Farquhar once served on a trading vessel between these islands and Mertili.He learned to sketch when the ship was not in port. Shipwrecked sailors and wanderers have spoken of the land where the oceans are red and the sand is blue. The Blue Islands may be part of the Enchanted Isles chain, or similar chain in the same sea. The sea known as the Crimson Sea, and the islands there are made up of blue rock and blue sand. The Islands of Despond lie to the east of the Crimson Sea.