Sore Eyes Town

Sore Eyes Town is the main hub for every outlaw, pirate and rogue in the west. The town is built of ramshackle buildings, many half finished and some on the verge of collapse. The only local government is a mayor who is decided upon by whoever killed the last mayor and took his place. “Sore Eye succession” has become an expression in Common for murdering a predecessor. The towns origins are a little hazy with most scholars avoiding the entire region of marauders isle or writing about it only from questionable tales told by corsairs. From what we can gather, the town was created around 556 by an elven noble who had gotten caught on the wrong end of a coup and fled to the southern waters to hide out and plan his vengeance. He never actually did end up getting his vengeance but he did find some satisfaction in raiding passing elven ships and those of the then human empire. Despite never reclaiming his throne, he died a rich man. The town grew, expanded, collapsed into the sea, rose back out of the sea, burned down, was rebuilt, was briefly conquered by the Sea Elves before being retaken by an army of Drow who then abandoned it (Long Story) and experienced more disasters and miracles than any other place in the world. Then again, the records are spotty at best about Sore Eyes Town so all this could just be sailors tales.