Shark Tooth Isles
Spiking out of the southern coast of Aberfal, the shark tooth islands are a volcanic archipelago comprising seven large islands and innumerable smaller outcroppings, barrier reefs, sandbanks and other shallows. The islands are so named for their collective shape, resembling a fragmented sharks' tooth.
The highest point on the islands is Mount Ki'Inoro, rising some 14,000ft above the warm tropical turquoise waters of the great blue ocean below. The ever-weeping caldera produces several constant lava flows, and frequent new ones, meaning this island is among the most fertile but also the most deadly. The local population - the Ki'Inori - are the first known people to successfully settle on the island, developing sophisticated methods for channelling the lava flow around and through their settlements in safe channels to the sea.
With the prevailing winds coming from the southwest of the islands, much of the smoke and fumes of the volcano are blown towards the Pensan Rainforest, where the ash settles and fertilises the rich soil that feeds the lush green biome. However, weather patterns in the Bodmany Desert can have an adverse affect on the climate of the islands, with deep depressions driving strong winds whipping up sandstorms causing high pressure systems to sit over the islands, deflecting winds around the sides of the archipelago, while leaving the islands themselves still and stagnant. This is perhaps the greatest threat posed to the Ki'Inori, as the lack of wind allows the volcanic soot, ash and fumes to build up in the atmosphere, creating a toxic smog that hinders their ability to breathe.
The islands are also prone to great tidal fluctuations; spring tides at the full and new moon pose both a risk of flooding and drought as the ebb and flow are more extreme, though with this comes a greater cleansing of the water, while neap tides occur when the moon is at its first and third quarter - leading to a more consistent water level, but minimal ebb and flow. This lack of flow in the water can lead to an increase in algal bloom, the spores of which are highly irritant to lungs and can give rise to Jungle-Lung.
The highest point on the islands is Mount Ki'Inoro, rising some 14,000ft above the warm tropical turquoise waters of the great blue ocean below. The ever-weeping caldera produces several constant lava flows, and frequent new ones, meaning this island is among the most fertile but also the most deadly. The local population - the Ki'Inori - are the first known people to successfully settle on the island, developing sophisticated methods for channelling the lava flow around and through their settlements in safe channels to the sea.
With the prevailing winds coming from the southwest of the islands, much of the smoke and fumes of the volcano are blown towards the Pensan Rainforest, where the ash settles and fertilises the rich soil that feeds the lush green biome. However, weather patterns in the Bodmany Desert can have an adverse affect on the climate of the islands, with deep depressions driving strong winds whipping up sandstorms causing high pressure systems to sit over the islands, deflecting winds around the sides of the archipelago, while leaving the islands themselves still and stagnant. This is perhaps the greatest threat posed to the Ki'Inori, as the lack of wind allows the volcanic soot, ash and fumes to build up in the atmosphere, creating a toxic smog that hinders their ability to breathe.
The islands are also prone to great tidal fluctuations; spring tides at the full and new moon pose both a risk of flooding and drought as the ebb and flow are more extreme, though with this comes a greater cleansing of the water, while neap tides occur when the moon is at its first and third quarter - leading to a more consistent water level, but minimal ebb and flow. This lack of flow in the water can lead to an increase in algal bloom, the spores of which are highly irritant to lungs and can give rise to Jungle-Lung.
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