Vesh Kiizal

Vesh Kiizal is the last bastion of the Evestian empire in the west. Built partially on a large rocky atoll and partially beneath the deep lagoon in the center of it, the city is the lone metropolis of the Sea Elves. The Sea Elves are the third and most elusive of the elven people that make up Evestia alongside the High Elves and Wood Elves. It is rare to see a Sea Elf on the main continent for more than a brief stretch of time. The Sea Elves are ruled by a Lord who holds court in a palace of coral at the deepest point of Vesh Kiizal. The current Lord is Ilphen Ilphelkir, a mountain of an elf who is said to possess an appetite only matched by his wit. Ilphelkir is sworn to the service of the emperor of Evestia but he rarely leaves the sea his people call home unless directly summoned. The Sea Elves mostly follow their own laws, obey their own customs. They are technically part of Evestia and part of the emperors domain but, aside from a single outpost of the Order of the Solar Hand, Vesh Kiizal mostly operates like an independent kingdom.

Vesh Kiizal is the main refuge in the deep western seas for merchants and sailors to resupply and rest. Due to this, Vesh Kiizal is heavily fortified from pirates, marauders and various scoundrels of the high seas. It is not however, from the surface, the greatest threat to the lone city of the Sea Elves comes from. Living in the trenches and the deepest parts of the seemingly endless Western Seas are the Sahuagain. Mutated monstrosities who worship the strange shark god Sekolah and hate all but their own kind. They claim to be the masters of the ocean and kill all who they see as an objectant to that claim. Since the earliest known elven records they have warred and raged against the sea elves in the north and the Triton colonies to the south. Although often times bitter rivals, the Sea Elves and the Tritons have forged many alliances across history to defend against their common enemy. Because of this near constant threat, Vesh Kiizal is possibly the most defensible city in the world. It is built with an outer wall that surrounds the city up on the atoll and an inner wall that looks like a giant retractable dome That seals off the central lagoon In the case of an attack breaching the outer walls, the dome is raised using the magic of the clerics of Deep Sashelas, the elven sea goddess and the inner city effectively becomes sealed inside a shell with only small gates to allow anyone in or out.

The Sea Elves are infamous for their wealth. Having access to the riches of the sea that few others do, many ships make the long and treacherous journey to the distant city in order to trade for gems, precious metals and rare delicacies. The temple of Deep Sashelas is built of marble and deep blue crystal and houses many of the holy relics of elven religion along with, it is rumoured, other relics of a much stranger and darker origin.The temple strangely sits on the surface of the water, having been built up from the lagoon floor to seemingly float on the surface. Other notable features include the palace of the lord, built of coral and said to house riches beyond belief, and the Longstriders Rest, a famous inn on the shore of the atoll that is said to be the home of the greatest bards in the west.