Boiling Sea

A region of the Camoreyt Sea, that is infamous for its hot, turbid waters. Shallow even for the the Camoreyt's low waters, it is a dangerous place to sail through, and considered ill-omened by most sailors that ply the waters nearby. It's become the basis of quite a few folk tales from nearby communities, and gathering the boiling water is considered a rite of passage among some of the more daring ships crews.
Most common among the stories told about the Boiling Sea concerns the imprisonment of of something dangerous beneath the Camoreyt Sea, often a dragon or an evil god, or a even a living volcano that tried to raise its peaks above the heavens. The oldest story however, concerns the imprisonment of a creature called The Second Flame by unnamed heros during the Dawn War.

Geography

The boiling sea is 5 kilometres across, a roughly spherical region. While the Camoreyt is typically under 270 fathoms (500 metres), the Boiling Sea is far shallower, 100 fathoms (180m) on its outskirts, and closer to 50 (90m) around the centre. The sea bed is rocky, with crags of basalt emerging from a thin layer of sand and ooze, and the frequent changes in currents ensuring that nothing is settled for long. In places, natural chimneys of stone release clouds of toxic gas and heavy metal laden water into the surrounding sea.
Surveys by the Thaumic Empire have shown that the sea is getting shallower in places, at a rate of about half a metre a year.

Localized Phenomena

The heat of the sea defines it, and is responsible for much of the weather patterns both above it and nearby. With temperatures hot enough to scald at the centre, and occasional hot flashes of boiling water that can sink small ships. It's a lesson few survive but none forget: a ship can sail on water, but on water vapour. The hot water creates plenty of weather events that assail nearby islands, from warm, thick mist too roiling storms, and adds the the danger of sailing directly through the sea.

Type

Sea