Dinosaur Island

Dinosaur island is located between Japan and Taiwan, in the East China Sea. it's about the same size as the Japanese island of Shikoku. It's divided into a mountainous north and a swampy south. The North features an extinct volcano that is used as a base by Wufangchu. There is a small fishing village near the volcano and a natural port that allows ships to sale to the volcano's interior where they can doc to load and unload. the small village is now host to a Cat Girl Sanctuary. The Island is the private property of Wufangchu and not part of any country, so it's effectively his own kingdom. However international laws protect the dinosaurs from hunting, and forbid development on most of the island.

The island is surrounded by a dense and persistent ring of fog and while in this fog sailors often report hearing strange and unearthly sounds.

While fishing close to shore is relatively safe, between the island and the ring of fog the water is inhabited by ichthyosaurs and mosasaurs that grow to gigantic sizes, and are much more aggressive than whales. Harpooning one of these from a long boat would almost certainly get you killed.

## History

For most of it's history Dinosaur Island was left alone by people. it was mapped out by Chinese explorers as early as the Qin Dynasty but it was usually regarded as a myth.

Sailors learned to avoid the place like the plague and no attempts were made to settle on the island until the 20th century. In 1925 the Japanese successfully set up a small seaport and airport on the island to use as a base for attack on China. A small fishing village called Kyōryū no machi was established, and became the only permanent settlement on the island. in 1945 a battle took place near the island but all of the ships on both sides were lost. The survivors reported being attacked by super high tech UFOs.

In 1860 all of the island except for the area surrounding Kyōryū no machi was designated a world heritage site, only to be visited by members of the scientific community.

Recently Wufangchu negotiated for control of the island in reparations for Japanese war crimes. He changed the name of the town to Kǒnglóng zhèn and set about building a large factory under the volcano. The factory churned out a variety of weapons and vehicles, For a short time it even built space fighters. But Wu has since changed his attitudes and now the factories make only vehicles and electronic devices no weapons.

Wufangchu has currently left all of his holdings under the control of his adopted daughter, Sakura Gozen, while he and his son have left for Shangri-La. Sakura has turned a portion of Kǒnglóng zhèn into a sanctuary for Cat Girls.

## Flora and Fauna

Dinosaur Island is one of the few places on earth where dinosaurs still live. Contrary to popular belief, it's not the only place where these creatures are found, but it's probably the largest remaining natural habitat for dinosaurs, on earth. There are other planets around the galaxy where dinosaurs and creatures closely resembling them are found.

The plants and animals of dinosaur island are not confined to those that lived in a particular period of prehistory eg: the Jurassic, or Triassic periods. But they all come from before the Pleistocene era. (populations of Pleistocene animals are said to roam remote regions of Russia, Siberia and Canada)

In addition to real world dinosaurs, the island is also inhabited by some fictional life forms including giant carnivorous plants. The island is also occasionally visited by alien Dinosaur Hunters.