Post by Rip on May 30, 2010 23:48:32 GMT -5
Dragon's spine is a collection of six islands off the eastern cost of the Grey Wastes. Ancient scholars wrote essays about old, powerful witch civilizations that once ruled the islands, but most books and maps were destroyed over the years... or stolen. Almost all records of the Dragon's Spine were kept within Caedere libraries until a very ambitious thief lead a raid and stole those scrolls specifically. His motives were unknown.
Difficult to get to and even more difficult to leave, the coastline is a death trap. Boat corpses pile in sad little wrecked mountains in between rocky spikes. The water looks rapid, foaming like a sick dog around the half drowned caves. There's no sand here, no palm trees or little hermit crabs. It's a desolate, cold place home to more rats then flowers.
It's also filled with magical artifacts.
Not that most people can get to them. Bastion Tower, the secret school for witches, entwined the place with barriers and confusing illusions to keep the treasure seekers out. The tower sends expeditions to retrieve unusual items and train excelling apprentices, taking advantage of the wisdom embedded in the ruin walls.
But not even the witches of the tower are safe there. Accidents happen and the grey wastes are very close. Ash falls all the same when the rain comes.
Difficult to get to and even more difficult to leave, the coastline is a death trap. Boat corpses pile in sad little wrecked mountains in between rocky spikes. The water looks rapid, foaming like a sick dog around the half drowned caves. There's no sand here, no palm trees or little hermit crabs. It's a desolate, cold place home to more rats then flowers.
It's also filled with magical artifacts.
Not that most people can get to them. Bastion Tower, the secret school for witches, entwined the place with barriers and confusing illusions to keep the treasure seekers out. The tower sends expeditions to retrieve unusual items and train excelling apprentices, taking advantage of the wisdom embedded in the ruin walls.
But not even the witches of the tower are safe there. Accidents happen and the grey wastes are very close. Ash falls all the same when the rain comes.
