Valley Mist

Valley Mist is a small village outside of Morn Durahl nestled in a valley of the Eklistan Mountains.

## History

Valley Mist was established shortly after the tourism industry began to take off in Genara. Many Genarans, who were largely nomadic up to this point, were displaced from their country as settlers from Kwenda Dor’an and Forenthia established businesses along the Gulf of Plenty. Many of these displaced Genarans travelled to Morn Durahl and other large cities to find work, and thus the village of Valley Mist was established.

Shortly before the party’s arrival in Morn Durahl, the village found their crops and livestock were dying at an alarming rate and alerted Sir Tristan to the problem. The source of the plague was found to be a thessalhydra roaming the mountains and feasting on livestock, poisoning the surrounding farmland with its acid spit.

## Government

Per Lot, the half-orc bartender at a local tavern, there is no formal government that rules Valley Mist. The village functions as an informal commune, and any issues that cannot be resolved independently are taken to the Genaran ambassador. Bennett, the dragonborn owner of the tavern, told the party that he’d lived in Valley Mist for seventy years, noting that the twenty years of Sir Tristan’s ambassadorship have been the best of his memory. He claims that Tristan is the most attentive ambassador he’s known and that the citizens trust him to handle their issues.

## Establishments

The party has visited some businesses in Valley Mist, and they traveled through its farmland, ravaged by an enormous creature and wrought with acid damage, to get to the center of the village.

* Tavern - owned by a red dragonborn man named Bennett and bartended by a seventeen-year-old half-orc named Lot. The party was offered free drinks for life if they succeed in slaying the thessalhydra. The party also noted a second level to the tavern, implying it is also a small inn. The party had a small celebration at the tavern following the slaying of the thessalhydra that involved music, drinking, and some hallucinogens courtesy of Katherine.
* Apothecary - run by a human woman named Laurel, who offered the party a friends and family discount on all her products should they succeed in slaying the thessalhydra. Laurel implied that her daughter Katherine may be a low-key drug dealer but urged the party not to pry. She also told the party she’s met both Tristan and Wendy, and that both have been nothing but kind to her family. The party later met Katherine, a young woman with blue hair who always has a pipe in her hand. While staying at Laurel's, Geppetto had a nightmare of Rohan inspired by his hallucinatory trip to the astral plane. The same night, Aleria had a vision of Midnight the cat, who showed her a map to an island on the western coast of Boswin. Here, Midnight said, Aleria would find her family, encouraging her to make the trip before the next full moon.
* Healer - an elven cleric of Bahamut. With no formal temple in the village, the center of worship and healing is an outdoor garden behind the apothecary. This cleric performed a resurrection ritual for Karmai and has been taking care of the injured citizens of Valley Mist. Laurel told the party that the townspeople would cover their healing fees while they hunted the thessalhydra.