Valleygate

Located where the East and West Crag Mountains, the Steppes, the Tanglevine and the Isnali Dunes all meet, Valleygate is a young but well populated rest point for traders travelling through the Tanglevine. Due to its location, it quickly became a cultural and racial melting pot. Because of the amount of foot traffic it receives, Valleygate is mostly self-sustaining, relying on bartering to keep the city fed and stocked.

History
For as long as anyone could remember, the people of the Federation of Free Cities viewed the northern continent of Fynn as a wildland full of simple, violent savages. As time past, however, and the Federation began to deplete its resources, traders began to make trips into the northern cities (mostly Edgeboro, Bolengana and Yogmar), the Federation began to rely on the food, clothes and materials that they could import from the northern tribes. The Tanglevine made the trips dangerous and the town of Koban sought to ease the journey. They sent settlers out to the edge of the jungle and established the city of Valleygate as a resting point for traders going to and coming from the Tanglevine.

Despite being founded by elves, the melting pot of a city began to distance itself from slavery, which has often been at odds with the many cultures that eventually inhabited the town. The city was slowly wrestled away from the control of the elves (unlike Fore-Etum, another Koban founded city) and distanced itself from the Federation and the slave trade, much to the chagrin of its mother city. Still, Valleygate has maintained an all inclusive, non-violent stance

Valleygate became the youngest and fastest growing city in all of Fynn. Though still technically a member of the Federation, Valleygate has been known to minimize the effects, or even outright ignore, of new laws and regulations passed by the central government of the Free Cities. Due to its importance, the city has long gotten away with ignoring these new laws and continues to govern itself with a citizen's elected council. Under this government and its long history of just leaders, Valleygate has prospered for the few decades that it has existed.

Notable Locations
Platinum Minatour - Well kept tavern near the south side of the city. Known for its honey mead.

Order of Edgeboro Guild Hall - One of the guild halls for the Order of Edgeboro.