Irion Val

Irion Val is a city in the Kingdom of Eirenval. Its name comes from the Valmar language, from the two words irion (meaning first) and val (meaning place). The city is known for its beauty and its size; the settlement is constructed around a headland on which a castle, built almost nine thousand years ago, stands. On either side of the headland are two bays which provide the city's natural harbours. It has long been a centre of trade, the arts, and religion.

History
Irion Val was first inhabited by humans, and was named Oedel Eikiervei, meaning "place of birth" in the ancestral language of Tinuvienic. It was ruled by the House of Norard, themselves of the Falirin kin of men, who later became the Avar. The city was the most populous in the whole of Westrar for many hundreds of years, until King Virean sent every man or Avar capable of wielding a sword to fight Sorthor and the corrupted people of Sainar.

After this, many of the men sent to fight in the far West never returned, instead founding their own kingdoms in the unsettled lands in which they had fought. Among them were Itsain and Terestan, founding the kingdoms of Aironar and Eiertro, respectively.

Following the war in the West, Irion Val grew to a huge size as the main population centre in the East, and many goods passed through its harbours, including Aniral. However, when war broke out again in the west, the Kingdom of Eirenval closed its borders to refugees; this led to increasing isolation, and when Sorthor and the Sirormin were finally defeated, the borders remained shut. Therefore, the city maintains an almost mythic status outside of Eirenval, as no outsiders have been further than the harbours in over five thousand years.