Raerest

Raerest was the westernmost of the three islands located west of Thelve and the the fortress library of Candlekeep. During the century that followed the Spellplague, its was a part of the so-called Cimarine Isles.

Description
Like all seven islands west of the library, Raerest consisted of mountainous and rocky outcroppings of fissured granite covered in temperate woodlands and shrubbery. Pools of collected rainwater in rock basins and freshwater springs could be found on the island. Additionally, Raerest had a notable freshwater swamp area.

Geography
Unglur was located to the west of Thelve, with two sister islands between – Sklorn to the east and Unglur in the middle. Together Sklorn, Unglur, and Raerest were known as the Crab Reach, or simply the Reach among locals. Unglur and Raerest were separated by of the sea at the shortest distance, and approximately  from a small sparsely-populated peninsula called Cape Raeth on the Cloak Bay.

Flora & Fauna
The isle's rocks were permanently whitened by the abundant guano of its thousands-strong seabird population.

History
The origin of the island's name was lost to the ages. However, sages believed that Raerest and its other six sibling islands were all named after sailors, pirates, and settlers who claimed these lands in the long-forgotten past.