The island of Juan’kij was the first to fall when the Fire Isle Mages invaded during the Hundred Year War. It is a rich land, filled with resources they could ship away to support their war efforts across Xonthian and Xecutran. Because the island had no active military system, it fell quickly during the invasion. Both Xonthian and Xecutran kingdoms were oblivious to the disaster until it was too late. Neither country had lay claim to the island, so neither had an army stationed there. During the age of discovery before the war, the island was under the control of Xecutran. When Xonthian rediscovered it, they invaded and took it over. The brief war that followed, forced the two nations into an agreement that left the island alone and used it as a neutral state with governing bodies present in both courts. Because it had no real ties with the outside kingdoms, they never developed an army of much power and so it fell to the Fire Isle Mages might.
Juan’kij is also the home of the Elves, who live in the north in the Timlik Forest.