Twin Salts

Twins Salts in the Northeastern-most region of Rodari

Origins

Almost every inhabitant of Twin Salts is familiar with the stories if its beginnings, every city and town takes great pride in their land and its history.
The story claims that ages ago, before there were cities and kingdoms, the lands were plagued by hobgoblins. A particular hobgoblin tribe had captured two twin boys from the south and after killing their families and massacring their town, had kept them as slaves. These two boys, Jir Salt and Thishea Salt, had an apparition one night, while most of the tribe was asleep. This apparition guided them away from the camp and the hobgoblin guards unnoticed. They then met with a very powerful wizard, whose origins were never discovered. This wizard granted them immeasurable magic powers. With their new powers, the Salt twins decimated the hobgoblin tribe and drove out every single hobgoblin from the region. They then split up and each created a settlement that flourished beyond imaginations. But the power came back to haunt them. The wizard that had previously granted them the powers returned to strip them of their powers, claiming that their tasks had been finished and that their powers was too much for their untrained minds to handle. The twins both refused, and arrogantly challenged the old wizard. They were both defeated, but when they died, they created such a powerful explosion that caused craters in the earth, thus creating the Bay of Jir and Thishea Lake. It rumored that deep underwater, the ruins of the old cities can still be found. It is also believed that when Jir Salt exploded is when the waters gained their salty trait; this also the explanation to why Thishea Lake is a salty lake.

Inhabitants

Although humans are the most common race in Twin Salts, halflings, dwarves, dragonborn and various other races are often seen in cities and establishments in Twin Salts.
Elves are the second-most prominent race, due to the proximity to Elven territories just North of Twin Salts.

Government

Twin Salts strives on trade, many cities here are wealthy and have their own government and for the most part, the lords of each cities are in good standing and help each other in times of need.

Cities and Towns

Bulwar

Bulwar is one of the richest and most flourishing cities in Twin Salts, perhaps only second to Trivol.
It is located on the Bay of Jir, its success can be attributed to its good standings with nearly every town in the region, especially Calten. Bulwar's government is quick to deal with any entity that disrupts trade in the area, as demonstrated by the "Hanging of the Black Scythe", a mass execution of every member of the "Black Scythe", a criminal organization that thrived on extortion and bribery.