The hot, humid shoreline connecting Vinyot to the Long Sea is dotted with fishing towns and ports where trade fleets can rest on their way to Arneria. Southwinds is the largest of these cities, built on fertile ground between the Honeymoon and Auric Rivers.
Southwinds wears the largest scars of the Unknown. The Unknown ’s initial appearance was several miles east of the city. The human army overran it in less than a week and made it their base of operations. At the behest of their shadowy masters, the high commanders ordered every symbol of beast religion removed, and every statue in their image torn down. The bethels were razed, and the city’s identity was erased. Southwinds was the first city occupied and the last surrendered.
After the war, Southwinds was one of the few cities to outright refuse entry to humans. This prohibition stunted the city’s reconstruction; the goodwill and hard work of grateful civilian brethren caused an economic boom all around them. In a cruel irony, this slowed the healing of hearts even more in postwar Southwinds.
No major caravan forbids brethren, so the city watched them pass by for years. Eventually, their curiosity about delvers became a higher priority than the pain lingering from the war. Brethren are allowed on its streets now, but any humans are watched with unflagging scrutiny. Southwinds has taken its first step on another path, but its destination is yet uncertain.