Vassas

Vassas is a city in the Forstem Empire, commonly known as The White City or The Imperial City. Vassas is both the capital city of the Empire, and of the Viosan region within the Empire. With close to a quater of a million inhabitants, Vassas is presently the largest city in the world in both terms of size and population. Located on the western shore of the Grand Maw, and built around where the River Oster deposits into the Maw and the Tymbolt Ocean.

Founding of Vassas
The exact date and nature of the foundation of Vassas is lost. What can be determined is it was one of the earliest cities founded during the fledgling days of the Twelve Kingdoms. Likely to be a fishing community, Vassas remained a small city upto the Mælstrom.

After the Mælstrom, Vassas remained one of the uneffected cities with Vionsa, and in 2AM Viktor I declared it the capital of the Kingdom of Vionsa.

Birth of the Empire
As the Forstem Empire was created, Vassas remained the center of Viktor I's power throughout the original expansions.