High Isle

 

High Isle as viewed from the sea

High Isle is the largest island in the Systres archipelago. It is home to the harbor-city of Gonfalon, where stands the Colossus, a giant First Era statue depicting Bendu Olo.

Places

Settlements

• Gonfalon — The main city on High Isle
• Navire — The seat of House Dufort, in the west of the island
• Sargo — A port town that thrived during the late First Era

Structures

• Colossus of Gonfalon — A giant First Era statue depicting Bendu Olo
• Garick's Rest — A ruined castle in the north of the island
• Gonfalon Head Lighthouse
• Irin's Tower — Wizard tower atop Tor Draioch
• Steadfast Manor — Also called Volorus Manor; ancestral home of the Volorus family and later base of operations for the Society of the Steadfast

Landforms

• Albatross Leap — A high point overlooking a small lake in the east of the isle
• Breakwater Cave — A cave found on the southern shore, west of Gonfalon
• The Firepot — A volcanic cavern found in the center of the island
• Jheury's Cove
• Loch Abhain — Narrow inlet running through the center of the island
• Serpent Bog — Marshy area to the west of Tor Draioch
• Shipwreck Shoals — A series of small islands just off the northeastern shore
• Tor Draioch — A hill in the east that was a place of spiritual significance for the druidic peoples, and later became the site of a wizard's tower

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