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Morrowindl was a large island located in the Blue Divide, several days flight off the coast of the Westland. Roughly two hundred miles across, its landscape was dominated by Killeshan, an unstable volcano.

For the last century of its existence, Morrowindl was home to the Elves, who transported Arborlon and the entire Elven nation from the Westland to the island inside an Elfstone known as the Loden. The Sky Elves, who had always lived apart from the majority of the Elves in the coastal community of Wing Hove, moved from the Westland to smaller, neighboring islands some years after the majority of Elves had established themselves on Morrowindl.

History[]

For most of its existence, Morrowindl was an isolated island paradise, harboring gorgeous flora and unique animals like the Tree Squeaks. Koa trees, a type of tree that was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands during the Age of Man, can be found on Morrowindl. The presence of koa trees heavily implies that during the Age of Man, Morrowindl was known as the Island of Hawaiʻi.

The Elves arrived in the last century of the island's existence, and their use of magic created new creatures that began inhabiting the island, such as the Splinterscats. Other creatures included Elven clones that the Elves tasked with guarding the island; these clones would later become a form of Shadowen, though the Elves of Morrowindl referred to them as demons.

When Wren Elessedil arrives on Morrowindl as part of her quest to find the Elves and return them to the Four Lands, she was the first person to make it safely to Arborlon from the outside world in decades. Her return coincided with the demons' first serious breach of the Keel, the magical wall that enclosed and protected the Elven city. Ellenroh Elessedil, the Queen of the Elves and Wren's grandmother, repaired the breach by stealing some of the Loden's remaining magic.

Wren's arrival on the island in accordance with Eowen Cerise's prophecy and the breach of the Keel impelled Ellenroh to declare that the time had come for the Elves to return to the Westland. After Ellenroh sealed Arborlon and the Elves into the Loden, she, Wren, and a small company made their way to the coast of Morrowindl, where the Wing Rider Tiger Ty would be waiting to take them off the island.

The removal and sealing away of Arborlon further disrupted the balance of magic on the island, causing Killeshan, which was already unstable, to begin erupting. As Wren's party made their way to the coast, the island began destroying itself from the inside out. By the time the company reached the ocean, only Wren and Home Guard Captain Triss were still alive. Tiger Ty took them off the island hours before all of Morrowindl was engulfed in fire.

Notable Landmarks[]

  • Arborlon — Capital of the Elves and a city that predates the Great Wars. Before the Elves were moved to Morrowindl from the Westland, all Elves living in outlying communities were called into the city. Then the entire city was scooped up and sealed away in the Loden for transport to the island.
  • Blackledge — A large, open plateau that ends in cliffs which drop down to the In Ju swamp and the beaches at the southern end of the island.
  • Eden's Murk — A swamp filled with dangers such as the Darter, a plant that shoots fatally poisonous thorns when disturbed. The miasma of the swamp causes Ellenroh Elessedil to come down with a fever, from which she soon dies.
  • Harrow — Home of the Drakuls, a type of formless, wraithlike Shadowen that only take on a corporeal form in order to feed. Drakuls suck all the body fluids out of the people they target and turn those people into Drakuls themselves.
  • In Ju — A vast, deadly swamp in which the Wisteron, an immensely powerful Shadowen, hunts and has its lair.
  • Killeshan — The volcano near the center of the island. It is the eruption of Killeshan after the island is thrown out of balance by the disappearance of Arborlon that eventually destroys the island.
  • Rowen — A swift-moving river just beyond Arborlon that is home to giant serpents.
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