This large island, with a massive central mountain, is surrounded by rings of smaller islands, far from settled lands, the islands have been known about for many years, but the distance and resistance from local tribes, made exploration difficult and expensive. However, sages have been studying the islands from afar, and have developed a number of theories, which have sparked the interest of people from all around the world. Whatever the truth, it has attracted interest from three different continents, and the locals are resiting stubbornly. The main protagonists are …

• The Hann Empire - have sent a colonization force, and a fleet of freebooting buccaneers.
• Sakhara - have sent a colonization force, and a fleet of freebooting buccaneers.
• Shangkong - Sinon have sent a colonization force, and a fleet of freebooting buccaneers.
• Central Dominions - Hobgoblin military dictatorship led by a Junta. They must have a navy of slave galleys.
• The outer islands - Very disorganised, no central organisation BUT Orc Pirates (in viking style long ships, but need tweaking) among others.
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• Paria - An 'Open Port' at the mouth of river, below a Dwarf minehold. It is multi-racial and in the middle of all this mess. Politics are a disjointed, but somehow it all hangs together. As an open port, ships from all nations are free to enter the port and trade - and Paria is the middle man for trade and the ransom/exchange of prisoners. Ships that don't follow the rules are banned from the port and mey be attacked on sight. It is, potentially, the base for a mixed race adventuring group. For alignment think TN - but only because that is where CN and LN meet and where LE can live with CG -(there are probably slight LE overtones but …) Long Term Game Plan Moving pages around Orcs - need tweaking for the smaller island population. This is the one of the core populations for the outer islands. Surface potential allies * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/bahgra/ - dog folk (Neutral) * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/catfolk/ - cat folk NG * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/human-neandethal/ - neandethals TN * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/nagaji/ reptilian humanoids LN Surface encounters * Mainly my Orc 'civilisation' * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/charau-ka/ - ape men CE * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/kobold/ - Kobolds - LE * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/tcho-tcho/ use as a human 'tribe' of head hunters and cannibals CE * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/troglodyte/ - but living in caves that control access to the underdark CE * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/urrk/ large Orks LE Big Island - dominant race is Goblinoids. * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/goblin/monkey-goblin/ * Plus Goblins, Hob Goblins & Bugbears Underground Potential Allies * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/draaki/ - a weak form of dragon folk TN * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/svirfneblin/ the link between Paria and the underdark TN Underground Encouters * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/derro/ - derro CE * * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/duergar/ - LE * Deep Naga - associate it with the nagaji (from Paria and potential surface allies) Ocean * https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/gillman/ - TN gillmen