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| - The northern of the pair of islands that are Tideborn lands, the southern with City of Raging Tides being called Barrier Island. The Island of Broken Dreams to the west was originally intended to be south of Barrier Island, as this quest book indicates: Book of Broken Dreams only usable by level 6-23: The three islands in the Forgotten Sea make up the Palisade Islands. It is said that the islands are the back of 3 ancient turtles, floating in the Forgotten Sea. For thousands of years, the islands have existed here, outside the influence of the rest of Perfect World. No one has ever been able to reach the islands due to the barrier that separates the two worlds. The main island of the three is called Barrier Island. North of it Lies the Island of Broken Dreams, and to the south lies Shattered Cloud Island. There are people living among those islands. They are called the Tideborn. The natural enemies of the Tideborn are the Nightspike race. The Nightspike are cunning and cruel. Battles between the two races raged on for centuries. The Tideborn managed to nearly eradicate the entire Nightspike species under the leadership of a great hero. The Island of Broken Dreams lies north of Barrier Island. This used to be one of the most beautiful islands in the world, however, after the great battle with the Nightspike, the island became completely ruined. The land has been torched and pillaged by the Nightspike. Where glittering architecture once stood has been replaced with darkened ruins and debris now. Much of the Goshiki Quest Chain takes place here, of course, including killing the second Tideborn Traitor and the difficult Chrono Core fish leviathan
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