Archipelago of the Rune Born

About the adventure

At the beginning of the age, the Rune Born came together to form the archipelago. Sorcerers of unparalleled power the original 13 Rune Born reached into the sea and drug up the land. This was to create a safe place for all folk from the encroaching tide of monsters. Now centuries later the Council of 13 holds say over the islands and monsters still lay claim to the mainland. It is up to the brave, the desperate, and the lucky to venture there. That is not to say that life on the islands is easy. The Council of 13 is in constant shadow conflict of influence, wealth, and arcane power. Massive webs of criminal connections span the waterways and ports of each island dealing in everything from untaxed furniture to black-market organs for arcane research. Not to mention the occasional escaped experiment or creature, not of this plane that escapes onto city streets. Then on the mainland, there are murmurs from returning ships that something is riling up the monsters. It will take a daring group of will-be heroes in order to save the archipelago from threats both known and unknown. This is a campaign with many different areas to explore. It could be about wilderness explorers who brave the monster-infested mainland. Clever and resourceful city slickers navigate both the criminal and the political threats of the islands. A mix of the two or neither. I want to know what of the setting piqued your interest and build from there.