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===Wildlife=== | ===Wildlife=== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Saxalin Islands have no native population, remaining unpeopled for millennia due to their remoteness and the harsh conditions of the surrounding ocean. They were first settled in | The Saxalin Islands have no native population, remaining unpeopled for millennia due to their remoteness and the harsh conditions of the surrounding ocean. | ||
The islands were officially discovered by the Kiravian navigator Magloir Korentin of [[Ilánova]], one day before the vernal equinox of [[1772|1772 AD]]. Korentin authorised a landing party to make landfall on what would turn out to be the largest of the three main islands and claim it for the [[Marble Emperor]]. | |||
They were first settled in [YEAR] by [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Coscivians]] from [[Kiravia]] and [[Sydona]]. These early Coscivian colonists made their living primarily by fishing, farming, and keeping sheep and goats until serious mineral prospecting and the promise of mineral wealth attracted more emigrants to the remote archipelago. | |||
===[[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance Era]]=== | ===[[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance Era]]=== | ||