The summers here in the Casacade range as well as our buddies in the South Pacific, Australia, suffer from some of the worst fire seasons on the planet. Seems only fair to make this as a hypothetical comic if Cascadia were ever represented in this.
Hoping if we ever see it happen, "Brother Cascadia" is meant to look like bigfoot wearing a rolled-sleeve shirt, considering the high hipster population among all of the city centers.
Icelandic place names may sound exotic, but they're usually not very creative. Example: The most powerful waterfall in Europe, Dettifoss, just means "falling falls"