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== Backstory ==
Amid the hustle and bustle of the trading ships passing between Izlude and Alberta, sailors and traders spread rumours of sightings of a pirate ship which had run ashore seemingly some time ago. The other rumour spreading quickly on this "windward passage"<ref>Grose, F. (2013) ''The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (Hesperus Classics)''. Hesperus Press Ltd.</ref>, so to speak, was that of Turtle island. <ref name=":0">''ラグナロクオンライン公式サイト　-ミッドガルド大陸を舞台に冒険を繰り広げるオンラインゲーム'' (no date a) ''ラグナロクオンライン公式サイト／ガンホーのオンラインゲーム・MMORPG''. Available at: <nowiki>https://ragnarokonline.gungho.jp/gameguide/episode/turtle-island.html</nowiki> (Accessed: 28 May 2024).</ref>

Turtle island was supposed to be an island, which in sheer coincidence was named such because it resembled a turtle. An island shrouded in fog, not visible to the shore, which only became visible when approached by boat. The legend, so it goes, is that many an adventurer had sought out the "Heart of Ymir", risking their lives to try and unravel the legend, which remains unsolved. <ref name=":0" />

A few sailors from Alberta began to offer passage to the island, but the residents themselves disliked the island so passage to the island became offered by fewer and fewer seafarers. Scholars began to put out word for adventurers to sally forth and investigate the mysteries that lay in wait on the mysterious isle. <ref name=":0" />