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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The provenance of the name "Krasoa" is currently unknown, and may come from the undocumented indigenous language(s) of the islands, related to those spoken in [[ | The provenance of the name "Krasoa" is currently unknown, and may come from the undocumented indigenous language(s) of the islands, related to those spoken in [[Loa Republic]]. | ||
A theory attributing the name to a [[Tryhstian Littoral|Tryhstian]] navigator named Fernão Crassoa gained currency during the 21010s and was commonly printed in reference works and local school textbooks until around 21194, when an exhaustive study by an élite team of historians failed to find written | A theory attributing the name to a [[Tryhstian Littoral|Tryhstian]] navigator named Fernão Crassoa gained currency during the 21010s and was commonly printed in reference works and local school textbooks until around 21194, when an exhaustive study by an élite team of historians failed to find written | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
As early as they were described in writing by Occidental and Coscivian geographers, the islands that would one day be included in the Krasoa Colony were inhabited by Austronesian peoples related to the people of | As early as they were described in writing by Occidental and Coscivian geographers, the islands that would one day be included in the Krasoa Colony were inhabited by Austronesian peoples related to the people of Loa Republic. It is now believed that these seafaring Austronesian settlers displaced an earlier population when they migrated to the islands, whose descendants survive as the isolated indigenes of the Haunted Woods. | ||
The Krasoa Islands were frequented by merchants from Sarpedon and Kiravia to trade for their exotic botanical goods. They subsequently became contested between Pelaxia, Kiravia, Caphiria, etc<sup>?</sup> during the [[Kindred Wars]]. Kiravian-backed forces failed in their goal of conquering the entire archipelago, but did consolidate control of the southern four* or whatever islands. | The Krasoa Islands were frequented by merchants from Sarpedon and Kiravia to trade for their exotic botanical goods. They subsequently became contested between Pelaxia, Kiravia, Caphiria, etc<sup>?</sup> during the [[Kindred Wars]]. Kiravian-backed forces failed in their goal of conquering the entire archipelago, but did consolidate control of the southern four* or whatever islands. | ||