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Imarel Travel Guide - by T.A. Saunders ©2010 v1.2

Kingdom of Vyss Mira's Hope Mira's Hope is a colony that consists of mostly Humans and Shadow Elf outcasts and their Half-Shadow Elf progeny. These Shadow Elves and their half-breed children have been shunned from the Kingdom of Vyss and are not recognized by their kin for falling in love with Humans that they will without a doubt out-live by centuries. Mira Y'Saen-Stormdancer, who formed the colony is a Half-Shadow Elf herself, whose parents were executed for siring her; her mother had been promised to a Tallis-Vyss lord and the slight was taken grievously. Raised by her human uncle in the city of Addensford, Mira grew up with a bitter dislike for her Tallis-Vyss kin and vowed to find a way to give sanctuary to those who could not abide by the ancient laws of their kind. The colony of Mira's Hope is the culmination of that effort.

That is not to say it has been easy. Having no other land to cultivate besides the forgotten shores beyond the dangerous and rarely traveled K`Lori Wastes, Mira's Hope has survived on its people being extremely self-reliant, practical and steadfast. The Ocean of Lost Dreams has provided them with the bounty of fish and rare Lahmi-Su, or Dreaming Kelp, which has proven medicinal uses. The strongest of the colony even brave the wastes and hunt the monsters there for rare hides and things wizards and alchemists might find use for and some have even ventured into the ruins of Fort K`Lori itself to fetch forgotten relics of Elvish origin.

The neighboring Wastes are treacherous at best, teeming with undead soldiers from the War of Eternals, a race of semi-intelligent bipedal scorpions called Xar-Kah that are not fond of anybody wandering their territory and a host of other more mundane though no less hostile creatures that might be found roaming badlands. This has by and large been incentive enough for the Kingdom of Vyss to not come in and simply obliterate the colony, content to simply shun those who go there and leave them to their fate in the Wastes. Despite all these things, Mira's Hope has managed to thrive as a small shoreline community, even going as far as establishing trade with the distant Tal`Rahian city of Sundown.

Besides exotic ocean fish, Dreaming Kelp and treasures they've plundered from the Wastes, Mira's Hope has also become a vital stop and re-supply point for both sea-faring vessels and airships looking to restock and press north around the Dreaming Coast. This has given the small colony enough clout with the rest of Imarel to ensure that if the Kingdom of Vyss ever does decide to try to overtake them, there will likely be more than a few willing to fight for them.