Sheirtalar

Sheirtalar, also known as the Shining City by the Sea, was the capital city of Lapaliiya in southwest Faerûn in the mid–14 century DR. The gateway for trade between the Shaar and western Faerûn, it was one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Shining South.

Geography
Sheirtalar was a coastal city located on the eastern end of the Shining Sea,  at the head of Sheir Bay, which was on the northern side of the larger Talar Bay at the foot of the Sheir Peninsula. The land descended toward the coast with a slope so steep that those on approaching ships could view almost the entirety of the city.

Government & Religion
Sheirtalar was the capital of the Lapal League, the confederation of city-states that made up Lapaliiya, and was the biggest and powerful of them. It was ruled by the Overking of Lapaliiya. In the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR, the aged Overking of Lapaliiya died of heartstop and his son, Shaliim Wyrmslayer succeeded him.

The civic deity of Lapalgard was Waukeen.

Trade
The majority of trade goods from the Shaar bound for western Faerûn went through the port of Sheirtalar, bringing it much wealth and culture.

Inhabitants
The city was a metropolis with a population of 52,135 in 1373 DR.

Description
It was named the Shining City for all the gold and silver that gilded the domes of Sheirtalar's most important buildings in a display of excessive opulence. Greatest of these was the Domed Palace of the Overking, which stood proudly on a massive granite in the city's upper third. A close second was the Gilt House of Gleaming Coins, the temple of Waukeen.

The city of Sheirtalar hosted a Shou Town by the mid–1370s DR.