Island of the Vibrant Dead

This article covers the island in Azlant. For the Pathfinder Society scenario, see The Island of the Vibrant Dead.

The Island of the Vibrant Dead is a remote island in the shattered continent of Azlant that once served as a burial site for Arodenite clergy, and is now home to a community of benign ghouls.

History

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In 4719 AR, the Pathfinder Society recovered a ghoul named Marcon Tinol from the Tombs of the Living beneath Absalom. Tinol had mastered his hunger for humanoid flesh, rendering him relatively harmless to the living. Venture-Captain Drandle Dreng repatriated Tinol to the Island of the Vibrant Dead, a site tenuously but persistently connected to the Maze of the Open Road that was once a burial site for Arodenite clergy. Dreng had experienced mages reinforce the connection and make it permanent.

The island contains the Crypt of the Vibrant Dead, inside of which is an artifact that preserves the dead's appearance and physical state. This trait allows ghouls to feed from the corpses and absorb their memories. Dreng continued to repatriate peaceful ghouls to the island, where they quickly formed a settlement known as Deadhaven. In thanks for his efforts, the ghouls offered a home to Dreng in Deadhaven upon his retirement.

Notable locations

• Deadhaven, a settlement of ghouls repatriated from across Golarion located on the island's northern coast, built around the Crypt of the Vibrant Dead
• The wreckage of the Besmara's Fury, a famous former pirate sloop

References

Paizo published a Pathfinder Society scenario titled The Island of the Vibrant Dead.