Telos (city)

Telos City was the largest and newest city in Vaasa, and served as the realm's capital and the seat of power for the Warlock Knights. At the behest of the Voice of Telos, the city had been built on top of the blast crater where Telos the Primordial lay, after falling from the sky during the Spellplague.

Geography
The blast crater was 1/2 a mile across, and over 800 feet deep, but it had been incorporated into the defensive design of the city, which had high defensive walls with many wards and spells laid on.

Government
The city and the surrounding realm were overseen by the Ironfell Council, which convened in the centrally located Citadel of the Iron Sky for 5 days each month to consider state matters. The council was led in deliberations by the enigmatic Voice of Telos.

Defences
Besides the walls, the Voice of Telos had a dozen storm giants at their beck and call, who lived in a cloud palace that circled above the city. There were also legions of hardened Warlock Knights garrisoned in the city awaiting orders.

History
When the primordial Telos fell from the sky during the Spellplauge, the future Voice of Telos was the first to discover the location of the primordial’s comatose body. With the power gained from this encounter, the Voice went forth to remake Vaasan society, and as part of this, they commanded a city to be built in the crater, directly over the body.

Notable Locations
Visitors to Telos were forbidden visit the city center without special dispensation, but there were several mostly reputable establishments in the cities outer areas, including: Of note is that there were no temples to any gods in Telos, though worship services were held in the Citadel in honor of Telos. This and similar shrines dedicated to Telos were maintained by powerful warlocks called Luminaries.
 * Iron Flagon (tavern)
 * Red Dog (tavern)
 * Alderman’s Hall (boarding house)
 * Bronze Windlass (inn).

East of the city there was a thriving black market in an area called the Scamp Warrens. It was rumored that weapons and armor made from Ironfell as well as other contraband could be procured there, for a price.

Inhabitants
As of 1479 DR, the erstwhile named Telos city housed 15,000 people, of which over half of which were human, while a fifth were of dwarven descent- there were also orcs, goblins, kobolds, and halflings in the populace, but they were primarily indentured slaves. Members of smaller races were referred to derogatorily as "scamps." Many of the new residents were refugees from the ongoing conflicts in the area.