Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25936766-20170820043030/@comment-26397825-20170822023034

That SDC symbol is on the edge of the Vacuo/Vale border though, and far from where the Vacuo symbol is traditionally shown, which is where I've always thought the original paradise to be. If that is the case, the Vacuans could have let him mine there because it's far from the centre of their Kingdom and away from land that was already ravaged by mining in the war.