Comprising the northern half of Brevoy, Issia has been sparsely populated for centuries.  There are numerous small villages clustered on the shores of the Lake of Mists and Veils and in the foothills of the mountains to the east.  With the land too rocky and cold for proper farming, the people of Issia survived through a combination of fishing and raiding, the most successful tribes even venturing across the Lake of Mists and Veils to sack settlements on its western and northern shores.  Following the arrival of the Conqueror, Issia remained largely untouched, and its power, relative to that of Rostland gained dramatically.