop is a curiously round island about 60 feet off shore, connected to the mainland by a rope bridge. The island had an unusual genesis - it was once part of a much larger statue commissioned by an ancient and evil magi. The statue has long since crumbled and become overgrown by the Nettlewood, but the head escaped such obscurment by landing in the surf. The magical nature of the statue's construction drastically slowed the process of erosion on the head's features, and when the sun hits the western cliff of the isle just right, one can just make out the ancient features of the statue's face. The statue once contained a small complex, but today only a few of the original rooms within the head itself remain accessible.