Flamsterd

Flamsterd is an island in the southwestern Moonshae Isles, known as a refuge for mages in the largely amagical Moonshaes.

Centuries ago, a wizard named Flamsterd migrated to the Moonshae Isles, where he claimed the unpopulated island to the southwest and named it after himself. He sought, and had found, a place to practice the arcane arts peacefully. He built a tower on the long southern peninsula of the island and began recruiting magical students from the Moonshaes as well as the mainland. Flamsterd and his apprentices developed a thriving, if modest, civilization on their island home, peacefully isolated from the rest of the archipelago. Over time, the students grew stronger, and their power led to internal unrest. Conflict arose among the young mages, killing many of them and producing monsters that continue to roam the island. Flamsterd grew frustrated with his apprentices and in 1291 DR faked a sudden, catastrophic explosion of the peninsula. He turned many of his apprentices into toads and salamanders while others fled in fear. Though it seemed, and continues to appear to most, that Flamsterd had died in the unexplained explosion, he had in fact moved a portion of the island underwater. With the help of a few powerful druids, Flamsterd moved the land (including his tower) to the sea floor, surrounded by a huge bubble of air. There he continues to work in peace, assisted by a few servants. For the surviving mages, and any who continue to seek refuge there, the isle of Flamsterd remains peaceful and safe from outside attack, owing to its uniquely dense concentration of magic users.