Extending from the arc of the Luill Forest out into the Helion Sea, the Usuo Islands are the last shattered remnants of what was once the westernmost point of Altandor's coastline. The five islands are rich with volcanic soil leftover from the eruption of the Flameheart volcano, and they are lush with plantlife past the black sand beaches that abut the ocean. The islands are also rich with history - buried deep beneath the vegetation, ash, and soil are broken remnants of the empire of Pradena, the capital of which once stood adjacent to the volcano. Historical research expeditions have found all manner of interesting artifacts hiding here.
The Usuo Islands have been the home to kobolds since the first of them returned to the area following the Age of Ashes. They live among the ruins of the great empire their ancestors belonged to, fishing and swimming in waters where land once was. They have a strong culture for revering their ancestors as a result, and view the nearby Firemaw's Fangs as a sacred site where these ancestors can be communed with.