Atlantean Trilogy Archive
A rider with a banner overlooks the walled city of Tang, its pagodas and canals set before a desert caravan and snowy mountains.Jambu, painted for this archive

Taproban Island

Place, Island

An uninhabited jungle island southwest of Vedda, home to amphisbaenas, the metal-eating alicanto bird and many birds and snakes; reputedly rich in gems and metals but rarely visited.

Also called Taproban

From the book

Taproban is an uninhabited island southwest of Vedda, blanketed in thick jungle. Strange beasts live there, such as the Amphisbaena, a snake-like beast with two heads, and the Alicanto, a bird that eats gold and silver, along with many kinds of tropical birds and snakes. Though the island is said to be rich in gems and precious metals, few people ever visit this wild place.

At a glance

Pronunciation
TAP-ro-bane
Region
southwest of Vedda
Fauna
Amphisbaena, Alicanto