Sout Lai-Ys

Sout Lai-Ys (SOUT LIE-iss) stands at the western edge of the Camdry desert. Originally built as a port city to the treks across to desert to the City of Camdry, it soon became a place to be as family members stayed behind in the city waiting for their loved ones to return from their business across the sands.

It didn't take long for inns, shops, and restaurants to pop up all over the city. And with the competition came showmanship and style to coerce customers inside. The city prospered and people from all over Caelir started traveling to the city.

The inns grew bigger and often bought out shops only to include them in the inn itself. Some started to employ wizards to light off fireworks and provide other forms of magical entertainment. This only sparked more growth in the city and more travelers to the city.

At the height of its day, the inns had taken on the forms of famous landmarks across the continent. The most extravagant was The Palace which was built as a replica of the wizards towers from Mardell. The five towers stood at the end of The Boulevard, the main street of the city and its owner built a moat around the entire structure. The area became known as the regal district as only those rich like kings could afford to stay there.

The Boulevard was lit brilliantly during the night, the massive inns and their magical lighting shedding nearly the entire city in multicolored lights.

As the Deathdays set in, however, the travelers slowed and eventually stopped. The inns' business got slower and many closed down. Their magnificent attractions going into ruin and their dazzling lights fading leaving only eerie shadows behind. The general population had a hard time taking the Deathdays seriously. They lived on the edge of a desert; a hot day wasn't anything too out of the ordinary.

By the time they allowed the clerics place the wards on the buildings, the clerics powers had faded. Instead of shielding individual homes and buildings, the clerics decided to ward the inns. Each cleric chose an inn on the boulevard and invited people to move in to the various rooms. Then as a council, they warded The Palace and used it as a neutral meeting place and appointed representatives from each of their inns.

Years passed. Few alive today even remember hearing stories of the great city's sights from grandparents, and most can only stare at the behemoth buildings in wonder, their magical lights long since faded. The government the clerics set up took hold and the inns became as a series of clans. Publicly, nothing distinguishes the clans apart from each other: all races, professions, and devotions could be found in everyone. Privately however, well that's only known to clan members.