Miraela's Dream

Introduction

The silent hum of the depths is different around the small, uninhabited island known as Coral Cove. But it's not the island itself that draws mariners, Thalassographers and pirates alike; it is what surrounds it. Enveloping the Cove like an eternal bloom are the vibrant reefs called Miraela's Dream.

Here, the sea's floor is painted in hues no artist can hope to capture and no pigment can ever replicate. Across every tide and trench, every reef is crowned in the graceful dance of corals. These patient guardians of the waves stand as witnesses of the sea's rhythm, swaying to melodies that seem to chime in the local currents. This is Miraela's Dream and it is a sanctuary unlike any other in Kena'an.

History

"You don't know beauty until you swim with the corals of Miraela's Dream."

— Aluren Nai'thar, senior Thalassographer of th W.H.A.L.E.

It is said the reefs were seeded by Miraela herself, one of the first three Thalasyr and Mistress of calm waters. She planted them in the still silence of the Coral Cove, where no current would break their dance. Over centuries, they flourished into an impossible garden beneath the sea, birthing species unseen elsewhere in the Aerithia Archipelago. Exotic fish dart between polyps and rainbow eels weave through coral towers.

For a time, the reefs were sacred and untouched by everyone but the Thalasyr. But as maps were drawn and greed charted new courses, mortal hands reached for what was never theirs. Harvesters came- some with care, most not. The sea can be generous to those in need, but it is unforgiving to the rest. Many have drowned in the pursuit of coral riches. Yet, for every body lost, ten more came.

Thalassographers now try to regulate the extraction of coral and other resources from Miraela's Dream, attemting to work with the rythm of the sea rather than against it. But black markets flourish, and the line between reverance and exploitation grows thin.