Ishari

Ishari is the Citadel of Windfell. Its population is divided, but the vast majority is humans. Ishari is a great port city that serves as the main trading post for the nation of Windfell. 
Dwarven settlements and cities on the northeast coast of Lake Genevieve as well as the Drow down the River Fanghur and Black River are their main trading partners. However, since the advancements in ship building techniques by the Sivarians their shipping trade has increased to Aymil Isle, and even the Hunid and the Sanaboan Islands. The greatest exports of Windfell are iron, wheat, salted fish (to land-locked nations), potatoes, and furs. 
The matriarchal society of Windfell is set up with a female head, known as the Dowager. The Dowager is the ruler of all the people of Windfell and proposes laws and statutes to the Grand Council in Ishari, made up of 7 women of the wealthy class. The councilors proposed by the Matrons of the towns of Windfell and confirmed by the Dowager. Individual leaders of towns and cities are called Matrons, and must be married to hold the office. The Matrons of most towns and cities are proposed by the Grand Council of Ishari. The villages and hamlets are often beholden to the cities and towns that are nearest to them for appointment of Matrons as well as protection and survival. In the harsh environment of the Windfell isolated settlements aren't long-lived.
Ishari houses the seat of the Dowager, the leader over all of Windfell. Another title for the Dowager is "the First Shield." Shields in Windfolk culture are vary much part of the nation's identity. City Guard are collectively referred to as the Shield. The value of protection is very much a part of Windfolk family and nationalistic values.
In the homes of Windfolk it's the shields of warrior women, passed down for generations, that are the displayed on the hearth as a proud display of the protection and shielding provided in war times.