Taer Valaestas was founded by a druid at a heart of a manifest zone to Lamannia and has been apart of the elves in Valenar form after that. Taer Valaestas is a city and a fortress, so the builders created it as a circle. In the middle of the city is a ward surrounded by a wall of thorns. This is Darkwood ward where the Darkwood palace and most of the government is based. This ward is also where the dragonmarked house have there set of power, although House Lyrandar is split between this ward and Riverhome. The spaces between the inner wall and the outer wall is where the other wards are. There are four in this ring between the two walls. There are five gates to each ward to go in to the Darkwood . There are also six gates in the outer wall. The main gate is in the north ward of Steelhold. This ward is were all the military host lives. To the east of Steelhold is the ward of Riverhome. This ward is port of the city where the House Lyrandar does most of its business and is where a lot of markets and adventures first see the city. Riverhome also were almost all the Khoravar. The Dearest Peal ward is were crafts and markets are. It also has many inn for travelers say. The last ward is Red wall and it is a labor ward. This is were farmers sell there goods, where farmers live, labor done and where most of the khunan live.
This part of the city is the oldest and is the center of the government. Almost every build in this ward is from the time that when it was first build and it was the first ward to be restored by the elves. This ward is the center of culture for not only the city but for all of Valenar. This ward is also known as the Dark Crown Circle because The Darkwood palace is in the center of the ward and can be seen any were in the ward.
Population: 4,600
Social Class: Upper Class
Character: It has a feeling of greatness and is very busy with people of form other nations, Dragonmarked heirs, and priests.
Districts: embassy district, Temple district, marketplace, guildhall district, wealthy residential (1),
Businesses: specialists, high-end merchants; gold piece limit: 80,000 gp.
Key Personalities: High King Shaeras Vadallia (Male elf fighter 8), Viceroy Shyrrala d'Lyrandar (Female half-elf sorceress 5/ dragonmarked heir 3), High Priest Airdaren Daren (male elf cleric 5) Viceroy Thard d’Cannith (male human arificer 4/ heir 2) Arch Druid Ithen Carth (male druid 4), Viceroy Jolan d’Medani (male half-elf Rogue 4). Vilina ir’Alyea (female half-elf aristocrat 6), Aldair Denal (male elf priest 3)
Drakwood Palace
District Type: Royal
Buildings: Darkwood Palace
The Darkwood Palace is in the center of the ward with the other districts around it. The Drakwood Palace has a main domed building with smaller coming out of it at different highs. The domes are made with darkwood and the walls are built with densewood. The palace is surrounded by a forest dark wood trees and a wall. There is one road leading to the large, craven dark wood doors. The rood is lined with statues of elves. The Palaces is full with rooms with every thing that you wood need. It has rooms for High King Shaeras Vadallia (Male elf fighter 8) and his family, rooms for High Priest Airdaren Daren (male elf cleric 5), a library, halls for public events and rooms for fights and other fitness. One of the most used rooms is the Chamber of War. This is a magical with room that has full length windows on all walls, showing what ever the person in it likes, even thought it is in the heart of the palaces. That is not the long thing that is magical about this room. The floor has a map of Khorvaire and shows all defaces ever where. This map can also zoom in to a nation and show armies movements.
Ambassador Circle
District Type: Embassy district
Buildings: diplomatic residences (40), embassies and consulates (6), exotic trades (10), fine residences (18), fine trades (8)
Valenar has links with several nations. The embassies in the district are Breland, the Mror Holds, Thrane, Aundair, Aerenal, and Riedra. This is north to the Drakwood Palace. These embassies have many clerks that help the business of the embassies mach easier but they are not all just clerks but spies. The war in the shadows in not only in the five nations but in the new nations as well. Many of the nations that have embassies in this district want some thing from Valenar. Aundair is hoping that the High King will form an alliance with them in order to take over the other nations and put the Aundair queen on the Throne of Galifer. In return Aundair will give them an enemy that can fight forever. Thrane is hoping to get hold on griffons. Breland and the Mror Holds want the different types of wood that are in Valenar. Aerenal and Riedra are the only ones that real do not want something from Valenar (that they can get right now).
