Zephos

City of the living Shadow, the true faithful of Y'heia.

Demographics

Primarily human and Shade, with a minor elven population.

Government

Zephos uses the traditional Voss governmence, counting each households land and slave ownership to determine the weight of their votes.

Defences

Zephos is the most exposed of the cities, but defended by a wide fringed ocean and the Voss naval forces.

Industry & Trade

Zephos quietly trades through its privateer naval forces to Highgate for necessary supplies, offering the atolen goods they pilfer from elven raids.

Infrastructure

Zephos is alonf the south west portion of Ravans coast, warm enough to allow a year round port and cold enough to hinder invading elven forces along their hipogriffs.

Districts

Zephos holds true to standard Voss tactics, a floating fortress supported by an settlement of servants and  slaves below.

Assets

Zephos has the second largest port in rhe Voss kingdom and small colonies along the coast of aouthern ravan to provide food.

History

Initially part of the auxiliary support forts brought with Aros to exterminate the elves during Long Night.  After the Ascendants destroyed Aros Zephos withdrew with Strathos to the north to recover. Zephos was quick to ration and begin cultivating what lands they could while Strathos fell to madness and cannibalism. It took years for Strahos to join the efforts to colonize the south and aid in rebuilding Aros, long enough for the elves to root deep within their homeland.  Zephos resented Strathos for alloying the elves to become such a threat once again, feeding into their fued even as they pressed into the south to burn Greahs Grove and push to Mythnara. While Zephos pushed deeper into elven territory, Strathos remained behind to assist Aros reconstruction and reinforce their own colony. Without the support of Strathos the city of living shadow was quickly repelled after igniting the grove by elven forces. During their retreat Strathos call for aid infuriated the nobles of Zephos who had lost many of their forces in the assault and left the fools to their fate.  To the dismay of the Zephos nobles both Strathos and Aros survived and pushed back the elven retaliation. As the Zephos returned to reinforce the city of Strathos ignited a war by defacing the images of Y'heia and turning many of their desperate nobles into vile undead. Though the battle was short it cost both sides dearly, and forced Strathos to break its isolationist stance for the first time in centuries.

Points of interest

Strathos held the reliquary of holt artifacts aalvaged from the destruction of Aros, though many of them were atolen during the blacksail raids.

Architecture

Zephos has a number of hrand buildings dipicting the masked god Iribus and the torments of Y'heia.

Geography

Zephos chose a stratigic point along Ravans coast to provide shelter from elven hippogriff riders but still allow some food stores to grow and a port most of the year. Southern colonies provide the bulj of Strathos food.

Alternative Name(s)

City of Living Shadow

Location under

Ravan