For hundreds of years the massive elemental turtles referred to as Leviath-jin kept human traders and such from daring to enter into these sections of the ocean. It wasn't until Marine settlements eventually forced their way forward with the aide of advancing technology that humans were able to claim the largest island in the vincinity as thier own and set up a long-term base of operations there under the control of Admiral Kidan. The Leviath-jin continued to harrass them for the next two decades until a scientist, Kinjoku Jull, set out to break peace with them or at least gather a truce. It took him five years to succeed and even then, he was only able to get a signing of agreement out of four of the five major clans. Nevertheless the island was able to finally lessen it's constant stat