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How does the permenant night work? Something floating above the island keeping it covered from the sun?
Nobody in the mainland knows for sure so it's on the enigmatic side. Some are thinking either magic or else maybe a particularly sizable sky island nestled above in an awkward spot that covers the island in shadows but it's not something anyone in Tanzanite has a concrete answer for given it's time period.
If this is inspired by the above-ground mushroom biome from Terraria, I always assumed it was a permanent spore cloud covering the sun. (Note, I don't mean the comparison as a dig. I'm constantly ripping off WH40K, even when I don't mean to.)
They must be putting out a lot of spores if it's dark despite wind. I wonder how that affects nearby land and water.
The waters nearby do glow bioluminescent; akin to some real life cases of something like it in Puerto Rico, so....probably should be careful drinking water there unless you're either using some heavy filters or else going deep underground to find untapped aquifers.