Scar on the Water

High mountains on the water stretch for miles out in the Forbidden Ocean, north to south. Past them only darkness can be seen. Those who pass the mountain barriers rarely return, speaking only of monsters and unnatural darkness. It is believed that the location is a reasult of the 3rd age battles. Many of the mountains look like they have been cleaved in two, dipping like great wounds lower than the ocean level but unfilled by water due to the higher sides on the islands.
Rummor has it that beyond the darkness are preditory plants, mushroom forests, ruins and a volcano island somewhere towards the middle. This is true. what also is true but not well known by those that dare to explore the area is that Scar is the correct term for all the islands not just the strange cleft mountains. This is a partly sunken continent with other scars filled in by water... though not deep enough for a big ship which is why they tend to become lost on the outermost edge of the archipelago. This is the first barrier. The second is the dark cloud that hangs over the place keeping visilbity low. The third is what lurks on the islands themselves. Monsters not found elsewhere in the world, looking for easy prey. Uncontrolled undead that haunt some of the ruins.
Inspite of these dangers there are always those who, inspite of taboos about curses and what most would call 'good sense', who still seek to explore and perhaps bring back something unusual. No maps exist to guide them but the port of Magtathia on the coast has a few brave souls who would at least provide avice of what they know of the place even if they never wish to go again.

Type

Archipelago