Galduria

Galduria is the largest town on Ember Lake's western shore, and the last place Elias Kyle is known to have been seen. Galduria is a mostly-uneventful community (with one notable exception) that gets by on logging and river trade. The Twilight Academy, Galduria's local arcane college, sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb, however- a large, fortress-like construction in the middle of the city. The Twilight Academy is a constant source of local controversy, and was nearly shut down years ago when a number of Carrion Golems created by Academy staff escaped confinement and rampaged through the town, killing more than a dozen people. Most recently, the Academy's efforts to domesticate and breed river drakes has the Galdurian community spooked.

Info on reaching Galduria from Magnimar
There are two main paths to get to Galduria: the Lost Coast Road from Sandpoint, or up the Yondabakari straight to Galduria. Although the Yondabakari is actually the slightly longer of the two routes, it involves a great deal less footwork and practically no threat of goblins or ogres showing up. It's your basic conundrum- the short way, or the safe way? In any case, a river boat ride up to Galduria might take a little less than a day longer, but it's only, on average, 5 gp to book a trip.