Virin Ketral is a land in a slow decline. It was once the biggest port in all the world, (some historians may argue this fact) but the opening of the Southern Passage and the decline of trade with the east following the rise of the Hegemony as well as the destructive wars between Elohos and Ipelor has left the capital of Turart’i a shell of former prosperity. On the other hand, getting cheap shorefront property is quite easy.