The Realm of the Bones, or the Bones, is an archipelago of eight islands to the east of the island of Marddir and south and east of Rorus. The Bones was once the seat of a now forgotten civilization. The remains of this empire are many, and include curiously massive stone towers containing rusted and decaying implements and tools. These broken things, made of brass and iron and glass, were likely used to observe the skies, though any written records have long since rotted or turned to dust. These observatories are on each of the eight islands and seem to have been built in locations that facilitate the observation of the same narrow section of the southern skies.
The cause of the fall of this civilization is a mystery. The cities, largely reclaimed by ivy and moss, tangled vine and creeping lichen, do not show evidence of siege or violence. Metal artifacts, though rusted by the rain and the salt air, are abundant, and weapons are not among them.
Perhaps the strangest aspects of this lost civilization are the statues. Men, women, and animals of stone fill the streets and buildings of the empty cities. And while the buildings around them have decayed and weathered, the statues have not…
