The Serpent Shoals

The Serpent Shoals stretch across the eastern edge of Marellum, a labyrinth of coral reefs, submerged sandbars, jagged basalt spines, and hidden currents. To sailors, the Shoals are a place of dread and opportunity — where ships vanish in shallow waters and treasure-laden wrecks lie waiting in the depths. It is named for the great sea-serpents said to coil within the reefs, their sleek bodies mistaken for shifting shoal ridges until too late. Shamans claim these serpents are remnants of the Leviathan’s spawn, cursed to forever circle Marellum’s bones.