Editing Far Isle (section)

===History===
*'''Pirate Haven'''.  The Far Isles were a refuge for pirates from the earliest days of the shipping of Amber. As ships from shadow came in to Amber they were easy prey to hardy wide ranging scalawags.  Oberon had his sons set down the [[shadowtugs]] to create shipping lines that were far enough from the Far Isles to make it an impractical refuge for pirates.  

One of the few traditions remaining from the days of piracy in the Far Isles is that there is a cultural tendacy not to name islands, or speak of them as distinct places.  When points of note are needed the place names are used rather then a isle name.  Conclave, Ruda's Place, Sand Rump, The Blue Sea Base, etc...

*'''Religious Retreat-The Conclave of the Unicorn''': During the reign of Queen Faiella, a small group of Unicorn Devotees landed on the central Isle where a pirate town once stood.  They constructed a collection of stone buildings and established a small religious community with a Monastery and a convent.  They transplanted a large collection of fruit trees and seeded many of the other isles.  The existence of orange, lime, grapefruit and other fruit trees come from this time.  

**'''Queen Harla''' took up permanent residence when she took vows and allowed King Oberon to marry Clarissa. She lived here for 60 years.  During this time the religious community in Amber sent their most devout to the reside here.  It famously is a place where the Unicorn of Amber is often seen.  As in many religions throughout shadow, a woman who takes holy orders in the Church of the Unicorn, is considered to be no longer wed to their husbands, allowing them to marry as thought they had been widowed. 

*'''Naval Base & Sailors Home'''.  In the year after the establishment of the Conclave of the Unicorn the Navy established a base here and does extensive naval training i the south seas.   
In time sailors of the Navy of Amber, and many of the Golden Circle, retired to various places among the thousands of small islands.  There are small villages, hamlets, plantations, and lone huts spread out across the many islands.

Over the years another element of the community of sailors in Amber and Shadow have come to retire here.  Prostitutes and courtesans who failed to save subsistence during their lives often join old friends, sailors in their declining years.  They often find the easy living and plentiful food and drink as a relaxing retreat.  Sometimes they grow young again.