Rocklands

The Rocklands are located on a massive island, inhabited mostly by orcs, goblinoids, ogres and other followers of Shavarsh. Over the years, both the Kingdoms of Kanvari and the Novan Empire have exiled many of their worst criminals to this savage land, leaving them to their inevitable death in the hands of the "savages". But rumours say some have banded together and formed their own settlements on the deadly island...

History
The history of the Rocklands from a native perspective is almost entirely unknown to those who do not live on the island, although, even orcs and goblins living outside of the island seem to consider it their ancestral homeland.

The first true contact made with the Rocklands was by the Kingdom of Melma during the late First Age. A fleet of ten ships was dispatched to map the island. Only three landed on the coast, the rest sinking in the treacherous waters around the island. Of the three that landed, only one returned...

The survivors of the first expedition described an island teeming with orcs, goblins, ogres, trolls and hobgoblins. There was only one safe enough sea route onto the island due to the reefs and sea monsters inhabiting the ocean, and the vast majority of the humans who landed there were killed by the natives.

The Kingdom of Melma began to use this island as a place of exile for criminals who could not be executed directly, assuming most would die on the island. It is also known that the Edan Empire made one attempt to colonize the island, but the expedition was lost and never returned.

In the 4th century of the Third Age, other kingdoms began to follow the example of the Kingdom of Melma and started to exile criminals to the island. Today, the practice has spread across much of the world.

A giant fortified prisoner barge known as The Bane of Shavarsh spends six months of each year sailing around the new world, picking up prisoners to drop off on the Rocklands, before returning to Melma to rest and prepare for their next years "harvest".