Tides of the Dark Crystal

Amri gasped as they came around the main headland, then winced and had to shield his eyes from one vessel that rested in the arms of the bay. He squinted through his fingers at a magnificent ship that dwarfed all the others. It was not made of wood but coral; glittering white and pink at the keel, brilliant carnelian as its fronds reached higher. The masts were thorny spires, growing out of the coral body like trees and bloused with flowing anemone sails.

Like the crystals in a broken geode, the city of Ha'rar glittered in the protective shell of the mountains, covered in snow and glowing with moon and starlight.