Crocodile Islands

The Crocodile Islands are a grouping of islands in the south-west of the world. In addition to indigenous Islanders, the Islands are home to a large population of Southlanders who migrated there in search of a place to worship the Greats outside of the Al'ime-worshipping world.

History
Though Southlanders were still allowed a great degree of religious freedom under the Al'ime-worshipping dynasties, many Great-worshipping families wished to re-establish a community of their own control. To this end they sailed to the west with all of their belongings, where they made first contact with the Crocodile Islanders.

Local lore goes that the wealthiest of the families used his family's riches - a chest full gold from the oldest Great-worshipping dynasties of the Southlands - to purchase a large plot of land from the Islanders for the migrants to live on, and that this chest of gold was kept untouched in the local chieftain's treasury for many years out of respect. The gold in the chest was then used to pay for a large statue representing the peaceful co-existence of the Islanders and the Southlander migrants, which still stands intact the Islands' trade capital.

Peoples from the continent have since made contact with the Islands, which today are a site of bustling and successful trade in unique Island goods and culture.

Religion
The Crocodile Islands remain one of the most spiritually diverse regions in the world, with traditional Crocodile Island religion and Greats worship remaining strong traditions in their own rights. Syncretism between the two traditions is also commonplace, especially amongst now-common mixed Indigenous-Southlander families.

Since the opening of trade between the Islands and the continent, many religious minorities have also begun to appear on the Islands, both as permanent residents and frequenting trade families. Among these, by far the largest minority are the Starkind, who have established several prominent permanent communities within cities on the Islands.