I assume Douglass meant to involve it in the story at some point but then cut it out or forgot about it, and also didn't double-check her glossary.
NRSG: That is a fair assumption... though I get the feeling she wanted to put it in "just in case". I think that is how we got Baron Mascen, Lord of Rhaetia in the glossary, when there is little reason he would ever be relevant. Likewise, I do not see how she could have worked these places elegantly into the story. It might not have been the best option to include them, but I do like free worldbuilding. :>
But it's interesting who gets to name places. As you wrote, several places are named by the Acharites even though they belong to the other groups. Now I wonder whether the summer raiders have a different name for the island or if they took over the name.
I think it would be the former... (About different names, I do think Douglass can handle that well, for example with "Pirates' Nest" compared with the name it will get eventually.)
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I assume Douglass meant to involve it in the story at some point but then cut it out or forgot about it, and also didn't double-check her glossary.
NRSG: That is a fair assumption... though I get the feeling she wanted to put it in "just in case". I think that is how we got Baron Mascen, Lord of Rhaetia in the glossary, when there is little reason he would ever be relevant. Likewise, I do not see how she could have worked these places elegantly into the story. It might not have been the best option to include them, but I do like free worldbuilding. :>
But it's interesting who gets to name places. As you wrote, several places are named by the Acharites even though they belong to the other groups. Now I wonder whether the summer raiders have a different name for the island or if they took over the name.
I think it would be the former... (About different names, I do think Douglass can handle that well, for example with "Pirates' Nest" compared with the name it will get eventually.)