Athova-Rae

**Athova-Rae** is one of the many islands of the Shattered Teeth, the archipelago that was created from the destruction of the continent of Domunas.

The island is in the northern part of the archipelago. As one of the more outlying islands, it is seasonally free of the heavy mists that normally surround the Shattered Teeth, and therefore the port village of Drobanagos in the northwest area of the island serves as a safe supply stop for vessels in the region. Nearby along the shore are many mineral-rich caves.

## **Points of interest**

The following locations were present in the island during the events of "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81), but given the potential consequences of the Glorious Ones's actions, it is unclear if either of these places endured until Campaign Three.

### **Drobanagos**

This fishing village was founded at some point during or before 595 PD, and it was named after the crab entity known as the Dreamer (with the name itself meaning "home of the dreamer" in the language of the Galapa). Drobanagos had the protection of this entity for centuries, and they celebrated it during the Musetide Festival. This happened for hundreds of years, until the Glorious Ones killed the crab thinking it was a monster and served its meat to the villagers as common seafood.

### **Grove of Enlightenment**

This part of the forest of Athova-Rae had no remarkable features, with the lower branches of the trees extended like gnarled fingers, and were mostly tangles of leaves. There was, a strange angelic music in the area that was tied to a beautiful, vibrant apple hanging at the end of a branch. The power of the grove seemed to be focused on the fruit itself, which was sentient and able to communicate with whoever was holding it.

## **History**

### **The Calamity**

Together with the rest of the Shattered Teeth, Athova-Rae was presumably formed in the cataclysmic explosion that created the archipelago and destroyed the continent of Domunas when the sealed primordials Rau'shan, Emperor of Fire, and Ka'Mort, Empress of Earth were combined into a great quantity of magma and destroyed at the beginning of the Calamity.

### **"Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81)**

At some point before 795 PD, during the Musetide Festival, five adventurers known as "The Glorious Ones" were hired by Elder Aldafud as security for the event, and ended up investigating, uncovering secrets, and fighting monsters in one of the caves of Athova-Rae.

## **Trivia**

* Given the fishing tradition and their connection with the Dreamer, it is very likely that the known settlement of this island is associated with the Ossended Host.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) at 0:02:08.
2. ↑ See "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) at 0:02:23.
3. ↑ See "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) at 0:39:04.
4. ↑ See "Fire and Ruin" (E3x04) at 5:58:56.
5. ↑ "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) takes place in a time in Scanlan's life when he's still inexpert and lacks confidence, and by the end of it he's trying to behave more like the charismatic Ranthiel Volthor. Since between 795 and 796 PD Scanlan had a messy affair with a member of the Darrington Estate staff that forced the bard and his troupe to leave, presumably the gnome's time with the Glorious Ones preceded this incident in Deastok. For more information see "Curious Tides" (1x89) at 1:13:37 and "*Talks Machina* #17: 'Voice of the Tempest'" (TMx17) at 56:37
6. ↑ See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 159.

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