Opal Springs

Opal Springs is a small town out in the wastes of the surface world, protected from the harsh temperatures primarily due to geothermal energy heating the land they settled on, as well as the hot springs created by that energy. Many years prior, they had been an expedition sent out from the City of the Jade Tower to find a cave that was rumored to lead to a Lost City. Unfortunately, having found the cave, they were driven off by a fearsome beast that guarded the entrance and settled nearby when they could not defeat it.

Having been separated from most other forms of civilization with the exception of the rare travelling caravan, their currency is little more than polished opals originally found in the hot springs then refined. Due to its size and seclusion, there are no factions within Opal Springs -- everybody there looks out for everybody else, and they're all led by one of their Elders, a kind and trusting half-elven man. Despite his lineage, he is one of the last of his kind with enough elven blood in him to be considered any part elf in the town.