Heiceon Islands (hˈa͡ɪsɪən ˈa͡ɪləndz)

The Heiceon Islands is the collective name for the archipelago of islands in the Shimmering Sea southwest of Akhiilor, off the Aurix Coast. It is a group of eighteen individual islands, spread from just south of the city of Talaos, to the distant Shimmering Sea in the form of Marchion's Isle.

Geography

Mariner's Tomb

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Located in the middle of the Shimmering Sea far from any of the islands that populate the Heiceon Islands, the Mariner's Tomb is famed for its frequent, cataclysmic storms. Many ships have sunk there as a result.

Notable Islands

Twinward Isles
Three Sisters
Cleavecut Archipelago

Melora's Ire
Melora's Ire, named after the Wildmother, is a group of islands south of Port Rith. Properly, the name refers to the reef that surrounds the islands and blocks much shipping traffic to the Aurix Coast, but the name has come to refer to the islands as a whole. On the biggest of these islands, some ruins of the Auri'an remain.

The Three Irons

The collective name of the three islands near Drumcrest, the Three Irons are mostly uninhabited and jungle-covered.

Drumcrest

A lone, desolate island in the southern Shimmering Sea, Drumcrest is jungle-covered and features a lone volcano. It is uninhabited.

Marchion's Isle

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Marchion's Isle is an island that was originally part of the Golden Concordat, but has since split off and become a haven for pirates and other such people: it is the home of the the Peregrinates, which operate out of there throughout the Aurix Coast.

Reefs

Melora's Ire Reef
Around the islands of the same name spans an expansive and colourful reef, home to a great variety of fish and seafood that make use of it to live and feed. Accordingly, many of the more seaworthy fishing ships of the city-states fish there, bringing in great varieties of fish and other seafood.

Lucentine Atoll
Strategically located around Marchion's Isle, it is the Lucentine Atoll that keeps the Peregrinates so well-protected from the wrath of the Concordat. It is treacherous and littered with shipwrecks and sharp rocks, preventing most passage—except for those who know the way.

Pyrentine Reef
Located south of the Twinward Isles, the Pyrentine Reef is a barrier that has directed most shipping through the strait between Darauth and the Twinward Isles, or into the narrow strait between the Isles themselves. Darauth makes use of this by charging tolls.