The Cannon Cliffs

The waters off the Cannon Cliffs are some of the most dangerous in the world, at least when the tide slows in. Its not that they are particularly treacherous or that the currents can rapidly change. Its just that to successfully navigate you need the thread the fairly narrow band between the kelp forests and the deepwater. The serpents and kraken of the deepwater are dangerous enough, but the armadillos will punch a hole in your ship just as good. Just imagine a 100lb cannonball hitting your ship, except then it uncurls and is angry because its hungry and not in its hunting grounds.

— Jasper Cameron, Leader of the Bronze Ravens

Geography

In a twist of fate, or perhaps a joke by the gods, the Cannon Cliffs are riddled with tunnels that have 2 entrances, one somewhere below the high tide line, the other often hundreds of feet in the air. While on occasion sea birds or other animals will use these tunnels as a nesting site, this is at best a dubious proposition. Why, you ask, well, look no further than the areas name.

The marine armadillo, also called the Cannonball armadillo, has adapted a most unique mode of movement. As the tide starts to ebb, they will cut strands of kelp and bring these strands, along with mud from the ocean floor, and build an airtight plug around themselves in the tunnel they have chosen to sleep in. As the tide turns and comes in again, rising water in the tunnel pressurizes the air behind the plug, eventually launching the armadillo out to the kelp forests where they hunt for fish, sea urchins, and whatever else they can find.

Fauna & Flora

Marine Wildlife

• kelp
• sea urchins
• Marine (cannonball) armadillos
• orcas
• squid
• octopus
• crab
• gulls
• starfish
• fish
• clams

Land Plants and animals

• squirrels
• raccoons
• wolves
• coyotes
• coniferous forest plants
• osprey
• elk

Inhabiting Species

• Marine Armadillo