Ioric Peninsula

Ioric Peninsula
Jutting out from the southern coast of Tol, the Ioric Peninsula - sometimes called Ioria - is a large landmass home many human and Faun cities of the Ioric League (from which the League draws its name), as well as the Human tribes of the Sabilites and Saeafineis. The majority of the landmass is steep mountainous territory (with only the coastal regions having the space and conditions for wider settlement) and hosts a number of mostly inactive volcanoes.

To the east of the peninsula is the Pelagosian Sea, where the majority of shipping and sailing occurs.

Extending northwards, and out towards the open sea, is the Makednos archipelago, home to a number of settlements that are either willing members of the Ioric League or simply fall under its hegemony.

Geography
The chain of steep mountains that stretches across the peninsula are known as The Spinal Mountains. These mountains have volcanic origins, and a number of volcanoes remain active, the greatest of which (Oma) sits at the very tip of the peninsula, a beacon visible from great distances.

The mountains themselves are covered in thick tropical forest that boasts a great depth of animal and plant life.

Surrounding these mountains is a belt of incredibly fertile (albeit rather narrow) volcanic plains.

History
The first occupants of the peninsula were a number of human tribes who arrived as part of the first great wave of human migration. They erected simple housing in small villages, usually on the edges of the mountain forests in which they foraged.

Whilst they initially occupied the entire peninsula, they were gradually forced inland and ultimately into the mountains as they were displaced by the arrival of new groups from mainland Tol. This new wave of colonisation was driven by the burgeoning populations of Ere and Saeic - two ancient human states on the southern coast of Tol - who actively sponsored expeditions to found new settlements. Some peaceful coexistence did occur, though it usually resulted in the eventual dissolution of those tribes as they assimilated into these newer cultures.

Ioric League
Since the arrival of the Faun, and the subsequent founding of the Ioric League, the Ioric Peninsula has played host to one of Tol's major powers. Traditionally inhabiting the coastline, the Ioric people have a unique culture, having migrated to the region centuries before the formation of the Ioric League.

Sabilites
A tribal society occupying the northern portion of the peninsula, the Sabilites have long been in conflict with both the humans and Faun of the Ioric League, both of whom came to the peninsula as "invaders", in waves of colonisation; the foreign humans settling the coastal regions, followed by Faun from across the sea.

Saeafineis
(Say-a-feen-ees) Like the Sabilites, the Saeafineis are a tribal society, instead focused around the southern section of the peninsula connected to the main landmass of Tol.