The Cradle is a large island that lies between the Invelaust Ocean and the Gulf of Aserdus. Though in the past the island was home to many thriving elven cities under the Kingdom of Eita, today the elves only occupy the northeast coastal cities of Vesuna, Calaina, and Iynx. Massive creatures known as groundshakers now overrun the Cradle, some actively hostile to smaller life and others simply careless in what they might destroy. Many elves of Hinthial dream of resettling their once beautiful communities on the Cradle, but for now they are empty aside from the occasional brave adventurer.
Many plants in the jungles on the southwestern side of the Cradle are not terrestrial in origin. Often wildly different in appearance from the flora of Kishar, these plants grew from seeds preserved in the asteroids used to construct the aeroliths. Even before the alien plants arrived, the Cradle had been significantly terraformed, its swamps and marshes drained to make way for great cities and forested preserves.