On a small, isolated island in Loch Auentine lies the ruined settlement of Mistwake, a once-thriving fishing village. Mistwake’s hardworking citizens had long supported the nearby Stellarum Institute, a center of arcane learning that once stood as a beacon of magical and extraplanar research. However, both Mistwake and the Stellarum Institute were mysteriously abandoned after an extraplanar incident that shook the region. Today, Mistwake’s ruins stand as silent sentinels, whispering of lost lives and forgotten knowledge.

Adventurers and scholars occasionally brave the mists and haunting visions to explore the village and academy ruins. Most never return, and those who do speak of shadowy figures and strange anomalies that defy explanation.