The name pretty much says it all. A vast sea south f the Great Whirlpool, with the massive continent of My-Thov on the west and the Lamicas on the East, the Sea of a Thousand Islands is so named because of the vast number of islands within it- said to be at least a thousand that are known of. Small broken peaces of rock a mile or two across for the most part, though there are exceptions. Enough islands, though, to make for quite the number of hiding places for ships, or even entire fleets, and lying as it does between several major trading centers, it does get rather well traveled.

Despite such a vast number of ocean-going hiding places, however, pirates are not generally a problem, for the Sea is a favored home for Thirdocian villages, those masters of the sea. And Thirdocians do not tolerate pirates, nor any unfriendlies in their seas. Between three to five thousand miles across in places, if you want a home that may very well remain hidden from anything the outside world has to offer, then the Sea is a very good choice.