As Lost Omens lore solidified early in Pathfinder’s first edition, the distant islands of Iblydos appeared briefly and rarely—often just a mention listed among other realms or an apocryphal sidebar pondering the origins of minotaurs. As a reader, I could tell Iblydos wanted to evoke classical Greek culture and myth, yet there was precious little to find. Thankfully, I didn’t just get to read about Iblydos; I wrote the gazetteer for Aelyosos, a major port city and fans’ first window into what makes this archipelago special. And now a decade later, we’ve returned in a big way: the Myth-Speaker Adventure Path, a mythic campaign for 1st-level characters!

Located halfway along the Obari Crossing sea route that connects the Inner Sea to wondrous Vudra, the archipelago of Iblydos boasts millennia-old city-states guided by ascended hero-gods. At least that’s how society used to operate; the Age of Lost Omens ruined prophecies’ reliability, and cyclopean prophecies were essential in creating new hero-gods. As attrition and age kill off the remaining hero-gods, Iblydos perseveres, made rich by trade yet dreading the demise of its pantheon.