Kymal

Kymal is a small rural city in the kingdom of Tal'Dorei, south of Silvercut Crossroads.

Society
Kymal does trade with the small communities on the shores of the Foramere Basin, and it has a small private line of trade in illicit goods with Syngorn through that city's Linens Guild.

History
Before 612 PD, a gold rush in the Ironseat Ridge made Kymal into a boom town over the next century. A century later, Kymal's gold rush came to an end as the deposits ran dry, and the mining industry died within a decade.

Kaylie, daughter of Scanlan Shorthalt and Sybil, was hardened by the experience of growing up in Kymal.

Campaign One: Vox Machina
After the Chroma Conclave attacked Tal'Dorei in the beginning of Chapter 4, refugees from Westruun sought shelter, food, and aid in Kymal. Some, including Elowen Brist and her son Simon, were turned away because Kymal was unable to accommodate so many refugees.

Anna Ripley found Kynan Leore in Kymal; she persuaded him to join her in the search of the Vestiges of the Divergence after telling him that it was Vox Machina that was responsible for the attack on Emon.

When Scanlan died in, Vex'ahlia teleported to Kymal to get Kaylie in order to bring her back to Whitestone.

By 812 PD, the Myriad had gained a foothold in Kymal, and was engaged in a proxy war against the Clasp there.

Demographics
As of 812 PD, Kymal is a small city with a population of 7,991 made up of humans (73%), dwarves (14%), and various other races (13%), including some gnolls. Many tieflings embrace their infernal ancestry in this seedy town, and the majordomo who effectively runs the town is a tiefling. The city is a center of the rock gnome population in Tal'Dorei, but aside from Sybil and Kaylie, there were no other female forest gnomes there while Kaylie was growing up.

Notable people of Kymal

 * Kaylie, gnomish member of Dr. Dranzel's Spectacular Traveling Troupe and daughter of Scanlan Shorthalt who helped in his resurrection ritual and subsequent criminal exploits in Marquet
 * Calis Krishtan, entrepreneur from Ank’Harel who opened the small Maiden's Wish casino that began Kymal's revival
 * Margrave Jaktur Krishtan, Calis's son, heir to the Maiden's Wish, and local political-celebrity figure
 * Prudence, Jaktur's tiefling majordomo who really handles the town's business
 * Claret Director Teresa Dulamar, head of the Claret Orders of Tal'Dorei who mostly stays in Kymal
 * Theona Balmhand, wandering gnomish healer from Kymal and member of the Golden Grin