Nkotodo

Area	416 km2
Population	5900
Dominant Race	human
Dominant Culture	Kiswaili
Dominant Religion	Faith of Ikoyo
Realm	Palan

Nkotodo is one of the best-kept secrets of Palan, its forge of talents and the final retreat for the Council of Twelve should Wunderoro and other prime locations ever fall.

While the trade routes along the coast pass by the island, they only stop for resupplies as there are no deep water ports on Nkotodo.

The island-province is dotted with fishing villages along its coast, cut into a dense tropical rainforest that only gets thicker when travelling deeper into it. In fact, travel is next to impossible in the inner parts, with thick and thorny bushes, massive trees and quite a lot of hostile wildlife.

But somewhere in the centre of the island are three keeps that form the three academies of the battle mages of Palan. They are connected by magical portals to the respective academies in the major cities of the realm, and only the higher-level and very talented mages are sent here. Their precise location is a state secret, and since access is by portal only, even those who visited do not know where they have been sent to.