I've got a question
Since the release of "Tomb of Annihilation"
every time I've looked at the map, I've gotten
more and more curious what lies on the
close-by islands of Dawn Warrior, the Ssan,
and the Mother-of-Mists#DungeonsAndDragons@ChrisPerkinsDnD@TheEdVerse#DnD5E#DnD pic.twitter.com/ZWnfuApMKd— MadHatterHimself (@Madhatterhim) February 1, 2018
SS1) The Ssan (“young-kin” in Ophidian) aka “The Daughters” in Common, are companion islets to the Mother-of-Mists, lying mainly to the northeast, in shallow seas. Ophidians can still be found here. Mixed among them are a handful of opportunistic doppelgangers (shipwreck…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS2)…survivors), who make it their business to stalk any pirates, sailors and castaways who make landfall on any of the Daughters. The smaller, more exposed northwesternmost islets offer no harbors or beaches, only lee anchorages, but the larger easternmost Ssan,…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS3)…Olyru to the north and Lurusst’ah to the south, both have south-shore harbors improved by humans down the years (with landing-light brazier cages and massive mooring-rings set into shore rocks). The jungle-timber-built habitations built on Olyru have entirely…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS4)…vanished back into the jungle, but on Lurusst’ah the walls and foundations of crude stone houses stand. Lurusst’ah even boasts a small but stout square seatower built by the human pirate Dalruth (a seacaptain of Tharsult who “turned bad” in the 1360s), but no human…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS5)…survives long on any Ssan. All but the salt-rimed northwesternmost Ssan rocks are thick tangles of vines, as the ophidians garden and encourage them to flourish in a maze the snake-folk can easily navigate where bipeds struggle. The vines offer shelter to birds,…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS6)…creatures, mosses, and leafy plants the ophidians eat or use as seasonings or medicines. On Tharsult and the Tashalar, tales are told of how fabulously wealthy Dalruth was ere he vanished on a stormy voyage in the spring of 1377 DR, but none of his riches were ever found.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
SS7/last) Could some of Dalruth’s gold and gems and silver trade-bars lie hidden on Lurusst’ah? Adventurers have searched in vain. Thus far.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 2, 2018
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