The Isle of Mists

The Isle of Mists is a large island, almost a small continent, where time sometimes seems to run differently than in the rest of the world. The island is unknown to the outside world because it is shrouded in mists and kept isolated by strange ocean currents. It is virtually impossible for an ordinary sailing ship to reach the island without being shipwrecked, and equally difficult to leave. This isolation was no accident, but the result of a powerful spell cast nearly two thousand years ago by the great mage Lenthaticus, under the influence of a villain who seized and twisted the spell. Aside from a small group of magic-users, none of the island’s population ever leave or trade with other nations, and few ever even meet an outsider. Most villagers therefore are poor, ignorant and superstitious.

Major towns include Jomark (meaning “city between rivers”), Q’mark (“city of the river”), and Q’ton (“city of the plains”). The island has a large dead or toxic zone called the Fallows, created by the warped spell, where strange remnants of powerful cultures from remote and unknown times can be found. There is also a desert without any type of water that takes so long to walk across that, in the ordinary world, it would have to cover a large part of a continent; as its edge is approached, landmarks are seen on the horizon that one would expect to reach in hours, but that remain in the distance for days. Travelers are advised to avoid these regions at all costs.
 * The Towers
 * The Metal Beast