Serendair

Serendair (literally 'Star-land') is the lost island depicted the series. It was the place where time began, where the ancient Seren — a race of tall, golden-skinned people born of the stars — first settled.

Early in Serendair's history, a star named Melita fell from the sky and into the sea, wiping out half of the island's land mass. As the race of man began to prosper on the island as well, the star at the bottom of the ocean became known as the Sleeping Child, and people believed that one day it would rise from the waves and take the rest of the Island with it.

The island was destroyed by the star during the reign of King Gwylliam, who had foreseen the terrible destruction. He sent a Seren man, Merithyn the Explorer, to find an uninhabited land on which the culture and the people of Serendair could be preserved after the island's death. Merithyn landed in the realm of dragon Elynsynos, who fell in love with him and as a result allowed his kinsmen to come and settle in her lands.

Almost all of the races from Serendair were represented on the three refugee fleets, but many of the elder races, such as the Lirin, stayed behind, spending the remainder of their days singing to Sagia, the Oak of Deep Roots, known to the Lirin as Yliessan, the holy place.