Sia Coren
Geography
Sia Coren has many rolling hills, with most of the main settlements, including the modern Zendylite capital Col Sharrhia, situated around the edges of the island; the majority of the interior is left to woods, vineyards, and farmland.
Climate
Like most of the islands of the Targotian Sea, Sia Coren has a temperate climate characterized by mild, rainy winters, and warm, dry summers.
Natural Resources
The island boasts a number of resources, including significant woodlands providing good timber, as well as extensive agriculture. Many wines and liquors popular in the Zendylite Empire, and elsewhere, are produced there, with large shares of the production owned by Zendyl the Messenger's ancestral family Heste do Shaphel.
History
Sia Coren was discovered in 555ATC by an expedition sailing from the Shaphelite Colarchate. In 559, the first permanent settlements were established, with the industry growth on the island greatly enriching the Great Families of Col Shaphel.
In 1004, a sixteen-year old Zendyl Hestesi was given charge of the business endeavours of his family on Sia Coren by their Family Head, Gaibryl Heste do Shaphel, and given leave to use the 'do Shaphel' epithet.
When Zendyl embarked upon his First Expedition to Sia Targonorva (now Sia Zendylhia ), his operations were headquartered at his family's estates on Sia Coren.
In the late 27th century, after the Fall of the Sharrarchy, the three Triarchs ruling the Empire decided to establish a neutral capital, as each had become increasingly distrustful of the other. Eschewing the traditions of meeting in the Unbroken City, they instead built Col Sharrhia on Sia Coren, where it would be of similar distance from all three Triarchial cities.
About how big is Sia Coren? I imagine that there's a natural harbor where they placed the capital - how easy it to land ships elsewhere on the island? Are there rivers that aid the shipping of timber from the island's heart to the coastal ports, and is the timber all shipped out, or are there industries like shipbuilding that use it locally? (I may have spent too much time thinking about islands... :))