Igneos Isle was a long, solitary landmass set in the center of the Gulf of the Maw, stretching roughly two hundred and twenty miles from end to end. The island’s surface was jagged and inhospitable. Though it possessed no true volcanoes, much of the land was covered in blackened stone, soot, and layers of ash that never fully settled. Rivers of slow-moving magma cut through parts of the interior, and vents of heat and smoke made overland travel dangerous and unpredictable. As a result, most movement around the Isle occurred by sea rather than by land, with ships hugging its coasts rather than attempting to cross its narrow interior.
Igneos took its name from its distinctive outline, which resembled a spark or tongue of flame firing through the open "jaws" of the Head of the Greatwyrm. Though far to the east, this shape appeared to echo the scattered islands of the Brimstone Breath archipelago. Many scholars believed this was no coincidence, arguing that Igneos Isle and the Brimstone Breath were both remnants of the same ancient geological event tied to the Emberpeaks mountain chain and a powerful Leylineconnected to the Realm of Fire.
Three settlements had existed on the island for as long as written records survived. Ubrahimmar, the eastern capital, sat behind a long, protective inlet that shielded it from the worst of the Shifting Blue's storms. Farrozandmar, on the western coast, was a hardened fishing town and served as the primary point of contact for traders and sailors approaching the island, though was usually considered little more than a pit stop on the way to the capital. Nethulinmar, once a sizable southern-facing community, had been largely destroyed after years of repeated raids by Kobgoblins, and never fully recovered after wars with various sea threats.
By the time Igneos Isle came under the rule of the Common League, it had never been a place of economic prosperity. Agriculture was difficult and unreliable, leaving fishing and limited mining expeditions for rare volcanic stone as the island’s primary sources of income. Many islanders instead sought stability by enlisting in the Common League’s military, where Igneos Isle’s position made it valuable for monitoring the Elthysi Sovereign, far off the coast of the Flat of Elaedh.