from the publisher website The Afarezir Islands are desolate, windswept, rainy islands off the northwest coast of Hârn. The rocky shores of the wide eastern bays of these rugged islands are alive with sprawling colonies of seals and great wheeling flocks of seabirds. This harsh world has shaped the Nolgind Kubora who make the 10 largest islands their home. A hardy and unfailingly independent people, the Nolgind see their independence threatened by Orbaalese settlers attempting to establish sealing colonies and waystations for ships bound for western Hârn.