Jugalii

The Jugalii is both the island chain and the name of a hashan nation that inhabit it. The islands are located in the northern half of the Isarus Ocean, but blessed with nearly tropical conditions due to a large warm current that loops north of the islands.

• Name: Jugalii
• Location: Jugalii Islands, 50th Parallel

  • Founded: Hashan 2038 ae
• Government: Heads of 6 extended families
• Land Area: xxx acres (xx km²)

  • Woods: xxx acres (xx km²)
  • Cleared: xxx acres (xx km²), 6400 acres cultivated
  • Tenant:
  • Demesne:
• Population: 400,000

  • Ethnicity: Hashan (397,000), Human (1,500), Elf (1,000), Other (500)
• Military:

Hashan traders arrived on these islands in 2038 ae Master Jalli divered her ship to north of the sea lane to avoid a large storm. She returned in 2040 and established a warehouse and small village to serve as place to repair her ships. This allowed her to establish a better trade route with Stoneheart Hold and the coastal villages of the Brund, which brought her a great deal of money. Nothing attracts people like money so that warehouse grew into several villages and after several generations a new generation was born.

Jugalii, “Wetland of Jalli”, is now a nation of nearly 400,000 hashan with a few thousand other races - mostly humans and elves.

The large warm ocean current that arcs just north makes the jugalii islands tropical rain forests even though they are located in the northern hemisphere along the 50th parallel. These are volcanic islands; although the volcanoes have been dormant for thousands of years. The last major eruption took place during the Age of the Gods and was caused by the destruction of a Shell Demon on the main island.

Given its isolated nature before the arrival of the hashan there were no large land-dwelling animals. Instead the animals are mostly small mammals and reptiles, plus a wide variety of birds. The large reef that arcs around northern ridge of the islands shelter a large and diverse population, including several variety of sharks.

The nearly constant rainfall (nearly 200 inches per year) over the islands and lack of large herbivores means the land is covered in large ferns along the rivers, towering trees with a large canopy, and a variety of fungi on the forest floor. This leads to very poor soil, making large scale agriculture nearly impossible.