Pao Islands are the one of three homelands of the Orcs, after events known as the Orc Crusades, in the Ashan universe. It is located in the Jade Ocean.
History[]
In 467 YSD, an orcish rebellion broke out in the Seven Cities, which spread to Holy Falcon Empire. Rejecting their masters and the Dragon-Gods, the orcs declared themselves free. In the Holy Falcon Empire, crusades were declared against the orcs – attempts to subjugate them and convert them back to dragon worship. The fighting was brutal, and the Orcs were relentlessly driven back. Eventually, the unrepentant survivors fled wherever they could, including the Steppes of Ranaar (north-east), the Desert of Sahaar (south-west) and the Pao Islands (south-east). In 504 YSD, a great storm sank the Haven fleet that was prepared to follow the orcs to their island refuge. The Falcon Emperor declared this a sign from the Dragon-Gods, and formally ended the Orc Crusades. Many orcs believe that their legendary hero, Kunyak, created that storm with the Cup of Thunder, allowing the orcs to form a single state on the Pao Islands where they could be free of slavery.
Gallery[]
