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Most civilized folk here live in the eastern reaches within the shadow of the Galena Mountains, their hard-working communities owing their existence to workable soil and rich mines. Vaasa has few large settlements outside of its capital, Telos City. Woodlands here are small and infrequent, the few standing copses dominated by the sharptipped skeletons of long-dead timber. Scattered amid the muddy northern plains lie hard-edged stones deposited by ice sheets and blasted by war. They do nothing to combat the spreading stain of demon worship that holds Impiltur in the grip of terror. Now collectively called the Grand Council, the lords have proven to be inept at rule, impotent in the face of their nation’s inexorable decay. In addition, the death of the last royal, King Imbrar II, during the Year of Blue Fire ended the long reign of the monarchy and shifted power to the lords of the remaining cities. Impiltur’s fortunes failed when the Sea of Fallen Stars withdrew, drying up the vibrant ports of the cities that served as the heart of commerce. Fortunes can be made in Vaasa, for those willing to risk its dangers. Carved by sweeping glaciations, scalded by dragons’ breath, and trampled upon by armies of titans, Vaasa is a primeval land-a remnant of a lost age when the elder races inhabited Abeir-Toril.