On the Nacreous Coast

It is said that when the Abyss was opened, the world ended. This was close to the truth along the Nacreous Coast, which faces the isle of Melos where the site of the Abyss is located. Nine brave individuals - sometimes remembered as heroes, sometimes as gods - risked everything to seek an end to the terror. One lost his life in the attempt.   Now, almost a millennium later, the Nacreous Coast teems with human life once again. The great powers of the Regnum Caelorum and its Protectorates jostle for position against their old enemies, the Magdalan Empire. Each side seeks influence over the fractious and unruly city states that scatter the islands of the Serpent’s Back which lie in between them.   Almost as far west as can be gone lies the island of Phos, twin to Melos, where the city of Redwind was built long ago to keep watch over the dormant Abyss. Nowadays the city is a bustling port town, due in large part to the export of Abyssally Touched materials for use in magical crafting - Black Ice, Weird Obsidian, Cursed Weed, and the like.   The world seems to be in balance, but beneath the surface, powers both ancient and new have begun to make moves that will have long reaching consequences.   Into this mix are thrown two exiled princes from the Regnum Caelorum. Can they survive the strange new culture they’ve been thrust into, and can they unravel the web of conspiracies before it threatens the whole city?

…the abyss stares back.