Seastark Islands

The Seastark Islands, sometimes called the Stark Islands, is an archipelago in the Far East. Discovered by Brandon the Shipwright and his companions who sailed from the Kingdom of the North in Westeros, it has been ruled from Winterhaven by his line ever since. The customary surname of noble bastards born in the Seastark Islands is Frost.

Geography
The Seastark Islands lie in the far eastern Sunset Sea, closer to the nations of the Far East such as Po Qi rather than Westeros. Settlements on the islands include Winterhaven, Old Mint, Seal Rock, and Sunset Watch. Although the archipelago is located on the same latitude as the North, the oceanic currents cause the climate to be somewhat warmer.

Notable Locations

 * Winterhaven, the ancient seat of House Stark, both a solemn castle and a growing port-city, home to the ancient crypts which hold the remains of all previous Princes who have ruled over the islands, and the the single important trade center in the archipelago. Hundreds of merchant ships from the Far East are docked at any given moment, and under the shadow of the castle, goods from as far as Asshai are sold and purchased.

Ancient
Very little is known of the history of the archipelago before the coming of the westerosi, but it is generally accepted that the islands were unhabited. If there was any sort of settlement, no records remain of its existence.

Dominion of the Sunset Sea
Brandon the Shipwright arrived from the legendary continent of Westeros, in which he had ruled as King in the North. After multiple attempts to return to their elusive homeland failed, he and his companions settled down, establishing a nation that would come to be known as the Dominion of the Sunset Sea.

Kingdom of the North and the Sunset Sea
When the first westerosi expedition in their recorded history made contact and brought news of the fall of the Kingdom in the North to the Targaryens, the ninth Brandon Stark since the Brandon the Shipwright accepted to be formally crowned, he and his descendants would from then on be styled King in the North and King in the Sunset Sea.

With this expedition, the peoples of the Kingdom of the North and the Sunset Sea have taken an active interest in the discovery of new sources of wealth across the oceans.