This is the location of Talon Prison, from which the heroes broke out Aaron Blackstone and his cellmates during the adventure of The Bonita's Treasure. Footprint Island is difficult to approach. The island contains not only a prison, but a small town with a modest port. The rocky bluffs are protected by cannon turrets, and the eastern approach is made extremely perilous by a series of tidepools and rocks.
Talon Prison is where Montaigne sends its hardcore criminals and those it doesn't want to see back on land. Although it is reputed escape-proof, there is evidence that a few have managed to get out, as the heroes did, through a tunnel that opens onto the tidepools to the east.
Obscure toponymic notes: In AEG's supplement The Villain's Kit, where Talon Prison and Footprint Island are described, the Montaigne name for Talon Prison is "Prison de Serre", and the town itself is called "Serre". That's actually a perfectly acceptable translation, although "serre" is generally used in the plural ("serres") – e.g., hawks have talons. However, since the word "talon" is also French for "heel" (the noun, not the verb), I keep wanting to call it Heel Prison. Or "Footpad Prison", I guess, because of its location. "Footprint Island" should be "Ile du Pied", literally "Foot Island". And I want to know: should the reefs be called "Toejam Reefs"? "Nailclipping Reefs"?
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Credits: This map was created by Sophie Lagacé using the freely available fantasy role-playing map-making program AutoREALM. It's a wonderful tool for gamers! Based on the map supplied in the AEG supplement The Villain's Kit. This map is available in AutoREALM's native format (*.AuR) from Yahoo! Groups : autorealm Files (on the AutoREALM user FTP site.)