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Drai Shon Archipelago

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 …)