Thistletop

Thistletop is the name of both an island near Sandpoint, and the fortress built on the island. It is currently home to a tribe of goblins, and the suspected base of Nualia.

The Island
Thistletop Island is a strangely round stone island in the ocean neat Sandpoint. Odd shapes in the rock have led some to remark that it almost looks like a skull partially submerged in the water. The only known way to reach the island is via a rickety bridge which goes from the cliffs on the mainland. The mainland edge of the bridge is somewhere in the Nettlewood.

The Fortress
The fortress on Thistletop is a wooden fort. It is currently occupied by a goblin tribe, calling themselves the Thistletop goblins. The fortress is considered the "best" lair of the goblin tribes in the region, and is the source of much prestige for the Thistletop goblins. It is unknown how big the fortress is, or what lies within.

Under the Fortress
There are at least two levels of rooms and passages carved into the stone underneath Thistletop fortress. Visions from the past suggest that the cultists who once lived on the island trapped demons and other creatures here. Nualia was using the caverns as her base as she attempted the ritual to turn herself into a demon.