Isles of Mediterranea

The islands around Mediterranea fall into four main groups: those of the Mediterranean Sea, those of the Straits of Ys, those of the Eridan Straits, and those lying off Scythia.

Apart from Atuk and Tarxian, the Mediterranean islands are mostly small isles and islets with no human population, scattered across the whole sea and on into the Euxine; corsairs and Sea Peoples use many as supply stops and safe harbors. The most notable inhabited isles are Ogyrus, Ogylus, Delphos, Tenedos, Ogleostra, Melos and Achamantis. Others bear names like Eryx, Scheria, Aeolus, Chios, Strophades, Aegina, Aeaea, Dia, Lebynthos, Samos and Delos, and these and many more are either empty or home to beings such as Cyclopses and aegir (swamp giants).

The rocky islets of the Straits of Ys matter little, though some are minor stops where trading ships take on fresh water and fruit. Around the Eridan Straits lie several low, muddy islands notable only as hazards to careless sailors. Off the Scythian coast, many grassy hillocks rise gently from the shallows, home to little but flocks of nesting seabirds; because the water is so shallow, wolf packs sometimes wade out to wreak havoc among the birds.