Atlas Elyden #126 - the Maiden Isles

Here's the latest map of the Atlas Elyden, showing off a series of islands collectively known as the Maiden Isles. They are not a true nation, but are rather a collection of loosely culturally-linked people  off the south eastern coast of Mensicea

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the Maiden Isles

Series of islands off the south eastern coast of Meniscea, between the Sea of Naranor and the Bathashal Ocean, that are named for their beauty, untarnished nature and their isolation from Elyden's great continents. They comprise hundreds of small islands, though the largest are Epehet, Latras, Bohmius Isle, and Rah.

The Isles are sparsely populated though each of the major islands has at least one permanently-settled area, with Latras having 2 major population centres, in the cities of Falo and Kosi.

They were described by the Venthiri explorer Bohmius in 1527 RM, during which time they were uninhabited and much smaller than they are today, due to the subsequent lowering of Elyden's sea levels.

They were later settled in c. 2920 RM by the Umallarid Merchants, who established fortified harbours there that served as outposts where their fleets could resupply. More settlements appeared over the next centuries and the islands became headquarters to the Merchants, but a plague carried there from Taes in c. 3270 RM devastated the population, forcing the Merchants back to the Meniscean mainland. They never resettled the islands, which never recovered from the plague, remaining sparsely populated to this day.