Difference between revisions of "Far Isle"
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Amber is on a sphere in a universe where there is no other sentient life in the universe. Amber, Rebma, Tyalece, and Acadia are all in the northern hemisphere.. Far Isle is as far from Amber as its possible to get, nearly opposite it on the planet in the Southern Hemisphere. | Amber is on a sphere in a universe where there is no other sentient life in the universe. Amber, Rebma, Tyalece, and Acadia are all in the northern hemisphere.. Far Isle is as far from Amber as its possible to get, nearly opposite it on the planet in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
| − | This series of islands, rock outcrops, sand bars, coral reefs and | + | This series of islands, rock outcrops, sand bars, coral reefs and sunken ships is sparsely inhabited mostly by small communities of mostly retired sailors. |
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| + | The climate is sub-tropical with warm daytime breezes and cool nightly breezes. Occasionally humid, but normally comfortable. | ||
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| + | ===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. | ||
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| + | *Religious Retreat: After the Pirates of the south seas had sailed out into shadow 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 planet | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 3 February 2019
Amber is on a sphere in a universe where there is no other sentient life in the universe. Amber, Rebma, Tyalece, and Acadia are all in the northern hemisphere.. Far Isle is as far from Amber as its possible to get, nearly opposite it on the planet in the Southern Hemisphere.
This series of islands, rock outcrops, sand bars, coral reefs and sunken ships is sparsely inhabited mostly by small communities of mostly retired sailors.
The climate is sub-tropical with warm daytime breezes and cool nightly breezes. Occasionally humid, but normally comfortable.
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.
- Religious Retreat: After the Pirates of the south seas had sailed out into shadow 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 planet
