Watercrag Islands

The Watercrag Islands is a small group of islands in the Sunrise Sea. They can be reached from Itanea, with favorable winds, in less than a week. The islands are mostly flat and forested, and although strong winds dominate the weather, the climate is temperate. The islands are owned by Kallania, a small nation which has called the islands home since 381 AH.

History
The islands is believed to have been discovered around 1000 BH. Their discovery is said to have been by chance, as far as the legend goes: A trading ship was lost in a storm, but most of the crew washed ashore on the islands, including their captain, Norice Watercrag. The islands had enough food for them to survive, and enough lumber for them to build a small galley. Norice and his men left the islands within a month, and a week later they were welcomed with applause in the town of Aramoore. To reward the crew for their bravery, and the captain for his leadership, each crew member was given ten gold pieces by Emperor Valian II Marcon of Dostani, who also named the islands Watercrag Islands, and knighted Norice Watercrag.

Dostani made no effort to colonize the islands, and in 165 BH, the pirate Greban the Dread established a small settlement on the islands as the base of his operations, which were in use until 149 BH.

The islands were left alone until 381 AH. As a result of the Kallanian Civil War, where the Republicans won and established the republic of Galhri, King Beloso III Lascorz and other nobles of Kallania were exiled. Together with their most loyal followers, they sailed towards the Watercrag Islands. They began building what today is known as the city of Sarton on the biggest island, which became known as Beloso Island, named after the exiled king of Kallania.

Initially, nobles of Dostani urged Emperor Lygar I Marcon to clear the islands of these occupiers, but the emperor refused to use their ancient claim to the islands, and Kallania has held them ever since.