Building a Fantasy Sandox: Step 15 - Part 6: Dwarves name things too.

Hey, It's that map again, only this time, you'll see the Island in the north west corner has a name: So let's learn about Isakova, from the mind of Sean:

The Dwarves (and, therefore, most residents of the Bluestone Isles) refer to their Island, and the hills that cover it, as Isakova. Before the breaking, the Dwarves had a solid presence there. Post-Cataclysm, they were disorganized and confused, and their homes were destroyed. In the years following, they rebuilt most of their underground city, Mitrovka, and resettled the surrounding hills, but not before a group of Goblins were able to establish a foothold on the island. The Goblin colony grew too fast for the Dwarves to unseat them, and the past several hundred years have been filled with intermittent, bloody conflict between the two groups.

One of the major sites of conflict is the low areas surrounding the three rivers, Eshkrova, Kovka Maya and Sora Maya (named here left to right, as depicted on the map). The rivers are a vital source of water and food for both groups, and control of their banks regularly changes. The Northern parts of the rivers generally stay under Goblin control, and the Southern parts generally belong to the Dwarves, but periodically one group or the other gains a bit more control. The Dwarves, located closer to the main island have a healthy trade with the population there, mostly of wrought iron goods.

The Rivers are more large streams, as they are fed mostly from rainfall collecting down the hills. They support a variety of small fish and aquatic life, and the Dwarves have taken to creating small aquatic farms, in which they raise a variety of fish for food.