Aundair embassy: This building in still being built because the ties with Aundair and Valenar have just started. It also a garden with a traditional Aundairian plants. The building has a central tower of stone with four towers comeing off of it and with gardens surrounding it. The four towers are still being built but the Ambassador has moved in to the main tower and work as started. Aundair has sent one of there best people to work with Valenar. This ambassador is Vilina ir’Alyea (female half-elf aristocrat 6), an Aundairian noble with an Aundairian father and a Valenar mother that grow up in the Aundair court. She is one of the main reasons that the relationship between Aundair and Valenar is so strong because she is the symbol of what they can do if they work together.
Aerenal embassy: This building a large building made out of densewood. It has a small enter building with and entry foyer. This is where the people wait for the ambassador. On east and west sides of the foyer is two soldier barracks with soldier to guard the embassy. Across for the main doors is a hall wall lined with pillars that leads to the main building were the ambassador lives and where the offices are. This is the oldest embassy in the city because aerenal has kept connections with people of Valenar seen the country was formed. The ambassador is Aldair Denal (male elf priest 3), how is a member of the Priests of Transition.
Forest of Temples
District Type: Temple district
Buildings: exotic trades (15), fine food (8), fine lodging (3), fine residences (22), fine services (25), fine trades (13), temples (10)
This district is full of Temples to many different gods. The two biggest building are the Cenotaph, the temple where Keepers of the Past live and do other things, and the Green Quarter, were the heads of The Siyal Marrain live and work. This district is always in motions. With warriors coming for religious guides, elves getting training in the ways of the gods or of the earth, young elves coming to learn about their people’s past. There are also some good shops that have items from where the areas of religions come from.
Cenotaph: This building is the center of the religion, Keeper of Past and it is filled with elves. This building is made up of a large building with a flat top and another platform in center of the roof. The walls are made up of densewood. On the outer walls are covered with pictures of battles and military marches. In the center of the building, the main room is a circler room with statues of the Valenar ancestors. The room open and has not where to sit meaning that worshipers have sit on the floor. The temple is full with rooms for the priest, class rooms for teaching the young and large library. One the room is where the priest trains in many different ways of fighting. ), High Priest Airdaren Daren (male elf cleric 5) rules form this building and helps run the new nation.
Green Quarter: This is a grove of trees and gardens with a wall of thrones around it. This grove is where the druids of The Siyal Marrain live and train. The Green quarter is filled with many different trees and herbs and some of the rarest plants on Eberron. The Druids of the Eldeen Reaches have always wanted to get there hands on the plants but The Siyal Marrains will not allow them to in. The grove is a place of peace and quit. Elves and some Half-elves train in fighting styles and does researcher on new plants and the rare plants that they have. Although there is no building The Quarter have a druidic library and supplies are in the grove but few now were they are stored. Arch Druid Ithen Carth (male druid 4) lives her in a grove that he created when Valenar was founded. He lets few in to the grove and even fewer into his personal grove but those how get in they will see some of the greatest things in the world. He has to sponsor trips to Xen’drik
But no one knows what he want form Xen’drik
Sky Marketplace
District Type: Marketplace
Buildings: average services (100), fine trades (50), exotic trades (9), fine services (15), fine trades (35), open-air market
This is a district of shops and market with exotic and fine goods for the nobles and traveling aristocrat. This although not the center of trade like Dessert Peal but it has some rare items that no other market in the city has. With magical good and rare books this district attracts a lot of adventures. It also has many little hidden shops that people can find specializes in many different things.
Planes of Dragons
District Type: Guildhall district
Buildings: average food (33), average residences (126), average services (39), average trades (59), dragonmarked house enclaves (13), fine services (18), fine trades (17),
This is where the dragon marked houses have there enclaves in Taer Valaestas. This district is where most of the city government is because this is where the House Lyrandar enclave is, even thought a lot of there businesses and another enclave in Riverhome. Phiarlan and Cannith have little outpost in this district. The other two houses that have big enclaves are house Thuranni and Medani. This is District has a large half-elf population, second only to Riverhome.
Storm’s Tower: This is the base of Lyrandar power in the city. The enclave is made up of a large tower with building and gardens around it and walls around the gardens. The enclave has a large research center, labs and libraries for the Lyran's Gift. The enclave also has offices with for the running of the city. There are rooms for the heirs of the house to live in and this is where Viceroy Shyrrala d’Lyrandar (Female half-elf sorceress 5/ dragonmarked heir 3) live and runs the city. It is said that she leaves the enclave at night and goes to the Darkwood palace, make people think that Shyrrala and the High King are more then good friends. Outsides the walls are were members of the house live and other half-elves live in beautiful homes.
