The Western Palisades are an archipelago in the Invelaust Ocean roughly 125 miles west of Hinthial. Largely uninhabited, the only major settlement on the archipelago is the small city of Tauraq, settled in the middle of the tenth millennium by tengu seafarers from Meklaw. Despite its close proximity to Hinthial and the Cradle, it is only in recent years that a permanent population of elves has been established on the Western Palisades, as the islands were previously seen to have little value.
The coastlines of the Western Palisades are rough and rocky, with no natural harbors and exceptionally few places where ships can safely come close to shore. Only the largest of the islands has a significant population of large terrestrial animals, including several herds of pygmy elephants, though seabird nests litter the other islands of the Palisades.