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You are right here in your story. Don't skip ahead.
Massie Burnson, The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner, p. 32
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR PRINCE LANDER & THE DRAGON WAR ARE AHEAD; CAUTION IS ADVISED.


Grimble Island is an island on the River Fay between First Warren and Ayman Lake, being some distance west of Halfway Harbor.

History[]

The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner[]

The island— more particularly a small pool near its center— served as a sacred shrine for the dark rites of the Dragons. A population of rabbits enslaved by the Dragons, whether on the island or elsewhere, were cultivated for such rites. Eventually Captain Grimble and his father Lord Grimble came across the island while scouting out a route for Whitson Mariner's community. They soon established an alliance with the Dragons, intending to strand Whitson's followers on the island in exchange for a domain of their own in Natalia.

Unbeknownst to either party, Galt had found the island after deserting Whitson's rabbits during the Battle of Ayman Lake. He came to the aid of Massie Burnson and Lander in rescuing Queen Lillie, whom the Dragons and Grimble's followers had abducted and brought to the area of the shrine. Though Whitson's rabbits lost one of their ships, many of them survived the wreck, and with the aid of the ship Steadfast were able to mount a counteroffensive. Lillie was rescued, and in a rage at being denied their prize, the Dragons slaughtered Lord Grimble and his party while Captain Grimble's forces were captured by Whitson's loyalists.

Prince Lander & the Dragon War[]

After hearing that the Grimble faction was trading all their little ones to renew their alliance with the dragons, Prince Lander goes to Grimble Island in a raft to rescue them. Lander hadn't been on the island since the day the dragons had stolen Queen Lillie. Since then, the dragons had given all but the sacred pool in the center to Grimble and his faction, who ruled the island and partnered with the dragons to defend it against Whitson's loyalists.

Prince Lander offers to go to Grimble Island under a flag of truce and parley with Grimble. King Whitson, however, declines.

Grimble sets off from Grimble Island to Barren Point Island for a 'peace summit' with King Whitson. Lander comments on the land bridge that forms on the River Fay upriver from Grimble Island in times of drought.

During the Battle of Barren Point, Grimble's soldiers mass in the woods of Grimble Island before crossing in countless boats to conquer Lander's brave soldiers. Following the arrival of Steadfast and all the soldiers on it, Grimble's soldiers, boats destroyed, swam the icy River Fay to the safety Grimble Island offered.

Ember Rising[]

The island appears on a map of Natalia, presumably having been named for its association with the treachery of the Grimble family.

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