Shern

Shern is a largely unpopulated island, low on valuable natural resources and far removed from existing trade routes. The island is covered mainly by heavy forest and jungle, and had previously been used as a remote testing ground by a renegade Silverman for strange, Android-like creations designed to evade the Jekwin Contract. Though it is possible some of these beings still roam the island, the Silverman himself has perished. After the Harmonium War, the Watchman Nix established an Android manufacturing facility in the more mountainous region on the south end of the island, free of any potential corporate influence. Some Androids choose to remain at the facility after gaining consciousness, but the facility itself is heavily automated, and no proper settlement has been created around the facility. There are no ports, airports, or trains on the island; the only established means of transport to and from the Android manufacturing facility is via a T-port operated by Balanced Engineering. Androids are welcome to visit the facility, but other races are treated with suspicion (though not hostility), and non-Android permanent residents are extremely rare.