Nekoshima

History
Nekoshima is home to a very rare species of civilized cat people. Though there are many theories, no one exactly knows how these felines became cultural, nor how they constructed cities and even have a small form of government. What is known is that the great Dryke of the first age took up the mantle of Lord over the Nekojin, and led them to a more peaceful gathering, but also how a military should be maintained so that they would be ready for any outside interference.

Their kind has been feared by humans and other creatures for the sole reason of their race and physical features. As a result, it was immediately passed down that Nekoshima was to be held in high secrecy, and all outsiders were banned from entering the island without a very exclusive pass onto the island. Overtime, Nekoshima was cut off from the outside world, and locked down from all ships that wished to enter. Eternal-poses were extremely rare, and with how remote the island was, without a very specific position on the Grandline, logposes could not lock onto the island's location.

Nekoshima was soon forgotten by the outside world, and very few Nekojin were seen outside of the island itself.

In recent history, there came The Great Tragedy, where a group of Pirates raided Nekoshima, and caused the deaths of several of its inhabitants. One of the Pirates had the innate ability to cause an illness inwhich none of the doctors of the island knew how to treat. While the Pirates were fended off, some of the locals were forced to flee in fear of their loved ones' well-being. As a result, their race's secrecy was greatly compromised, and their people became scattered all over the grandline. Though these refugees were few, they still created a bad position for the government's desire to remain incognito.