Ys

Ys is a large, forbidding island caught in a vicious cycle of fire and rampant growth. All manner of nasty wildlife and diseases can be found in its jungles and tropical storms often batter its coasts.

History
It used to be a penal colon where the Tiberians dumped their worst criminals. When the Ecumene's borders began to recede Ys was all but forgotten, and centuries of neglect brought mutiny and barbarism.

People
The colonists bred with the island's natives, dark men whose skins were covered in strange, animal-like patterns. Today they are known as Mer, seafarers whose driftwood villages hug the coasts and cliffs, and who raid as far as Yavanna and the Nesoi

Influences
Cloud Atlas "Kona", Greenland Vikings