Tashluta

Tashluta, also known as the City of Slithering Vines, was the capital city of Tashalar, an oligarchical nation found in the Shining South.

Culture
Citizens of Tashluta were considered to be quite refined and had an enlightened outlook towards outlanders. The welcoming disposition of the majority of Tashlutans was complemented by their propensity for being multi-lingual.

As a result of the circumstances around Tashalar's founding and its conflict with the yuan-ti many residents of the capital had a distinct phobia of snakes and serpents.

Geography
The capital was located situated in the center of the Tashtan Coast within the fertile stretch of land known as the Tashalar Basin, north of the Hazur Mountains.

Tashluta was constructed on inner side of a volcanic caldera, that was partially flooded by the waters of the Shining Sea. The caldera formed a natural harbor for the city's fleet of ships.

Government
Since its founding, Tashluta has been ruled by an oligarchy.

Trade
Tashluta was the home of the expansive trade consortium known as the Rundeen. Having consolidated a monopoly on trade in the region, they controlled all nearly all trade that passed though the city, and dominated trade throughout Calimshan and the entirety of the Chultan Peninsula for hundreds of years.

A number of drinks considered "exotic" to the folks of the western coast of Faerûn originated from Tashluta, including Tashlutan amberthroat, dragonstongue, and rollrum.

The city was one of the locations that accepted Calishite trade bars as form of currency.

History
Tashalar and its capital were first founded by laborers from Lapal and merchants from Calimshan in the.

After being invaded by the yuan-ti forces of Serpentes in the, the nation of Tashalar fought a ten-year war against their serpentine overlords, a conflict that ended in the. After gaining their independence, Tashluta's oligarchs banded together and formed the Confederation of Tashtan, a declaration that outlined the lands over which the free nation would have dominion.

In the, Tashluta and the other Tashalan cities came under control of the Shoon Imperium shortly after the empire completely destroyed the belligerent Lapaliiyan city of Untisczer. The occupation of the city lasted for over 150 years, until the Shoon viceroy of Tashluta and his wife were slain during the collapse of the empire.

Despite their great victory against the yuan-ti centuries before, the government of Tashluta fell into strife once again due to their machinations. In the, it was revealed by the lich Anthilar, that Tashluta's governing body was in fact infiltrated by a yuan-ti abomination.

Notable Locations

 * Fortresses:
 * Murder Hall, an abandoned castle that was taken over by Dark Cleric Othorgor and his fellow devotees of Bhaal.


 * Temples:
 * House of Night's Embrace, the most distinguished temple of Talona in all the Realms.
 * House of the All-Seeing Orb, a temple of Savras that was considered one of the most well-regarded of its kind during the 14 century DR.