Golden Cay Book

The **Golden Cay book** was a magical tome. Its final owner was Tarq Wrackmorne, who was given the book by Elynthi nobles. Though its main purpose was opening portals to the Golden Cay, it could also create whirlpools, offered protection to its bearer, and contained information on creation magic. When a creature picked up one of the pages for the first time, they were subject to visions of the Golden Cay's history.

Most of the book was destroyed by Tibeth Oceansong and Sharn Redsnout. However, the pages on creation magic were not in the book when it was destroyed. Those pages are in the possession of Honeymoon Langley.

## Portals

A portal to the Golden Cay could be opened by sailing to a particular set of coordinates Southwest of the Kingdom of Belkinus, then reading the following poem in Abyssal. Once the poem was complete, a whirlpool would appear, filled with brilliant light. A ship could travel through the vortex to the shores of the Golden Cay.

*By right of power we come to thee.*

*A deep hunger we yearn to sate.*

*Your riches make a spirit free.*

*We travel forward through your gate*.

*O, amber island bright and whole!*

*The light of gold will be our curing*

*The world’s possessions take their toll;*

*See us through to ease the burden.*

*Bless us now, your gentle bays,*

*The land besought by heroes eld.*

*Bring us to the Golden Cay*

*Pretty please.*

## Whirlpools

The book could also create small whirlpools which acted as portals, which could store or return objects like a bag of holding. The book could also create whirlpools large enough to sink ships.

## Protection

The bearer of the book was protected from the magical defenses of the Golden Cay. The Guardian of the Golden Cay believed it was dangerous to let anyone have that immunity, but the Cay's creators thought it would aid those who came with true intentions. Wrackmorne ultimately abused this protection, keeping himself safe as the island collapsed due to his plundering of the Golden Cay volcano.

Some additional protection could be invoked with another Abyssal phrase from the book: *Ye protectors of the Cay, heed my call, for your island is in danger and I am in need of your assistance.*

## Creation Magic

Some of the book's pages, found among the treasure in the volcano, included details of powerful creation magic. This is the same magic originally used to create the Golden Cay, and transport it to the Outer Seas. Within minutes of learning this information, Honeymoon could create a functional boat with a wave of her hand.

## Visions

As Honeymoon and Lauttila Flint found pages of the book, they were overtaken by visions of the Golden Cay's history. These visions were accompanied by flashes of pain like migraines.

Some visions featured the Guardian: warning the Cay's creators against leaving the book with people from the Inner Seas, or in the middle of a battle speaking with the figure whose statue is in the Golden Cay dungeon. Others showed the Cay's creation, rising from nothing before being transported to the Outer Seas with some docked ships. The rest of the visions showed the island's residents as their home collapsed around them, and a final image of the Guardian walking into the darkness in shame.