Queen's Trench

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General
The Queen’s Trench is a deep pit in the sea off the Hidden Coast. The trench is large enough that the reef is difficult to spot from the center. It is known as Da Fucken’ Hole to pirates and Umberlee's Pupil to the faithful. The trench descends deep into a set of branching caverns, many of these caverns are flooded mining tunnels that accidentally converged on the trench. The bottom of the Queen’s Trench is impossible to spot from the surface, the deep dark waters hide the true depth of the trench. The surrounding reefs are known as Umberlee’s Iris, due to the complex and beautiful coral.

Flora and Fauna
The Queen’s Trench and the reef surrounding it are home to a wide variety of creatures. Hobeels are ugly eels that gang up on larger creatures to rip them apart. The star ray sparkles in the dark depths of the trench, they are believed to weave illusions to lure prey and hide from dangers. The siren starfish is a beautiful, but dangerous creature in the reef. It has a paralyzing poison it uses to immobilize prey as it eats it alive. It is known to attack divers that get too close.

Queen’s coral, known as Ereven’s Gift, comes in several colors and styles. The most common coral growths are a rich purple coral that grows into towers, a yellow coral that makes small spherical coral and a red tree-like branching coral with large flat discs. Green vines known as seachoker float up from the sea floor, the vines have little barbs and thorns that make them entangle larger creatures. The vines are incredibly hard to break by pulling and typically need to be cut to escape. The dead bodies of creatures that struggle against the vines are frequently eaten by smaller fish.

History
While crossing the Queen’s trench, the ship, the Black Cloud, sunk from an unknown attack from deep in the trench. The Black Cloud was rumored to be carrying looted religious relics of rival gods and goddesses. Most of the sailors of the Black Cloud survived the scuttling of the ship. Divers searching for lost treasure have found remnants of the Black Cloud and other older ships, some of them have been found deep into side caverns.