The Crags are a long stretch of shale sea cliffs beginning near
Maiden's Refuge and rising up toward Yaralon in the east. The westmost end of the Crags level out into an intimidating wall in
Volantan territory. Hundreds of rock columns interrupt the grey sand, eroded by wind and water to stand by themselves. Some of these extend out into the water, creating a jagged set of teeth treacherous for any large ship to pass through. This is no safe harbor, and hundreds of ships have met nasty ends by not being able to see the dark-grey rock in the dark. This does give a would-be adventurer a certain advantage from the land. The beaches are punctuated by the pervasive scent of rotting wood and corroding metal, the sand mixed in with rotten splinters of wood from the older ships. The larger remains of ships are impaled upon the rocks or rocking unsteadily just off of the shore. A few of these wooden corpses are ready for the plundering, if one is willing to risk life and limb to get to the odd places they wash up in. If one is able to traverse the terrain,
Mer infest these waters. It's recommended to bring an experienced beachcomber to scavenge; the Mer use pieces of the ships to construct their homes at the edges of the continental shelf and it can be difficult to distinguish between them.
Shale crumbles easily, so climbing the Crags isn't recommended. That said, when on the beach it's wise to keep an eye upwards. Sea birds use the easily-broken rocks to make their nests, and they're not above chipping away at the surface of the cliffs themselves to get a good foothold. The rush of the sea is often accompanied by the little plips and rumbles of rock thudding into the sand. Unwary explorers have been struck by rocks and killed or injured far too gravely to make it back to civilization. The bones of the unfortunate litter small gulls and cracks at the feet of the cliffs.
If one has a taste for this stretch of dangerously unstable coast, they can explore the sea caves carved out by the tides. They make the perfect storage location for the adventurous pirate, and the consistent tunnel collapses mean that these treasures often guard themselves. For the interested miner, beryl outcrops streak the cliff faces and run deep into the caves. Careful mining will yield emeralds, aquamarine and tourmaline. Shale is soft and easy to mine even for a novice, but incredibly brittle and incapable of holding a tunnel for any long period of time.
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