Gulf of Bai'el (Gulf of Ghosts)

The Gulf of Bai’el, more commonly known among the less educated as the Gulf of Ghosts, is a body of water the lies directly to the east of the island of Erris, south of the Forest of Cratsfar, and north of the Blackroot Mountains. As its name suggests, the Gulf of Bai’el was, in the past, part of the magical nation that shares its name.
The Gulf of Bai’el was created when Bai’el was engulfed by a massive tidal wave of divine origin, created by the deities of Okarth to punish the magicians of the nation for their impudence. The waves never receded, and the land that was once Bai’el remains beneath the water, in the gulf.
The gulf is known as the ‘Gulf of Ghosts’ because many sailors claim to have seen ghosts rising from the depths of the water in the area, vestiges of Bai’el seeking to escape their watery graves. The natural phenomenon known as elmo’s fire happens more frequently on the Gulf of Bai’el than anywhere else on the waters surrounding the Central Continent.