Sablecoast

The Black Storm Desert

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Geography

The southeastern coastal realm of the Alden Peninsula, bordered by the Pax River to the west, the Sable Sea to the south, and open water to the east. Colder currents have brought thicker fog and larger storms. Black sand beaches turn to glass where lightning strikes. Some tides arrive at the wrong time, with no astronomical explanation.

The inland expanse of the Realm is a lowland wasteland, deserts to the west and marshland to the east. The Black Crown plateau rises in the middle of the desert a giant black rock plateau build from a long dormant volcanic flow. The top of the plateau is nearly uninhabitable (except for some nomadic tribes). the only Inhabitants of the area have taken residents in the lava tubes of ancient geological formations. The clans who reside there believe them to be a pathway to the gods.

People

Triton enclaves along the coast warn of movement in the deep trench offshore.

Common Races

• Humans
• Tortles
• Tritons
• Dragonborn

Characters

• Zizz — Forest Gnome Rogue (Arcane Trickster), Watcher of Sablecoast
• Zhurm — First mate on the boat Dreams of Gold

Cities

• Grimharbor - captains' councils have formalized into a wartime confederacy. Privateers now escort food convoys rather than raid them.
• Pearlwatch - its lighthouse beacons burn with imported Embercrag heat‑stones. The light is considered sacred and is strictly rationed.
• Saltmere - the reed labyrinths that protect the harbor freeze solid in winter, trapping smugglers and patrols alike.
• Blackreef - grew into a refugee island, built from wreckwood and bone‑white ice.

Points of Interest

• The Black Crown - a Plateau that is
• The Drowned Basilica - an ancient structure that surfaces from the sea more often than it should. Some say it is rising.
• Stormbreak Arch - storms still split around it as they always have, but now leave glittering rime on the rock that cuts skin on contact.
• The Sable Trench - lights move below the waterline in patterns that some scribes claim resemble written script.

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