Cragdrane (Kr ag dray n)

Off the north-eastern coast of the isle of Tirmuen, which is the largest of the Isles of Rhynn, lie two much smaller islands known as Cragadar and Cragdrane. While Cragadar is large enough and hospitable enough to warrant a small town port and trading post, its southerly neighbour Cragdrane is little more than an isolated windswept rock by comparison. However, it is arguable that in some ways, Cragdrane is the more important of the two islands, as it is the site of the Miaren Lighthouse. This prominent landmark serves as a beacon and waypoint to help keep ships from running aground on the many jagged rock formations that surround the islands, some of which sit beneath the surface, even at low tides. The seas around both islands are often busy with vessels of all sizes, from tiny local fishing boats, up to large ships transporting goods across the Frissene Sea from other countries. The point where the modern lighthouse now stands has been used as a beacon from the earliest days of the Isles of Rhynn, when a spot was cleared for a large but simple brazier, with a sliding cover built over it to keep the fuel inside it safe and dry.  The current lighthouse building was designed and built by the dwarves of Tirmuen, but the internal workings were subsequently re-designed and rebuilt by gnomes, and to this day the lighthouse is operated and run by gnomish descendants of the same clan line, who also find the barren landscape to be a suitable location for their inventive tinkering - provided that the materials and items that they order are promptly delivered!  Its prominent location, and the cunning of the operators, means that it can also serve as a heliotrope communication point with the mainland of Tirmuen in times of need.

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Island