Niirdal-Poc

Niirdal-Poc is a hidden city in the Rifenmist Jungle that was old when the Calamity hit. It was the central city of the Qoniira Tetrarchy.

Appearance
The fortress that the Crown Keepers visited has simple, curved architecture of smooth gray-green stone, with massive vertical slits in the exterior wall. Almost every home has terraced gardens.

The central plaza of the city holds a large statue of a feline humanoid with four outstretched wings, the Observer, and formerly also held two statues of three-headed panther-like creatures.

Society
As of 843 PD, the city was populated with humans, half-elves, hobgoblins, goblins, pachydans, and people with faces like cats (presumably tabaxi, which are indigenous to the Rifenmist Jungle, but potentially katari as well) and like birds (presumably aarakocra, eisfuura, and/or kenku). There was also a sizable genasi population. Their clothing was simply cut and rough.

The city is rarely visited by outsiders. It is known only to those whom the city wants to know of it.

Government
The city is ruled by elected tetrarchs.

History
The city was founded long before the Calamity as the capital of the Qoniira Tetrarchy, which originally comprised five cities; each of the four peripheral cities was ruled by a tetrarch, who would meet together in the capital to make group decisions. With the passage of time the other four cities have disappeared, and all four tetrarchs now reside in Niirdal-Poc.