Rozan's Eye

Rozan’s Eye is a towering sea-crag mesa crowned by a blinding crystal of radiant purity, rising from the southwestern ocean just beyond the tip of the Faewylds-corrupted peninsula that was once part of The Sands of Serrakhan. Bathed in ceaseless sunlight, the crystal atop its summit refracts and magnifies solar light into shimmering spears of brilliance that arc over the waters and shorelines. To look upon it directly is to risk blindness.

To the ancient Solir of Itela, Rozan’s Eye was not merely a natural wonder—but a sacred conduit. Avatar Rozan himself is said to have shaped the stone and summoned the crystal, not as a weapon, but as a beacon—an enduring monument to the divine grace of the sun. Its alignment with the Sun Temple upon the southeastern cliffs of the desert was no accident; at dawn, its light would fall precisely upon the temple’s altar, sanctifying the rites and training of the Sun Sages who gathered beneath its warmth.

Origins & Solar Purpose

Built in the Third Age, the Eye was constructed by Rozan during the height of the Solir Empire’s reign across The Sun Realm. It was the zenith of Sun-Rifting magic—a radiant focus point through which Avatar Rozan taught his people to draw upon the light not as flame or fury, but as guidance, clarity, and discipline.

The mesa upon which it sits was carved by elemental earth-shapers and then sanctified in a solar rite known as the Solar Convergence, wherein Rozan fused a shard of the sun’s essence into the crystal. From that moment, the Eye pulsed with radiant energy, illuminating the coast, the Sun Temple, and, in clear weather, even the golden domes of distant Itela.

Sun Sages and monks once undertook pilgrimages to meditate in its shadow or bask in its refracted light, claiming it enhanced their martial control and spiritual focus. When the crystal’s light struck the Sun Temple during solstice, it was said the monks could perform feats of Sun-Rifting otherwise thought impossible.

Occult Desecration

Long after Rozan’s death and the fall of Itela, the Snake Cult discovered Rozan’s Eye and made designs to pervert its use. During the final days of their rites at the Serpent's Shrine, they awaited the Eye’s light—twisting it through corrupted prisms—to empower the resurrection of The Great Serpent. This act was considered one of the highest blasphemies against Rozan’s legacy (see: Serpents Showdown).

Despite the cult’s defeat and the death of the serpent, the crystal remains scarred—its perfect light now occasionally flickers, disrupted by faint pulses of radiant Rift Energy that suggest residual corruption buried within the stone.

Current State

In the aftermath of the Conjunction of the Realms, the Eye’s surroundings have transformed. The once arid coast below has been overrun with twisting Faewyld flora, choking the peninsula in vibrant, chaotic overgrowth. Despite this, the Eye itself remains inaccessible—its steep, jagged base surrounded by turbulent waters, its crystal pulsing ever skyward.

Scholars from the Serrakhan Sultanate and emissaries from The Floating City of Thouran have called for a future expedition to examine the crystal and determine the lingering effects of the conjunction—but none have yet done so.

From the Faewyld coast, it always appears closer than it is. Some say it hums. Others say it watches.