Inquisitors Citadel: This Citadel was built in Breland style. It is made form gray stone and has large thick walls surrounding it. This enclave does not have a lot of people in it because most half-elves work with or and link with House Lyrandar. This also shows in the area around the enclave. It has home for the half-elves that work with or for it but they are not in the number or beauty as the home around Storm’s Tower. Viceroy Jolan d’Medani (male half-elf Rogue 4) lives and works in the Citadel and does his best to not let all the half-elves fall into the hands to House Lyrandar. House Lyrandar has no love for the Medani and it show in the city. Any one with links to Medani has a hard time doing any thing in the city.
Oasis
District Type: Wealthy residential
Buildings: average residences (26), fine residences (170), park
This district is home to Valenar nobles and Aeneral nobles the like. These are some of the richest and powerful people in Valenar. It is at the heart of politics and gossip with Valenar and Aeneral take sides against each other. The district has many other factions in it as well; one of the biggest is the Swords of The Dessert. The houses are made from many different types of wood. You can find many different nobles in this district because in resent year people have moved here in order cold in the north or to stay believing that Valenar will give them more opportune. It has one park with an oasis in the middle of it and has many different plants in it has well.
This ward is the trading heart of the city. This is the port where the river come it right next to the city, which is how it got its name. The ward has most of House Lyrandar business in it and has most of the half-elf population in it. Riverhome is where most travelers first see the city so it has districts for adventures. But the ward as more then just port. This is where magic lives but this is also where psionic can be found, if you know where to look. Unlike other ports in different city this is not a ward for the poor and labors but a places where powerful ship captions and young, rich traders, and adventures love to play and live.
Population: 8,400
Social Class: Middle Class - Upper Class
Character: This ward is one of beauty and activity. You can find shops raging form magical selling book and wand to small shops dealing in the trades cloths and leathers
Districts: Shipyard, average residential, magic district, , Kalashtar Neighborhood.
Businesses: professionals, taverns, travel ; gold piece limit: 60,000 gp.
Key Personalities: Esravash d'Lyrandar (Female half-elf wizard 5/ dragonmarked heir 1), Khashana (Female Kalashtar Psion 2/ Soulknife 2), Tharden Marden (Female elf wizard 4), Darven Athen (Male half-elf Swashbuckler 3), Viceroy Thard d’Cannith (male human arificer 4/ heir 2 ), Beren Colworn (Male human fighter3), Batrax Colworn (Female Human rouge 3),
Shipyard
District Type: Port district
Buildings: Shipyards, average lodging, average trade, Airship tower
The Shipyard is were all ships come in to the city (which you can get from the name). Most of the ships have some of connection with the House of Storm. You can find Eldeen Reaches druids, Karrnath necromancers and half-orc form the Shadow Mashers talking to each other as they unload ship or seating in an inn. More things go on here in this ward then just trade.
Shipyard House: This is where Darven Athen (Male half-elf Swashbuckler 3) runs the shipyard. The building is in the middle of the shipyard. I is not a palaces my any imaginations but it is a good places for Darven to do his pager work at night because most of the time he is never there because he is over seeing everything in the ship yard. Darven is a member of House Lyrandar. Although he is not has powerful as Esravash he they do not get along with each other and most people in River home has seen them yelling at each other over how one of the two made a mistake. Next to the Shipyard house is the Lyrandar Airship tower. It is not as big as the one in Storm Tower but it is in constant motion. With airship coming in and out, filled with goods, the densewood tower does not stop. The shipyard has many different races living in it but the race that has the strongest population is the Khoravar.
Avedar
District Type: Magic District
Building: average residences, wealthy residences, magic shops (50), average services Average food, average lodging, shrines (3) (Dragon Above, Aureon, Firstborn) Library
This District is filled with magic and magical items. The streets are lined with shops devoted to anything magic and that means anything. You can find necromantic shop, stores with druid item and workshops for the many different Aritificers. There is more then just shop in this district. Magical home, for the owners of the shop can live, can be found all over. A person can also find many different magical originations. The Center of the House Lyrandar in this Riverhome is set in the district. But there are not the only houses in the district, House Cannith enclave is in Avedar but is much smaller then any other house in the city. Like the Valenar has a whole, Avedar is a war zone between the magical circles. In any war there are allies and there are enemy which fight over any magic that can be found.
