Elyystel

Elyystel is the home of the Vaanti in the Endless Summer series.

Geography
Elyystel is located in the tropical part of La Huerta. It has a warm, wet climate with a variety of plant and animal life that (as with much of La Huerta) is often fantastical in nature, such as color-changing kittens.

The city itself is built from a series of treehouse connected by suspended walkways. Due to the time-warping effects of La Huerta, the trees of Elyystel have been able to grow much taller than any trees in the world outside of the island's time field. The civic engineering of the city is quite advanced, including a huge elevator build using anchors salvaged from crashed ships as counterweights.

History
The great tree of Elyystel grew up around the Island's Heart, which has powerful life-giving powers. The city of Elyystel was founded by the first human settlers of La Huerta, who were pulled in through a tear in time and space after Eugene stopped Flora's wedding. Due to drinking tree sap imbued with the power of the Heart, they underwent accelerate evolution, falling temporarily into savagery before they achieved civilization again in the form of the Vaanti.

Elyystel was once one of two great tree cities on La Huerta, but the other was destroyed during the Three Tribes War when Ximaedra was young. Elyystel also serves as the seat of the Vaanti government, and is where the throne of the Elyyshar is located.

In Endless Summer, Book 2, Your Character and your friends attempt to infiltrate Elyystel to rescue Diego Soto from Vaanti custody, but are caught. You are sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment on Sharktooth Island, but escape as Cetus is attacking Elyystel. You manage to prevent the sea monster from destroying the city entirely, but Elyyshar Ximaedra is killed. The city then hosts a valinorim to celebrate Varyyn's installation as Elyyshar in his mother's stead.

Later, you have the opportunity to celebrate your marriage to one of your love interests, and your handfasting ceremony is held at Elyystel. After the series, Elyystel presumably disappears with the rest of La Huerta's temporal anomalies (if you choose to merge with La Huerta), is taken over by Rourke (if you take his offer to give you a life at Hartfeld University), or continues unchanged (if you choose to continue your life on La Huerta).

Inhabitants

 * Ximaedra (Former Elyyshar; Deceased)
 * Varyyn (Elyyshar)
 * Seraxa
 * Uqzhaal (Fate Unknown)
 * Taari
 * T'Kal
 * Gurgi