The Natorn Archipelago, or the Natorn Isles [nah-TORN], is a chain of islands in the Natorn Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatorn Sea

The Natorn Sea is a region of oceanic ridge, separating the Polassirn Ocean and the Redeeming Ocean. Islands in the ridge form the Natorn Archipelago.

Etymology

The name may be derived from ancient Ahngrit, meaning “near/of our birth”, referring to the legend of the Godmen in which humanity is said to have originated in region now lost beneath the sea. It also relates to the god. The islands are oceanic ridge running from the northeastern tip of Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias

Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera to the Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles

Alternate name for Anrel.. The ridge is an active geological fault, many of the islands being volcanic.

The archipelago is approximately three thousand kilometres from north to south, and consists of three island groups:

• Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles
  
  Alternate name for Anrel. - the most northerly, divided amongst the three nations of Sensatardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sensatard
  
  The Hexactic Kingdom of Sensatard is an island nation, the northernmost of the Anrel Isles and the northern tip of the Natorn Archipelago. Consequently it is colloquially called Northland, particularly by its inhabitants.
  
  Sensatard
  
  This is in a series of articles about the language, Tresardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTrésard
  
  Common name for the Kingdom of Trésard. and Anretplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnret
  
  Historic name for the Kingdom of Narette..
• Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa
  
  Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.
  
  Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map
  
  Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
  
  Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr and Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAntyok
  
  Antyok or Antyoq [ant-YOK, uhn-CHOK] is an island in the Natorn Archipelago, due east of Besoa. It was formerly an independent nation, the Principality of Antyok, but since 1086 ME, following the Bizoan War, it is now under Hartheran dominion.
  
  Antyok
  
  This is in a series of articles about Antyok, an island nation in the HartheranHartheranHartheran - historically called Areliaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArelia
  
  Arelia was once a large island in what is now the Natorn Archipelago, contiguous with the the modern islands of Besoa, Antyok and southern parts of The Spines. In earlier epochs sea levels were much lower, the modern islands being the uplands of a larger landmass. The islands of Besoa and Antyoq are sometimes figuratively referred to as Arelia., this group of two large islands and many smaller isles became part of Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera
  
  The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr in 1092 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigME
  
  ME is short for Modern Epoch, the modern method of numbering years., following the Bizoan Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBizoan War and Occupation
  
  The Bizoan War (1086-1092 ME) was a war of conquest by the Hartheran Union against the islands of Besoa and Antyok. The invasion lasted was followed by a period of Occupation from 1092-1114 ME. Besoa was liberated by nationalist forces led by the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile, who established the MEHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraOrorrHartheranOrorrHartheranAnrelOrorrHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHarther….
• The Spinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Spines
  
  The Spines is an island chain in the Natorn Archipelago, linking the Anrel Isles in the north with Besoa in the south. The islands are the “backbone” of the archipelago. With their geology of grey and white basalt rock, many of the islands are said to resemble gnarled bones, rising out of the sea. Local AnrelAnrelHartheran - a chain of thousands of sparsely-populated rocky islands.

The Junda Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Isles

The Junda Isles [JUN-der] are an island group off the northeast coast of Harthera, traditionally inhabited by the Junda people, and now part of the Hartheran cordrome of Perudd and the Isles.

The group consists of six large islands and dozens of smaller ones, each with their own dialect and cultural variations.HartheranHartheran are not usually considered part of the archipelago despite lying to the south, since these islands sit on the continental shelf of Anásthias.