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<blockquote data-quote="Trouvere" data-source="post: 5871522" data-attributes="member: 37250"><p>There is a 50 mile scale marker in the bottom left of the map. At this scale, I think a small island, even 5 to 10 miles across at widest, would hardly show up. There are unmarked islands in Lake Kithsul, for sure. If an island were not near Orussus or the Vastermarch cities, then I'd say it could easily be not only unmarked but also generally unknown to inhabitants of the mainland.</p><p></p><p>I am not aware of any names for the islands in the Sound. I could wish a name other than Elbereth had been chosen, too, but there we are.</p><p></p><p>There was an adventure titled <em>The Island of Varras'zul</em>, located on an island "one week's sail west of Orussus" (which is not quite 350 miles), large enough for a 2 to 3 day march through jungle and swamp. This still might only be 10 miles across, I guess. It's almost certainly not one of the three large islands, though it is well enough known that a very amateur bard knows of it.[sblock=obligatory Warbrayvian aside]We might have sailed Lake Kithsul</p><p>Chasing pirates for our pleasure,</p><p>Or voyaged to far off Varras’zul,</p><p>To claim its hidden treasure.</p><p>Past Ravensdale we’d have dropped our sails</p><p>To hear the wond’ring joy</p><p>Of splashing folk with silver tails</p><p>Who raised me as a boy.</p><p>Yet these lands would not suffice:</p><p>If it was in our power</p><p>We’d have seen at last the shining ice</p><p>That guards the Water Tower.</p><p></p><p>But they took my ship away from me</p><p>And left my longing for the sea.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trouvere, post: 5871522, member: 37250"] There is a 50 mile scale marker in the bottom left of the map. At this scale, I think a small island, even 5 to 10 miles across at widest, would hardly show up. There are unmarked islands in Lake Kithsul, for sure. If an island were not near Orussus or the Vastermarch cities, then I'd say it could easily be not only unmarked but also generally unknown to inhabitants of the mainland. I am not aware of any names for the islands in the Sound. I could wish a name other than Elbereth had been chosen, too, but there we are. There was an adventure titled [I]The Island of Varras'zul[/I], located on an island "one week's sail west of Orussus" (which is not quite 350 miles), large enough for a 2 to 3 day march through jungle and swamp. This still might only be 10 miles across, I guess. It's almost certainly not one of the three large islands, though it is well enough known that a very amateur bard knows of it.[sblock=obligatory Warbrayvian aside]We might have sailed Lake Kithsul Chasing pirates for our pleasure, Or voyaged to far off Varras’zul, To claim its hidden treasure. Past Ravensdale we’d have dropped our sails To hear the wond’ring joy Of splashing folk with silver tails Who raised me as a boy. Yet these lands would not suffice: If it was in our power We’d have seen at last the shining ice That guards the Water Tower. But they took my ship away from me And left my longing for the sea.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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