The Seaway Ruins

        Spanning the divide between Midland and Endland lie the remains of a great mortorway network built by the Creator Empire. Like the rest of their civilization, the majority of the Seaway was destroyed during the Twilight War, collapsing into the ocean and leaving behind only vague indications of its former glory. Rows of massive, crumbling support columns rise from the shallow waters in places, now home to vast colonies of sea birds, or even larger avians. The columns are often referred to as 'The Stacks'. Roughly a third of the original structures are still standing, the rest having erroded away over the centuries, and each is marked in sequence by huge, faded Creator glyphs.

        The seaway ruins lie scattered throughout the island ring, and some of the old ocean resorts, such as Kaops are still standing. The majority of these have been heavily looted by the czath who dwell in the region, with all manner of useless old Creator junk being turned into weapons, armor, talismans, and so forth. The motorspans that networked this region formed a sort of spider web pattern, but the main continental trade artery ran from what is now the ruined city of Xoxl, to the islands west of Ixtol. This is where the bulk of the stacks can be found.

The Fallen Causeway

        Thousands of years ago, this massive span bridged Midland and Endland over the Eastern Sea like a glowing thread. Like so many marvels of Creator engineering, there is little left now, though what remains is still quite impressive. When viewed from the air, it's easier to see the layout of the ruins, which are now mostly overgrown with coral or swamped by shifting sandbars. They stretch for nearly six hundred miles in a shallow south-eastern arc.

        There are still a few unbroken lengths of span between the great stacks, rarely more than a few hundred meters to a stretch. These are littered with the rusted-out hulks of old traveling machines, now too far corroded by the elements to study in much detail. All seem to have been heading in a common direction when the end came. Most of these unbroken spans are quite high off the water, usually at least a hundred feet or so. They are also very dangrous and prone to sudden, unexpected crumbling or outright collapse. Some feel that the view is worth it, however, especially at dusk.

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