Yoreiq Isles

Yoreiq is a tropical island chain of about six isles off to the Southwest of Le’raana in the middle of the warm Tuor Ocean. The largest island is the namesake of the chain, Yoreiq, and is also the island that is the most populated. Many independent tribes and villages of humans and humanoids populate the island, some open to outside contact, and some avoiding it, perhaps in the fear that outsiders will try and change, influence, or threaten their age-old traditions and beliefs. Whatever the case, Yoreiq is a land that has remained relatively untouched by outside contact and has only even been discovered within the few decades, as a greater number of Le’raanans have taken it upon themselves to explore beyond their own continent. Still, the number of foreigners that voyage there is relatively small, given the only mode of reaching the isles is by ship, and the isles are a two-month journey away from Le’raana—if there are no complications, of course.

Most of the tribes and villages can be found along the coastline, preferring to be out near the sea as opposed to within the dense jungle that covers most of the island. There are said to be some rather large predators within those jungles…

The islands, in addition to being tropical, are also mountainous, and the Southern portion of Yoreiq also bears volcanic activity, magma pouring from the Eiba Mountain and into the ocean, actively forming and reforming the land there. The volcano is no threat to any of the villages; the people know not to build too close.

Ainu is the largest known village in Yoreiq, and is one of those communities open to outsiders. A port-side village, this is where any ships traveling to Yoreiq dock, and is thus the first part of the island any visitors will see: a modest village near the ocean where the homes are raised off the ground, huts that can be easily built and rebuilt in response to the storms that often visit the isles.