Setting
The capital city of The Sapphire Desert is known as We'Darastri, but is more commonly shortened to Daras. It is the only capital city in The Sapphire Desert that also serves as the land's primary port city. Because of this, it is very heavily defended by the Sapphire Navy and magical wards alike. Simply being allowed to dock at We'Darastri takes three days, as any incoming ships are inspected thoroughly. We'Darastri is a fantastical setting, full of spiraling towers and arcane wonders of architecture. The city is full of magical amenities, and is heavily policed by an elite guard known as The Azure Guardians.
It is divided into three primary sections, the middle, high, and low cities. The middle city makes up much of We'Darastri, and is home to the middle and lower classes, full of shops, homes, inns, and so forth. The high city is a walled section of We'Darastri that houses all of the city's aristocracy, and is also serves as a stronghold. Finally, the lower city is a series of ancient sandstone catacombs that run underneath We'Darastri in a frenetic spread. Most of these catacombs have been converted to sewers, but there are still a few unaltered ones that play host to the city's large undead or light-sensitive population.
The only other real city worth noting in The Sapphire Empire is not so much a city as it is a large living area built around The Azure Citadel, the home of The Sapphire Empire's ruler. It is an academic community that focuses less on history and geography and moreso on the mysteries of magic. The Azure Citadel serves both as a palace as well as a college for aspiring wizards and sorcerers, the most prestigious in all of Gaia
It is divided into three primary sections, the middle, high, and low cities. The middle city makes up much of We'Darastri, and is home to the middle and lower classes, full of shops, homes, inns, and so forth. The high city is a walled section of We'Darastri that houses all of the city's aristocracy, and is also serves as a stronghold. Finally, the lower city is a series of ancient sandstone catacombs that run underneath We'Darastri in a frenetic spread. Most of these catacombs have been converted to sewers, but there are still a few unaltered ones that play host to the city's large undead or light-sensitive population.
The only other real city worth noting in The Sapphire Empire is not so much a city as it is a large living area built around The Azure Citadel, the home of The Sapphire Empire's ruler. It is an academic community that focuses less on history and geography and moreso on the mysteries of magic. The Azure Citadel serves both as a palace as well as a college for aspiring wizards and sorcerers, the most prestigious in all of Gaia
We'Darastri
The busy street traffic of We'Darastri bustles past, with exotic smells filling the air accompanying distant cracks of thunder and arcane power...
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We'Darastri is a part of 
The Sapphire Desert.
3 Places in We'Darastri:
9 Characters Here
Jeanella Lefloure [388] "Come closer....I dont bite too much. Just a bit off the top"
TDM [351] "3.5 for life."
Darien Hardwolf [294] Darien is a follower of Heironeous
Mythos [92] "That which is not dead may eternal lie, and with strange aeons, even death may die..."
Smoke Arbok [0]
Astarot [0]
Deth'Maitherlian [0] Fighter
Syvina [0]
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The Paladin would bring his sword across the Gnoll's mid section in a righteous slash, send dark blood spattering across the nearby wall. The Gnoll retaliated, and fueled with a mix of mortal panic and rage, put everything it had behind its dagger, plunging the wicked blade into Darien's leg. (5 damage)
Darien Hardwolf cringed but he would not let some dog take him down. Darien took a couple of steps back away from the best providing enough room for the thief to take the shot. "You....are done."
"For once Pal.....Darien...I agree" She said and drew another arrow and and knocked it "Lets make it rich" She said and fired the arrow fast and true, sending it arching toward its target with blinding speed
...said arrow whizzed past the Gnoll's head with blinding speed and, in kind, smashed against the far wall. The Gnoll would again advance on Darien, dagger poised to strike, but his anger had made him clumsy, and Darien easily deflected the blow, batting the dagger aside with his shield...
The Paladin attempted to return the callous blow in kind with a blow of his own, but his should twinged painfully as he did so, and the stab failed to pierce the Gnoll's decrepit chain mail...
"Son of a bitch" She said and drew another arrow and fired it at the Gnoll, already having a one liner prepared
Normally, this kind of frenzy would have interfered with Jeanella's aim, but now that the paladin and the Gnoll were much closer than they had been, almost at point blank range really, she could be much more effective. As such, the wayward arrow did nothing short of whistle past Darien's ear and implant itself in the engrage Gnoll's eye, sending it to the wretched brine underfoot...
"I think you get the Point now Gnoll" She said and laughed, immediately going to search the corpse before the Paladin could react "Hmm...maybe a niiiice goodie or two here"
As far as loot went, there wasn't much except that the shorter and more recently dead of the two Gnolls had two filth encrusted gold on him. Jeanella did, however, manage to recover three of her arrows that seemed reasonably intact.
"Ugh....two gold coins. Well...better than jack shit" She said and replaced her arrow into her quiver "We done here? Its starting to smell like a few hundred corpses rotting ontop of a Dwarven outhouse stuffed with old roast beef and feet"
Darien Hardwolf just literally went to lean up against the pipe wall only to catch his breath and shake his head. "Heironeous be praised that that is over." Darien then simply placed his hand upon his shoulder and used his lay of hands ability recovering some health (6 points to be exact) only to then shake his head. "No there is something down the opposite way and I doubt the reason for the gnomes above having a problem is not from these gnolls."
"You know...i take back what I said to you" She said and spat on the Gnolls "Lets get going now" She said and started to walk forward onward into the tunnel
Darien Hardwolf just shook his head and made his way over to the torch just to make his march down towards were he had sensed the evil.
Jeanella's observations were true, actually. The stench became almost unbearable further down that hallway and around the corner. Continuing in the other direction, the layout was similar, in that the hall made another turn to the right...
She coughed softly and covered her nose with two fingers until she pulled out a scented cloth that seemed to be stained with a dark red substance "Shall we get moving? This is only getting worse and worse"
As Darien rounded the corner, he would be greeted with the gaze of hundreds of tiny pairs of beady eyes. The two parties would stare at each other for a moment before they recognized what the other was. The Paladin would take an instinctual step backwards as he realized he had managed to attract the attention of a large swarm of aggressive rats...
"When you need a druid." Darien spoke as he dropped his torch just to draw his sword once again. "Jeanella....how many can you count as I lost track."
"Umm....alot. Its just a few rats. You can easily take care of this Paladin. Have fun, I think Ill just watch" She said and leaned up against a wall, grinning as she watched him
The swarm of heinous beasts charged down the hallway at the Paladin, squeaking and scrabbling incessantly along the walls and floors. They were now a scant ten feet away...
Darien Hardwolf just grimaced and hated the vermin. "Of course you will murderer." Darien just held his ground awaiting the small group of rats only to wonder why every tale he had heard about adventurers always had some kind of rats.
"If you REALLY need help, Ill help" She said and kept leaning on the wall, keeping her bow at the ready to bat at the rats if needs be "If you die, can I have your sword?
The rogue's complacency would not go unrewarded, as the swarm made its way down the hallway at a furious speed, enveloping them both in a sea of hairy, greasy little bodies. The rogue, being less armored than her compatriot, would fare far worse, as the malign colony scratched and bit at her hundreds at a time (6 damage). The Paladin, being far more insulated against such attacks, came away only with a few of the encroaching wretches causing him harm (2 damage)...