Where the Forest Meets the Sea: Edge of Salt and Shadow
Dense jungle presses against the coastline, vines spilling toward the sand like grasping fingers. The sea brings ships—laden with spice, silk, and secrets—while the treeline watches in silence. It is a place where maps blur, where civilization ends and wild territory begins. Traders walk the shore with wary eyes, knowing the trees hide more than animals.
Deeper inland, paths vanish beneath thick canopy, swallowed by roots and mist. Old stone idols peek through the undergrowth, their faces worn smooth by time and rain. Some come seeking fortune. Others, answers. Most find neither. For in this place, the forest remembers what was taken—and it does not forgive.
The Southern Coast is a land where the sea is both lifeblood and executioner, where the horizon stretches endlessly, yet no man is ever truly free. Winds howl through jagged cliffs, carrying the scent of salt, the echoes of lost souls, and the promises of fortune—or ruin. Its golden shores may glisten under the sun, but those who mistake them for safety soon learn otherwise.
The tides are unpredictable, shifting on a whim, dragging ships to their doom as easily as they guide them to distant shores. Storms rise without warning, their wrath carving names into history—some remembered, most forgotten. Beneath the churning waves, secrets lie buried—some in wrecks torn apart by time, others in ruins that were never meant to resurface.
But the sea is no refuge. It is a law unto itself, untamed and merciless. Some treasures should never be unearthed. Some voices should never be answered. And yet, the call of the ocean is not so easily ignored.
Gold glimmers—just beyond the tree line.
