Isle of Thrig

Isle of Thrig, Rúten or Dźutibarda is an island located in the Bay of Thrig. An important harbour / port is located on the island. It is a part of Aradór's primary territories and is the homeland for several thousand Arazi people, who are notable for the preservation of an archaic dialect of Arazi Metsa.

The Archipelago
The Isle of Thrig is the biggest island of the Inner Isles - Sümafnas, an archipelago of four islands located in the Bay of Thrig, of which the Isle of Thrig is the biggest.

Names
The word thrig means ship in Classical Arazi, and the bay and the island are probably named this because both have been very important to naval activities in Aradór.

However, the island is also called in other names, most notably Rúten (Bantazi Arazi: Riutèn). This name is probably related to the verb rotut, meaning to grow in Arazi.

Dźutibarda is a now uncommon but earlier popular name for the island, meaning "The Serpent's Head", referring to the myth outlined below.

In Mythology
A South Arazi myth tells that there was once a huge dragon where now Eduin flows. The Spirit of War then took his sword and cut off the dragon's head. Its body became the river, and the sword had wounded the land so greatly that the Sea crept into the scar, creating the Bay of Thrig. Were the dragon's head had once been, rose the Isle of Thrig.