Isles of Tirakamba

The Isles of Tirakamba are dozens of small islets at the mouth of the Gulf of Acua. Most harbor only wild beasts, serpents and other reptiles, with the odd castaway or exile, and remain unexplored. The exception is Inigre, the largest, about two miles long and half a mile wide, whose cliffs are joined by precisely cut megalithic walls raised long ago by some unknown, highly advanced people. The barrier, called the Wall of the World, has no gate or gap, and no explorer has ever got inside.

What is known comes from Taracuan tradition of Inigrean seafarers, actually exiles cast over the Wall for crimes, who reached Taracua centuries ago before the Makara ended such voyages. They described an isolationist people who know little of the outside world and want to know less. Inigreans are farmers of unmatched skill, surpassing even the First Age Atlanteans, able to breed extraordinary hybrid plants, many of them magical. They live in rectangular huts shaped like their island, four times longer than wide.

At the island's heart stands a colossal monolith as finely made as the Wall, whose origin they do not know; on holy days they lay great flower garlands at its base and hurry away, refusing to explain the rite. They mine and work gold, copper and gems but make no weapons or armor, and flee to their homes when threatened, dropping whatever they hold. Even so, no one has ever conquered them.