Chapter 2: Gazetteer of tal’Dorei 93aZale a street parK
Azalea Street is one of Emon’s oldest neighborhoods, and
is full to bursting with small businesses, quaint homes,
and hole-in-the-wall restaurants. Amidst the chaos of
daily life, Azalea Street is also home to a peaceful park
overlooking the Ozmit Waterways. When the stress of
constant battles becomes too much to bear, adventurers
in the know take a moment to visit the Azalea Street
Park and recover, maybe even swapping stories with other
relaxing heroes. Legend has it that heroes who meditate
among the flowers and drink in the sea air return invig-
orated by the spirit of the Wildmother. A dual statue of
the Wildmother and Lawbearer dancing stands within a
fountain in the center of the park. Once per week, a char-
acter who takes a short rest within the Azalea Street Park
gains Inspiration.
thorDaK’s cr ater
The very center of the Cloudtop District, despite res-
toration crews’ best efforts, remains a smoldering ruin,
home only to rubble and molten slag, still supernaturally
hot from Thordak’s fiery corruption. Whenever a resto-
ration crew enters the crater, the pools of slag and cinder
rise to life, repulsing all living creatures. Why Thordak’s
SkyShiPSWithin the Cloudtop district lies the Skyport, a
thin tower that climbs along the surrounding wall
onto a massive platform that acts as a raised harbor
for docking skyships. These beautiful airships range
in size, but generally are built to a similar scale as a
coaster merchant ship. Skyships are held aloft and
guided via the levitating power of three or more
enchanted crystals called brumestones installed along
the hull or topside of the ship.
The enchantments required to produce and main-
tain these brumestones is a very closely guarded
secret by the Alsfarin Union within the distant city
of Ank’Harel, and while the Alsfarin Union does
occasionally sell skyships to foreign businesses, they
retain absolute control over the maintenance of and
number of skyships in operation. Reserved for goods
and individuals who require expedient travel without
the hassles of sea-faring dangers, the cost to utilize
a skyship is prohibitively expensive for the common
man, leading to a sense of elitism in those who often
make use of their services. Due to the exclusivity of
skyports within major metropolises, few skyships in
service will deviate from dedicated shipping routes
between major cities.sKyship
Purchase Cost: 100,000g • Speed: 10 mph • Max Cargo:
10 tons • Crew: 6-10 • Max Passenger Occupancy: 30
Personal Travel Cost: 2 gp per mile per passenger •
Shipping Cost: 1 gp per 100 lbs per mile.magic lingers enough to create these mindless cinderslag
elementals (see page 130) is a mystery; but it seems to be
limited to the crater, as the elementals cannot go beyond it
without collapsing into inert slurry.the GoDsbr aWl rinG
Though the Temple of the Stormlord always has a fighting
ring in its center, the annual Godsbrawl transforms the
earthen, torch-lit sanctum into one of Tal’Dorei’s most
unusual tournament grounds. On the Day of Challeng-
ing, the Stormbringer’s holy day, the athletic priests of
the Stormlord invite warriors and worshipers of the entire
pantheon to the Godsbrawl, asking that each temple offer
forth their greatest warrior to act as their god’s proxy in
the tournament. The clergy of the Dawnfather and the
Lawbearer send their champions, but rarely take it seri-
ously, for they scorn the storm-priests’ notion of “might
makes right.” Conversely, the champions of the Storm-
lord and the Platinum Dragon have a fierce—though
friendly—rivalry, trading the title of Supreme Champion
back and forth each year after a bloody final round.