St. Walpurga Islands

The St. Walpurga Islands, sometimes known as the St. Walburga Islands, are an archipelago of islands off the coast of Herethear. The Marima Ocean surrounds it, however it has marine borders with Mayura, Doherea, Kutwhe, and Orchid Isle. The St. Walpurga Islands are an Apelchem territory that uses the pare (Parania's currency). It is also one of the few places outside of Parania that employs the pare. 
== Etymology ==
The island was named after Walpurga, a Catholic saint who was prayed to by the island's Paranian immigrants from Apelchem. The sea around the island was rumoured to be full with terrible sea witches and black magic, which is likely why the Paranians prayed to St. Walpurga, the patron saint of witchcraft. 
== History ==
The island was discovered in 1732 by Paranian settlers from Apelchem, who were dispatched by the monarch at the time to find a passage to Nareemia in order to collect wealth for their kingdom, which was in danger. Other Paranians told them legends about sea creatures in the water surrounding "Nareemia" and other nearby regions, the most common of which was the sea witch. As a result, the Apelchemiks prayed to St. Walpurga, a witch-fighting saint. They eventually landed between Mayura and St. Walpurga Islands, where they learned the island was unclaimed, therefore they claimed it as Apelchem territory. The island was given the name St. Walpurga Island as a warning to "so-called witches."
Orchid Isle was already up and running six years later, and the islands in the horizon (Mayura, Doherea, Lotoces, Toba, and the St. Walpurga Islands) were all under the Orchid Isle umbrella. The island was divided and became an Apelchem territory about 1953, more than 200 years later. The capital of the island was relocated from Port of Apelchem to Hyu City.
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