Avrin

A small town in Ankovia, Avrin enjoys/endures a symbiotic relationship with the great red dragon, Veilmelthinax. The pay homage to him every month in exchange for staying alive. Many would leave the unwelcoming mountains filled with dangers and very little resources already, but a large red dragon demanding payments not to burn the place down should drive what is left out of the region.

However, the citizens of the city remain. Many of the dangers that plague settlements in these mountains mysteriously avoid Avrin, as it is under the "protection" of "The Veil". Also, since many other settlements quit and ran when "The Veil" came to the region centuries ago, Avrin doesn't have to share the finite resource in the region, but keep them all (minus the share for the red dragon).

Since Veilmelthinax left the region after his "colleagues" in the Dragon Initiate gave up his lair's location, a huge power vacuum has been created in the region, one that Hergzovia in the south and various factions within the mountains now are looking to take advantage of.