Thaumusida (pronounced thaw-moo-SEE-dah) is a small city in the western Laqto Rainforest, located at the mouth of the Narbari River. The settlement has a someone unique history, originally founded by the crews of a Tirionite royal exploratory fleet that wrecked in a typhoon while attempting to circumnavigate the continent in Y8622*. Though most of the surviving crew departed after subsequent explorers found their way south to the Laqto, many chose to remain in their new home. Over the centuries they were joined in their settlement by those that already lived in the area, primarily small communities of anadi and grippli. The descendants of the original settlers have long side stopped considering themselves Tirionite, forming new identities for themselves as Thaumusidans.
Architecturally Thaumusida is an oddity in the region, built originally in traditional Tirionite styles that have diverged and evolved to fit a landscape and climate for which they were not originally intended. Older sections of the city look much alike any neighborhood in Tirzah or Karka, albeit in a tropical environment, while parts of the city built more recently take far more inspiration from the open, wood frame structures that are common in the western Laqto Rainforest.
Over the two centuries Thaumusida has shrunk is size considerably from its peak of almost ten thousand inhabitants down to just over two thousand. Most have left for the cities of Okoton, departing for new opportunities that arose in the renaissance following the formation of the Three Torchbearers. Entire districts of Thaumusida have been abandoned, left to rewild or, in the case of one neighborhood, simply sink into the sea. Still, the city endures, and the remaining inhabitants of Thaumusida remain proud of their unique history.