There is no map yet of this area which you wish to explore. To the northeast, the Ocean of Serpents eventually meets the Black Ocean but before this are the Arrowhead Islands. Such is the paranoia instilled here by the raids of the pirates of Blood Island that these islands are a dangerous place to chance upon unannounced.

 

To the south east of Hachiman lies Yotakami Island, the Shogun's last outpost before the Isles of the Dawn in the far southeast, where it is said that Glantanka wakes each day.

 

To the far east it is said lie many islands. Some they say are made of pure coral, others are surrounded by waters so infested with sharks that to fall overboard for even a second would be death.

 

Khul may dangerous but at least we know what those dangers are. The Black Ocean keeps its secrets.

 

Just be sure to pray to Hydana, forgetting not his brothers Sukh and Pangara, for the storms and winds of the ocean have claimed more victims than the Kraken.

 

 

For acknowledgements and references, see "The Purposes and Objects of the Emporium" notice, which is pinned next to the front door, or indeed can be read by clicking the link.

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