Reia's Roost

Reia's Roost was the highest part of the island, a windswept rocky spire coated in moss so that it was difficult to tell, at a distance, where the grass and rock met. Nobody knew if the spire had been named after the island or the other way around, but all who lived on Roost visited it sooner or later. It was here that couples spoke their bonding vows, and here that babies were named. Young children watched in awe as older children dared each other to climb higher up its slippery sides. Sailors made their offerings to Reia here before setting out, and it was the only place in the Islands from which you could see all of the others.
It was widely accepted that those who perished at sea had displeased Reia or one of her numerous underlings - there were countless Island gods, but Reia was the mother of them all - and as sailors are a superstitious lot, most were careful to make generous offerings, particularly before long voyages.