The Shattered Tribute of the Coral Altar

The defeated cultists and their aquatic allies left their spoils gathered beneath the Coral Altar of the Deep, where offerings from drowned ships had been mixed with weapons taken from previous victims. Thalassa Morwen’s personal shrine concealed the finest treasures: a large altar pearl, a manta-hide cloak, and a pearl of power reserved for the cult’s rites. The merrow harpoons and sahuagin javelins are practical trophies rather than ceremonial treasure, while the living coral and abyssal tideglass suggest that the altar was more than a place of worship. It was a growing magical organism, and the surviving shard may draw attention from oceanic powers, rival cults, or scholars seeking to understand what sleeps beneath the reef.