The Trackless Sea Anomaly

Somewhere out there, south of Beshi and north of Dovewood in the ocean expanse lies an unlikely artificial island. In a place where the winds do not blow is a truly hulking pile of debris sitting over the waves. Anything that was floating in the ocean seems to have ended up here somehow. Shipwrecks are stacked upon each other from all over the world. This is the castaway island that puts all others to shame. Many have drifted here from dying ships and violent storms, and even though they have the option to leave, many never do!

This is the anti-nation. No borders, no laws of the land, no charter; no name. The community that lives here is a perfect anarchy, and totally carefree, even when they shouldn't be. Giving the anomaly a name is an insult to what life they're trying to live, when you ask where they are, the answer is always ‘here’.

Not all who have washed up here were alive when they arrived. The anomaly is enormously haunted and the inhabitants don’t do anything about it. It isn't uncommon for an entire ship to awaken from its rest. After rising from the dead, the ships may animate themselves after a ghost crew awakens, sailing off into the horizon singing ghostly shanties. No one on the island really tries to stop them; their rationale being that they have their own spirit and they do what they please. These ghost ships have been responsible for considerable losses for trade in the Trackless Sea. Despite many kingdoms knowing of the anomaly, it is technically invincible since it’s not legally a place, and law cant be enforced on an artificial island where no one recognizes authority.

What the people don't know is that the anomaly is much older than it looks. The further you dive the older the debris becomes. Sunken wrecks as old as 50,000 years have been recorded by those who can reach such depths. Ever since its discovery it has been tirelessly studied by the ancient aboleth. Some of the few remaining aboleth live near the base of the anomaly and have been searching for the island's origin for thousands of years. Many are sure of themselves of their answer but no one has the same answer. The fact that it defies explanation and memory terrifies them. A creature that can recall the first moments of the world’s existence and the arrival of the lesser beings of Veren cannot possibly fathom its entire species being completely unaware of the anomaly’s origin.