12.2.6.2.1 THE ARYSIAN ISLES: ITECIA, VESUCIA AND NYALIA

Nestled in the shelter of Bondero Bay, the Arysian Isles have lain hidden under an ancient enchantment for many years. Originally thrust down beneath the surface by the mages of Ancient Celestine Empire during the Taint Wars, these areas have remained untouched by civilisation - their only known inhabitants are a quiet group of merians believed to be the descendants of the Imperial Mages who until recently were kept hidden below the ocean's waves in their own giant bubbles, and various species of wildlife on the other islands of the chain.

The Arysian Isles is comprised of three separate islands. Nyalia, home of the merian descendants of the original mages, Vesucia, an uninhabited island originally used as a supply store, and Itecia, an island not visited anymore as it is the home of an Old Imperial project gone out of control during the Taint. The islands have been released into the Basin of Life once again in modern times, the enchantments destroyed after a terrible prophecy regarding the products of the experiments came to pass.