Das Jademeer

On the other side of the continent, in the Jade Sea, ships caught in the ensuing storm can still be seen stuck solid in the frozen waves, now turned to solid jade. Traveling across the sea is now done with beasts of burden--giant turtles and huge snails.

Today, there are gigantic quarries where the jade is mined. It is not uncommon for the miners to uncover perfectly preserved sea monsters, frozen for all time, inside huge blocks of jade.