Qto

Qto (pronounced KYU-to) is a small beachfront town on the coast of the Eastern Ocean in Hyranor. It is also the name of the political region of Qto, which consists of the town itself and the region around it.

## Description

While big parts of the east of Hyranor are covered in swamps, Qto is just out of that region, and just off of the shore of the Eastern Ocean.

It is a beautiful tourism and resort town, a place where people like to go and escape, and thus one of Hyranor's tourism hotspots. Most of the city profits off of the tourism, with only the edges of the city not being part of the tourism centre itself.

Many rich and / or powerful people go there to vacation or retire, and many of them bring their things with them, so Qto is also a place where many expensive and sometimes even magical items can be found. Additionally, the town of Qto itself is also full of power and wonder.

Inside the town itself, the paths are made out of colourful tiles laid in mosaics.

It is always hot there, and the weather is very humid.

## Development

A few years before 163 AE, the pirate queen Valerya Faragon violently takes over Qto. Isadora Eirik, together with her adventuring party, manages to sit her down and convince her to join the kingdom and become an official city baron instead.

## Things to do in Qto

* **Orbyball tournament** - Orbyball is a sports that includes smacking a beach orb across a net.
* **Sandcastle competition** - The sandcastle competition is hosted by Lilililililily, and judged by the moon. The sandcastles of the participating teams are judged based on structure, presentation, and creativity, and each team member can focus on one of these tasks or help another one do so. The teams have half an hour to build their castle, and after that, the waves wash away the castles the moon doesn't like, until a winner is found. The third place winner gets to ask the moon a question, the 2nd place winner additionally gets an All You Can Eat coupon for Souper Soups Suds and Goob, and the 1st place winner additionally gets to write something in the sky.

## Notable Places

* **Apothecary** - a local shop with open windows towards the beach that has no real name and is run by a human named Flapjack von Caviar; in the backrooms, shady business happens sometimes.
* **Beach** - a beach off of the Eastern Ocean. The bustling beachfront is made up of cute shops and stands in pastel colours.
* **Boulder** - there is a cool looking boulder in a more secluded area of the beach. Every minute someone sits on it, they have to make a Charisma saving throw (DC starts at 12 and increases by 2 every minute) or be affected by the zone of truth spell for as long as they sit on it.
* **Cone Snow: Home of the cone-iest snow around** - a shop for snow cones at the beachfront. Each colour of snow cones corresponds to a different potion effect.
* **Duplex** - the home of the Arc 9 crime family as well as the family of Art g'Rish. It is located closer towards the outside of the city.
* **Souper Soups Suds And Goop** - a soup restaurant run by a dragonborn man named Souper Soup. They sell alcoholic soup, but don't really have a menu; instead, their customers tell them what they want and they make it as best as they can. Their "House Special" is just everything combined.
* **Trinkets?** - a shop at the beachfront that is a friendly mimic in disguise. It lets you pick up the things you want from its mouth.

## Notable Inhabitants

* **Art g'Rish** - member of the Arc 9 party, a middle aged red Grung
* **Flapjack von Caviar**\* - owner of the apothecary, tall human man with tattoos that change design
* **Gruggy** (might just be a visitor) - child that wins the sandcastle competition with their friends
* **Jackson**\* - a worker at the apothecary, Grung with green skin and a fantasy bucket hat saying "Frogs love me, bugs fear me"
* **Jombo g'Rish**- Art's 1 year old son
* **Julian Crimeboy** - member of the Arc 9 party, perpetually 11 year old Kalashtar and adoptive son of Juniper
* **Juniper Erydis** - member of the Arc 9 party, Protector Aasimar with only one wing
* **Landra g'Rish** - Art's wife
* **Lilililililily** (add as many li-s as you feel like) - drow woman that is friends with the moon and holds the sandcastle competition
* **Lursa g'Rish** - Art's 2 year old daughter
* **Riot Hallowheart** - member of the Arc 9 party, Tiefling with royal purple skin and black and white tattoos
* **Serenity Sapphire** - member of the Arc 9 party, young Harengon woman
* **Souper Soup** - dragonborn man that is the owner of the Souper Soups Suds and Goop restaurant
* **Stungur** (might just be a visitor) - middle-aged, pushing elderly man with a beer belly
* **Valerian** - Riot's secret husband, lives in an apartment
* **Valerya Faragon**\* - pirate queen that becomes the city baron of Qto a few years before 163 AE

\*Patreon submission

## Notable Visitors

* **Arc 6 party** - visit the beach about 5 months before Arc 6 (in 70 or 71 AP), after they just finished a job, to take a vacation.
* **Bengy Shadyglade** - Human man, plays orbyball.
* **Berkeley** - Bugbear man, plays orbyball.
* **Gust** - Air Genasi man, plays orbyball.
* **Isadora Eirik** - goes to Qto with her adventuring party some time before 163 AE
* **Capain Hookbeard** - big Human man with dark skin and a beard made out of fishing hooks. Captain of a crew of sea pirates.
* **Jake the Intern** - young Kobold man, intern with a crew of sea pirates. He is from a university that has a rivalry with the Arcane Academy.

## Trivia

* A specialty for Qto is a clear ale called baja blast.
* Qto can be compared to Orlando, Florida.
* At least some districts of the town have good frog schools.