Turbulences in Tethyr (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Turbulences_in_Tethyr)<br/><br/><strong>Sword Coast, City of Zazesspur, harbor, 1st Tarsakh, early morning</strong><br/><br/>Vanestria was standing at the bow of the "Flighty Mermaid", a slightly older dhow, when it was appraoching the port of Zazesspur. The lateen sail of the ship was catching as much of the light breeze that was blowing from north, and the ship would make landfall in a little bit. Vanestria was travelling on the dhow - which was coming from Amn and would travel farther south - since it was less conspicious than arriving with a ship from Evermeet.<br/><br/>The city awaiting her was an amalgan of southern and northern houses, and from afar there were only hints at the scars more than a decade of civil war had left on the city and its surrounding lands. If one did not know better one could mistake the refuge camp outside the walls for a wandering market, for example.<br/><br/>The closer one got to the harbor's piers, the more one saw signs of strife - indirect signs, like the throng of people waiting for either a place on a ship, or a little work unloading it. The many armed mercenaries travelling. And the suspicious officials awaiting new arrivals.<br/><br/>When the "Mermaid" was alongside its pier Vanestria paid the captain and walked off the gangway, coming face to face with the first Tethyrian, a surly clerk with two guards at his back. He greeted her in common and asked her name and reason for travelling to Zazesspur. His coat displayed the coat of arms of the city so the city was still ruled by its council, and had not fallen to one of the warring noble houses trying to rule Tethyr yet. All around them, porters and dockworkers were unloading the "mermaid" while its captain cursed them and his crew alike.