Barren Shores

The Barren Shores are a set of dark pebble beaches adjacent to the Cyrios Mountains in Wildemount. The beaches are inhabited by monstrous crustacean creatures, as well as a number of cults. Popular with adventurers and historians, the Barren Shores are the subject of a number of legends and theories, such as a possible connection to the Pallid Grove, its formation caused by an ancient being of great strength who pulverized the edge of the Cyrios Mountains to form the beaches, and another ancient being having been released into the Frigid Depths when the Cyrios Mountains were sundered.

One point of interest on the Barren Shores is the haunted wreckage of a smugger's ship onshore.

Behind the scenes
The Barren Shores first appeared in the "Wildemount Gazetteer" of the sourcebook Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, written by Matthew Mercer, Chris Lockey, James Introcaso, and James Haeck. So far, it has not been mentioned or referenced onstream.