Charephon

The island of Charephon, located in eastern Chiroptera, is a small volcanic island dominated by a caldera that is too deep to fathom. A monastery complex dedicated to the Unknowable Wellspring (sometimes called Divine Mystery) has been built around the rim of the caldera.

Mystery surrounds the monastic order and its practices although it is widely known (or believed) that its members devote themselves to mysticism. There are some legends that depict the order as a fanatical cult which performs human sacrifice and keeps those initiated into the order's secrets from leaving.

Given that this is a place dedicated to an aspect of the divine, pilgrims sometimes visit the island but its geographic isolation means visitors are relatively rare compared with other holy sites. Most ships headed for Charephon depart from Ursidia and sail west, crossing roughly 150 leagues of open sea.

People who wish to retire from society in favor of spiritual pursuits sometimes come and join the island's monastic community.