#nicodranas

Note: the poll only allows for 12 options so this only has cities that are currently populated, reside on/in Exandria, and exist on the prime material plane. I'll do a separate poll for major cities outside of that criteria later, though!

Nicodranas, Wildemount: Nicodranas is a bustling port city on the Menagerie Coast. It is the hometown of The Mighty Nein's Jester Lavorre, and the party visited multiple times. C2 NPC Yussa Erennis lives here.

image is official art by adragonswinging, from explorer's guide to wildemount

Zephrah, Tal'Dorei: Zephrah is the home of the Air Ashari. It is situated in western Tal’Dorei. It is the hometown of Keyleth of Vox Machina, and Orym of Bells Hells. Both parties have spent time there during their adventures.

image from tal'dorei campaign setting reborn / link

Rosohna, Wildemount: Rosohna is the capital of the Kryn Dynasty in Xhorhas. Due in part to the sunlight sensitivity of its majority-drow population, the city’s mages maintain a blanket of eternal night in the sky above the city. This magical effect is seen as a hallmark of the Kryn Dynasty, especially as it is also cast at contentious points along the Dwendalian border to reduce the disadvantage to drow soldiers fighting during the day. Rosohna is built on the ruins of the calamity-era city Ghor Dranas, the capital of the betrayer gods’ alliance during this conflict. Sometimes Rosohna is still erroneously called Ghor Dranas, especially by political opponents of the Dynasty. Rosohna is the centre of the Dynasty’s secret religion worshiping the Luxon.

Fries and a Shake in Nicodranas

Beauyasha: The story of Beau, an unruly daughter of a winemaking family who was shipped off to monastic college against her will and begrudgingly wound up actually kind of liking it there, and Yasha, a wandering Hell's Angel running away from a tragic past of gaslighting and manipulation hoping to find a brighter life working as a circus bouncer in a new country far from home.

In my AU, there's a diner in Nicodranas Beau and Yasha enjoy that serves the best strawberry shakes in Wildemount. (It's the cinnamon!) It's right on the waterfront just before you reach the Restless Wharf and has a stunning view of the Mother's Lighthouse.

I love that Beau's mind-centering happy place is the sea at Nicodranas. Being in a place she loves with the person she loves just makes sense.

Inktober 2021 #29: The Mighty Nein approaching Nicodranas.

Also CRInktober #15: The road, the coast, travel.

I might only be a week late finishing up this year!

Local old trans man recluse just minding his own business when he suddenly meets the Mighty Nein. What happens next might surprise you.