Lyran's Crown: This building is in the center of the Avedar. It like many of the Lyrandar building it is has a tower in it but the building is made five tower and large building on the ground around them. The Towers are right next to each other and they spiral up with the largest tower in the center of the spiral. The building is the headquarters of the Lyran's Gift in the city. The enclave has a large research center, labs and libraries for the Lyran's Gift. Although many of the people of the district love having the Lyran's Gift here because of the money and rescores they bring in few know what they do in there reachers that they are doing that cases the yelling and the sudden raise and fall in the air around the building at night. The enclave is also the center of the house business in Riverhome.
Cannith Stronghold: This is a small Cannith enclave but it is not a little outpost. It is very luxurious. The enclave is a small complex that has smiths, workshops, labs, hall and rooms. Normally House Cannith is welcome in any magical circle but this is very different. Few people in Averdar really care about what House Cannith is doing as lone as they do not get in to there work. This is real rare but Cannith does not care if they are look at because they have bigger fish to get to then try to get money in a city that has a class devoted to making things. Cannith is here to keep an eye on Lyran’s Gift. Viceroy Thard d’Cannith (male human arificer 4/ heir 2) is always trying to get in to one of the two enclaves but he has never been in either one of them.
Mistress of the Desserts: This Organization is a group of female Valenar war-wizards that have one of two of the same patron ancestor. During the last war few were every in the city because most were out in the field studying ruin in the interest of Valenar, help build or rebuild forts, or help war-bands in battles. When in the field the Mistress have had a lot of opportunities to get there hand on magic. Form the arcane magic of Cyre to the different object found in the Lhazaar Principalities. These items are taken back to there headquarters and study. The Headquarter is a box building with a garden and a large platform that where they can study the stars. There are pavilions to give shads. On the walls of the building are scenes of magic and power. In the front, next to the huge door are to tower that go up to the roof but they are like a right triangle. The building has a large library and rooms form living, learning and mediation. The building is surrounded by gardens and a wall.
The Nine Shadows: The nine shadows are a circle of nine necromancers that helps each other in there projects. They collect dark magic books and necromantic books in a “public” library, just for the nine of them. The Shadows do not just help them selves, they help other dark wizards and necromancers as lone as they give something over which could be object, information, money or darker things. The nine are mostly elves that do not like how Valenar or Aerenal looks on there necromancies. The nine might help each other but they are very territorial. They domains are all over Riverhome. House Lyarndar is always trying to catch them but they are hard to pin down.
Far Homes
District Type: Average Residential
Buildings: average food (8), average residences (214), average services (10),
This residences is were most of the new comers to the city find homes. The homes are made from read sand home. Although most of the houses have people living in them there are some that can be rented by people who do not want to stay in an inn and are going to stay in the city for some time. With this and the many different people in the district there are many different places that you can find food. There are many organizations in the residences.
The Rose Garden: This restaurant severs many different dishes from Aundair and Breland. This was set up by a wife and husband. The wife was an Aundair farmer and the husband was as a farm from Breland, at less that what they say. Many travelers that come to the Rose don’t always believe the story that the two have told there patrons. The husband, Beren Colworn (Male human fighter3), is real apart of the Dark Lanterns and his wife, Batrax Colworn (Female Human rouge 3), is real apart of the Royal Eyes. The two do not know of each other true work but many people do not see them as normal restaurant owner because they seem to know a little to mach about government plans and about the travelers business in the city.
Cardemis
District Type: Kalashtar Neighborhood
Buildings: average food, average residences, average trades (24), exotic trades (15), temple (Path of Light)
Cardemis is a community of Kalashar that mover her from Cyre because the Cyre was under attack by the surrounding power and these powers would try a wipe out any Kalashtar community they found. Many of the Families have also just moved from Adar. The district is centered around Alvten Leashur. Like many of the Kalastar Neighborhood it has a Sarlonan feel. But unlike others they do not try to integrated in to Valenar life and this has made them come in to conflic with the High king himself. House Lyarndar stays out of the District because they feel that the High King can hand it.
Alvten il-Yannah: This temple is in the center of the district and it holds the community together. The temple is where Kalashtar children go to learn and study marshal arts. The Temple holds a small library on psionic and history. It also the house to the leader of the community. This leader is Khashana (Female Kalashtar Psion 2/ Soulknife 2) she was among the first Kalashtar family to come to the City. The walls inside the temple are filled with exotic tapestries of prophets of il-Yannah. They hold on to the traditions Adaran culture because families coming from Adar normaly come here first before moving out to other places.
