Tidewatch Island

Within Shadownet Cove are a handful of islands of note, despite the countless others that fill the area. The largest island, which is nearly 40 miles at its widest point, is called Tidewatch Island. The ambitious Kotokai Emperor Ikuchomi attempted to establish a settlement and fortress on Tidewatch, in an effort to help police the Cove for pirates and other threats. The port of Niziboku was built and a small town grew around it as construction of the Tidewatch Fortress, and its coastal watch towers, began. Construction was brought to a sudden and immediate halt, however, when the site was attacked by a pack of rampaging cryolophosaurs. The carnivores came out of the jungle with an explosion of ferocity and primal might, tearing through the construction workers, soldiers and citizens of the Empire. So complete was their ferocious attack that many of the people of the small town of Niziboku fled, sailing back to Jinshu Kong, abandoning their homes. When the emperor heard of the events, he sent a battalion of imperial soldiers to the island to remove the cryolophosaurus menace. They, too, were routed by the dinosaurs, and they returned with stories of a supernatural aura that flowed about the animals, keeping them safe from harm and allowing their claws and fangs to cut deeper than would be normal. The emperor publicly dismissed the tales, yet secretly he believed in some malicious force that dwelt on Tidewatch Island, and never again did he make an effort to reclaim the empty town of Niziboku or the abandoned Tidewatch Keep. It now sits, claimed by the natural elements of the island, until an ambitious ruler or brave sailor attempts to visit it once more.