Tzindylspar

In the western Nether Mountains, just nort of Silverymoon Pass and northeast of Silverymoon, lie the buried remnants of Tzindylspar, the legendary City of Rubies founded by Netherese emigrants and the stout folk of Old Delzoun.The inhabitants of Tzinldylspar grew wealthy mining rich veins of rubies beneath the city. They traded their raw and cut gems with the far-off kingdom of Calimshan via a portal created by enterprising Netherese arcanists. During the Cajaan dynasty a steady stream of rubies flowed south through the portal. The Calishites used the stones as currency, and ruby jewelry (especially pectorals) from Tzindylspar quickly became the rage among the Calishite elite. Since few people from Calimshan were willing to visit the frigid northern city, most Calishite noble house dispatched halfling trade representatives to Tzindylspar to manage their affairs.