Panthera

The largest city in Kuulpec and the seat of power for the Pantheran Pirate Faction, Panthera is a minor metropolis located the mouth on the Pirate Sea. The walled city effectively functions as a pirate fortress for the Pantherans and is home to the Pantheran Queen. The city contains a wide range of shops and taverns as the pirate trade regularly brings in valuable goods from all over Corcaea.

The Party's First Visit
After a trip down the adjoining river on a makeshift raft, the party came ashore on the southern bank just north of northern gate of the city. They saw a Pantheran search party that they had previously encountered in the Tepela Woods crossing the bridge, and decided to go south through the woods and enter the city from the western gate.

To enter the gates, two members of the party disguised themselves as weretigers while the rest of the party posed as captured prisoners (with the exception of Sirius who had turned himself invisible) and were allowed access through the gate.

Once in the city, they noticed that the Pantherans did not stay in weretiger form while within the city's walls and the party was able to safely revert back to their true forms. They went to the port with the specific intent on locating a ship to hire, but after a short discussion with the Harbour Master they learned that no ship could be hired without permission from the Queen. After some light shopping, the party found a ship captain who claimed he could smuggle them to Erendel and a deal was made to depart the next morning.

Fearful of being found out as imposters, the party hid in a burned down building on the harbour front and stayed put for 16 hours. Their entrance into the building had not gone unnoticed, and in the morning they found themselves surrounded by armed Pantherans. They were quickly brought before the Queen who promised them passage to Erendel in exchange for some of their services. They were tasked with investigating reports of Orcs, possibly from the Uruk Pirate Faction, who were seen entering a cave north of Panthera. The Queen tasked them with interrogating the Orcs to learn their intentions, then kill them.