ISLES EAST OF 1

by Chris Wayan, 2006

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First-time orientation--strongly advised! Pegasia is weird.

Map of Isles East of 1 on Pegasia, an Earthlike moon.

These still-unnamed isles may look small but aren't; the largest on the map is bigger than Taiwan, half a dozen rival Hawaii, and nineteen of them are big enough that a human growing up in a farm village inland might never have seen the sea.

True, that's unlikely for a native Pegasian--most of them probably fly well enough to hop routinely to the beach, to the mountaintops, out to sea to fish on permanent "fishing rafts", and on between islands. At the pace of wild geese or other Terran migrating birds, even the widest gaps in the chain could be crossed in a single day. True, days here are 48 hours long. A very long, tiring day. But still.

People here may even migrate seasonally; the northernmost isle can get snow down to sea level some winters, so some of its people may head south every year, or at least in bad years, rather than tough it out.

There are a few more islands in the group off the lower right corner of the map, including one a bit bigger than the giant at 42 north. This mega-Hawaii and its satellites link the whole scattered archipelago to the Curl 5 Islands, just east of Continent 5. Natives of Continent 1, flying down the chain, probably met natives of Continent 5 flying up the chain; they may not have been in conflict, since the southerners will (in the north) prefer the warm coasts, and the northerners (in the south) prefer the central uplands--the flanks of the volcanoes. Together they may form an interesting hybrid culture. They'll both like fish--that's about the last prediction I'll make!

What do they look like? You tell me.

Map of Pegasia, a world-building experiment. Click a feature to go there.
TOUR PEGASIA! Survival tips first, then click on a region to go there! List of the major regions (only numbered now):
Continent 1 - 165 Is. - Continent 2 - Continent 3 - Rift-Junction and Curl 9 Is. - 1-4 Is. - Continent 4 - Continent 5 - Curl 5 Is. - Continent 6 - Continent 7 - Continent 8 - 89 Is. - Continent 9

The gazetteer: will have a full index of native placenames, with descriptions--once the contests's over and we have natives to name them.


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