The great southern bay that gives Roule its naval power and commercial reach. Sheltered from the worst storms by the eastern peninsula, the Bay of Roule offers deep anchorage and calm waters. Teldib dominates the bay's northern shore, but fishing villages and minor ports scatter along the coastline.
The bay is heavily patrolled. Roulean naval vessels run regular circuits, and privateering is punished by imprisonment or worse. The message is clear: these waters belong to Roule, and Roule protects its interests.
Sunbeam Prison
Visible from anywhere on the bay, a shimmering pillar of light rising from the waves. The Sunbeam Prison floats where light and force leylines intersect in the Roule Channel, a marvel of magical engineering and a warning to anyone who might challenge Roulean authority.
The prison is made of beams of solidified light bound together by force magic, not stone or iron. These sunbeams create a perfect cage, impenetrable, unbreakable, and impossible to approach without authorization. The prison requires constant magical maintenance to sustain the leyline convergence, employing a permanent staff of mages who rotate monthly to avoid burnout.
Inmates include pirates, political prisoners, and those the Honey Lords want forgotten. Sentences are measured in decades. Escape is theoretically impossible: the light-walls burn flesh, and the waters below are patrolled by bound water elementals. The prison is Roule's most visible display of power and its most closely guarded secret. What happens inside is not discussed.