“…tales tell of the worldwide catastrophe when Astriica and her sisters fell to the earth and that the great continent of Sanol’Kaht alone survived the downfall of humanity. Obviously this cannot be true, as in the millenia since the world ender fell, many wrecks and corpses wearing strange attire have been found washed ashore along the vast coasts of our island continent. One can presume that beyond our shores others have not only survived but in fact thrive, and yet then why does no ship return when many a bold captain strike out to sea in search of these foreign lands?…”

“…in addition to the turbulent weather surrounding Sanol’Kaht, causing many ships to rarely leave sight of land in favor of the shallow coastal waters…”

“…after the sorcerer rebellions during the black decade, it was decreed that any who come from foreign lands were to be put to the sword, so that such an incident could not occur again. And so the shores and rocky coasts of Sanol’Kaht were littered with the bones of the unfortunate that came to our lands uninvited…”

–Mysterious Water Damaged Tome

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