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A tiny but powerful city-state clinging to the craggy beaches of Gathandia’s southeast peninsula, Vel is ruled by a kleptocratic oligarchy known as the Mages of the Beach. The Mages control every aspect of life in Vel and their powerful diviners keep a watchful eye on the city-state, ready to quash dissent at a moment’s notice. Common laborers and merchants live in crowded, narrow, and steep switchback streets built precariously along the beach’s steep cliffs, and the Mages’ enormous towers soar high above the cliffs like jagged teeth. | A tiny but powerful city-state clinging to the craggy beaches of Gathandia’s southeast peninsula, Vel is ruled by a kleptocratic oligarchy known as the Mages of the Beach. The Mages control every aspect of life in Vel and their powerful diviners keep a watchful eye on the city-state, ready to quash dissent at a moment’s notice. Common laborers and merchants live in crowded, narrow, and steep switchback streets built precariously along the beach’s steep cliffs, and the Mages’ enormous towers soar high above the cliffs like jagged teeth. | ||
On the beach itself, trained cannon crabs ward off any plunderers and a single fortified pier allows [[merchant]] vessels to trade with Vel. | On the beach itself, trained [[cannon]] crabs ward off any plunderers and a single fortified pier allows [[merchant]] vessels to trade with Vel. | ||
Vel’s influence is felt far and wide internationally, and the Mages of the Beach have a thinly concealed desire to dominate the world, first through the soft power of influence and then through the hard power of conquest. | Vel’s influence is felt far and wide internationally, and the Mages of the Beach have a thinly concealed desire to dominate the world, first through the soft power of influence and then through the hard power of conquest. | ||
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=== Quest Ideas === | === Quest Ideas === | ||
* The heroes might have a run-in with Velan merchants or mages anywhere in Gathandia. This may lead the heroes to look for a way to reduce Vel’s influence or even overthrow the malignant city-state entirely. | |||