Buy me a coffeeAvalon (Otherworld)
Also known as the Isle of Apples, Avalon is the home of many great healers and artisans of the sylvan realms. It sometimes exports magical fruits, remedies, and remarkable magic items all across Faerie. Thanks to tales of its wondrous inhabitants, this place attracts pilgrims from far and wide in the mortal realms and in Faerie who seek healing or power. The island is currently ruled by nine sister-priestesses who revere nature’s bounty and mercy. Avalon is ringed by a series of breathtaking hills, within which is a vale of exquisite beauty and unmitigated bounty. The land gives of itself freely and without toil. It currently lies parallel to the infamous Terran land of Logres, whose king has in the past been an ally of the island’s ladies. In fact, one King Arthur used Excalibur, a mythic word forged upon the shores of this isle, as a symbol of his rule before he relinguished it and came to be healed here.
Perhaps the most famous denizen of the island is Morgan Le Fay, who swears fealty to no one and never ceases to weave impressive schemes within the lands of mortals. Mongibel, Morgan’s castle, is built into the side of a titanic mountain of lodestone. The lodestone lies upon one shore and is very dangerous to vessels containing metal they are often attracted with such force that they are smashed to bits where stone meets sea. Morgan can control the magnetism of the monolith.