Kapaerian Island

The largest island in the West Isles archipelago, far off the coast of Xen'drik, and where the town of Beacon has been built. Named for Captain Raela Kapaerian, the famed explorer who mostly circumnavigated the island before disappearing.

## Geography

A large island, about 500km tip to tip, dominated by jungles, rainforest and savanna. Mostly unexplored by Khorvairan settlers, but mostly tropical in climate and just south of the equator, off the west coast of the continent of Xen'drik. Several other islands, including the Barrier Island sit off its eastern and southern coast.

It's been discovered to be mostly tropical in climate, with extensive rainforests and jungles. The northernmost tip, on the leeward side of the mountains is dry savannah, but in the shadow of the Banor's Spear and Fearfrost mountain ranges the climate is hot, humid and wet. The Darkflow and Kraken rivers extend through the northern and southern forests respectively, and locals talk of mountains and marshland further south.

The enormous volcano known as Adaxus' Furnace seems to be the tallest point on the island, large slopes surrounding it with volcanic alpine tundra. It is unknown how active or dormant the volcano is, but the area is still geothermally active.

Being on the equator, the island is a source of very rare Siberys dragonshards, which fall in showers from the Ring of Siberys that surrounds the planet.

## History

In the times of the ancient giants, it was apparently known as Isla Scora. It was scarcely touched by the giant empire that once covered the mainland, with the exception of historical information which suggests that one independent city-state called Scora Bael sat on the western side of the island, but otherwise the island was used as a testing ground by The Sul'at League.

The giants faced a major incursion here during their war with the quori, and eventually Scora Bael’s protectors fell, leaving it to its slaves. Many of the drow remain there today: Vulkoori who both fear the ruins and consider them sacred, and so do not enter. A small population of githyanki, who call themselves the Ashnazga, have also made the island their home. They have set up a settlement under the guidance of their leader, Zunyalta.

Kapaerian Island received a surge of interest from Khorvaire when a Silver Flame-worshiping traveler experienced holy visions while passing through. When he returned to Khorvaire and told his tale, pilgrims began to flock to the island, and with them came the Knights Militant to keep the faithful safe. The Argentum, an intelligence-oriented branch of the Knights, hypothesized that some sort of artifact was responsible. The leak of this theory led to a rush of interested parties coming to the island in search of the item, including the Throneholders of Thrane, the Wayfinder Foundation, and others.

The Kapaerian Islands are also home to Lizardfolk, including the Skarn and Rilkan peoples, as well as the Pterafolk. The island is known as Chult to the native lizardfolk.

**Included Locations**

* Adaxus' Furnace
* Beacon
* Dal Anka
* Vadalia's Rest

**Included Organizations**

* The City of Beacon
* The Dusksplinter Coven

**Contested By**

* Drow Totems / Qaltiar
* Rushemé
* The City of Beacon
* The Sulatar