Vastaros

Vastaros is a City State Located on the eastern Coast of the Iristoya continent. The City consists of a residential are, a museum dedicated to Aldovirian history and forts at the outskirts of the City as well as the Aldovirian Treasure ship docked Vastaros bay. The Vastaros people originally come from the continent of Aldovir in the ancient world of Rathnir and fled the War of the Comet into their new home in Abexilas. Although the Vastaros people have a culture uniquely from the rest of the continent they have partly adapted to the local culture over time.

Geography
In the west of Vastaros lies a huge mountain which stretches vertically almost along the entire city and creates a natural border between Vastaros and its overlord the Valdic Union. Vastaros lies several hounded meters above the ocean separated by its by gigantic cliffs in the east. In the center of Vastaros can be find a forest called “The Great Vastaros Forest”. The southern tip of Vastaros is way deeper than the rest and almost lies at sea level. The north consist of are Plains Region called “The Great Vastaros Plains”.

The Journey to a new home
The Vastarosian people originated from the continent of Aldovir. Mostly from the Western Swamp and the Jeghosian Savannah. The group of people who would later on become the Vastarosian people consisted of Sironians and Galadonnis. When the War of the Comet broke out they fled Rathnir with the Aldovirian Treasure ship, which was docked in the Palmdale Port on the western Vanakunir island, west of the Coast of Aldovir. Due to its huge storage the future Vastarosians managed to take a lot of cultural goods with them from Aldovir which includes a collection of most of the books published in or about Aldovir, flags from most Nations in Aldovir and much more. Once the Refuges arrived in the new world of Abexilas they looked out for land desperately because they were running out of rations and the ship was being flooded by the strong seas near Vastaros. Therefore they had to eventually ditch their ship and made an emergency evacuation at the southern tip of Vastaros. Unfortunately in this emergency evacuation the ship would hit the cliffs of Vastaros and shatter. This meant that several of the good transported in the ship got lost and that its people were now stranded in Vastaros.

A new beginning
Quickly the shipwrecked would settle down and start constructing a city and a museum with the good they could save from Aldovir. They would give their City the Jeghosian name Vastaros, which means home. After some time the Vastarosians would come into contact with the local Valdic people of the Valdic Union. They would forge many friendships and over time adapted certain aspects of their culture for example they would recognize the Valdic religion as one of Vastaros state religion and pledge their loyalty to the Grand Jarl of the Valdic Union as well as become a vassal of the Valdic Union.