Jurassic Islands

The Jurassic Islands, also known as the Mountain of the Sleeping god or Lidigurk is a series of islands 500 miles off the northeast coast of Kairul consisting of 3 main land masses, Antiqua Major, Antiqua Minor, and Solamontis. the islands are connected by a mostly submerged continental plate with shallow waters between the islands, despite this, it is still landlocked as their is a deep stretch of ocean between Kairul and the islands. It was once believed that these islands were apart of Kairul and split from it in the distant past, but more recent studies have shown that it has come from a journey from the southeast in The Known World. Around 150mya during Earth's late Jurassic period, the islands were apart of a larger continent and part of the Portal's territory. Most of the terrestrial fauna which inhabited the islands went extinct with the extinction which concluded the first Jurassic Dynasty, and by the time the first Cretaceous harvests began, the plate had already drifted north. The Jurassic Islands get their name from the unique Fauna which inhabit them which have ancestors from during harvests in Earth's late Jurassic such as non-titanosaur sauropods, basal ornithischians, ceratosaurs, etc. Despite the 'Jurassic fauna' of the island, it lacks the stegosaurs and allosaurs most associated with the time period on earth. Fossils of these animals are found on the islands, but they are from the Dynastic Extinction 15 mya.

To the north, hot steppes, deserts, and arid Mediterranean climates dominate the landscape. Sedges, grasses, fern patches, and general badlands rest at the feet of great mountains. Further south, a more verdant prairie of ferns and cycads are maintained by the movements and feeding of sauropods. To the south and east, dense jungles are supported by warm currents and onshore winds.

Notable Fauna of the islands includes Pardosuchus, Hartsfeldia, Archiepiscopotitan, Mandosaurus, Flagelladraco, Simiosaurus, and Carnosuchus.

### People

As per Assembly policy the peoples of the Jurassic Islands were not contacted in any expeditions, though distant observation showed numerous similarities to the peoples of the Permian Islands in terms of settlement construction. A recent settlement of the area would explain the presence of Permian jackals around three thousand miles from home. Much like the peoples of the coastal forests, it is not known how long these people have been present. There are no dragons, so it is presumed that the migration and settlement took place after the collapse of the Dragonrider Civilization, with some even wondering if these might be refugees of that crisis, but again, total conjecture.

   Although they do live on the coastal foothills of the great mountain, the villagers all appear to be fishermen. They do not venture up the mountain. According to the records of the Great Library, it is home to one of the many elder gods indigenous to the planet, so it is little surprise that none dare venture within. However, there are temples carved into its side far above the villages with writing similar to witch-holts back in the known world during the Age of Witches. Witches often drew power from trapped homunculi, and some even dared tap into the magic of elder gods like the Great Portal and Üshalek forest. In every recorded instance this ended in disaster, and it is assumed the same would be true of trying to bargain with whatever god resides at the heart of this lonely mountain. Even so, the Assembly is hopeful that future expeditions might illuminate more information about the nature of this sleeping god…